Joe Calzaghe (A route to the IBF belt - Fight Clinton Woods)

[Foggy]

So rumours are being spread that Glencoffe Johnson wants to fight Roy Jones Junior instead of Joe Calzaghe. If this is the case and he has no opponent for July why not approach Clinton Woods.
If memory serves me correct hasn't Woods being handed some sort of eliminator (last time i looked at Woods record he had no fight lined up), so why not make Woods V's Calzaghe this eliminator.
If this fight did happen 'Calzaghe V's Woods' who do you think would be victorious?
As a Yorkshire lad i'd be routing for Woods but i'd fancy Calzaghe by points.

[Coconut]

Yep, Woods is a journeyman really. Good journeyman, but he's never going to set the world on fire. Calzaghe's just a bit too good, I'd say.

[EddieShredder]

Doesn't Woods have to fight Hoye for his eliminator?

[kevo]

Doesn't Woods have to fight Hoye for his eliminator?

Supposedly. But the winner of this Final eliminator could fight Joe in a Final,Final eliminator :P

[Matchfixer]

Hoye looks a bit good.

[kevo]

Yeah; I read about him in BM, sounds very dangerous.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Sounds like a very dangerous banger, Clinton has his work cut out, he's unlikely to give Calzaghe a go unless he wins the eliminator I would have thought, and even then, what's in it for him, he'd surely rather go straight for the main prize, although I am sure he wouldn't fancy fighting Johnson again that much after last time, he took a bit of a pounding over the course of that fight.

[kevo]

Poor old Clinton. No matter what path he chooses, he's in for a beating

[jamesmcdonnell]

Funnily enough, I think he has a better chance against Calzaghe, mainly because Calzaghe tends to come in more directly, Johnson ducks and weaves more, and generally is more of an aggressive counterpuncher.

However as we saw against Mkyrtchian, Calzaghe can box when he cooses too, it's just not his natural style.