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With Tarver beating Johnson it seems like it might have scuppered Joe's future in fighting Johnson (or at least Joe fighting Johnson while he is considered the #1 Light Heavy). By the sounds of things it looks like Tarver has got the rest of his career mapped out and that doesn't include Joe.

So I ask, what should Joe NEXT fight be and do you think he will now get a legacy defining fight (if so, who).

There is talk of Calzaghe facing Lacy, but Lacy is fighting Robin Reid in August. Whilst I don't doubt that a fight with either could be easy to make, I do expect Lacy vs Reid to be quite a bruising encounter and therefore the winner might not be ready untill the begining of next year.

Do you think Calzaghe should wait another 6 months or do you think he should have a fight (or maybe two) beforehand. Perhaps, Brian Magee might get his shot now?

Should he forget about the Lacy/Reid winner and look at Clinton Woods after if he overcomes Gonzales. Which fight is better for his legacy, I'm not sure that either fight will elevating him to the "great" status that he craves.

It looks like a potential lean period for Joe with all the champions busy, who do you think Joe should fight next and who will you be chasing in the future.

Thoughts.

I think he'd get a lot of respect if he went after Kessler, who many are calling #1 now.

Joe is going to have to go some now to achieve any kind of legacy. He could start by beating any other champion he can get at super-middle, then up to light-heavy and start fighting anyone who'll have him - Tarver, Woods, Johnson, Erdei, whoever. Unfortunately that won't make any kind of promotional sense whatsoever, where the building of legacies tends to come second to making money and protecting investments. Personally I don't think Joe will get to where he once wanted to be now.

Joe really is in a bad posistion now. I think hes past his best and unfortunately for him, hes not got any big fights on the horizon. It kind of makes me laugh though, that his big "defining fight" could be against a 19-0 fighter who has only been a pro for 4 years. Pretty much sums up joes career.

He could go for Beyer.

Beyer, Kessler, Mundine..... there are plenty of guys about at 168 that are far better than the shite he has been facing over the last 8 years.

Sobot, Gimenez, Reid, Thornberry, Starie, Sheika, Woodhall, Veit, McIntyre, Brewer, Jimenez, Pudwill, Mitchell, Mkrtchian, Salem, Veit.

Hardly a who's who is it?

Reid, Woodhall, Mitchell all good wins. Brewer way past his best, Sheika not too bad, the Starie fight was a mess. The rest are a joke.

On that basis how can anyone still have him #1 in the division? Longevity perhaps but he could be WBO champion until he's 60 the guys he's been facing recently.

stujones wrote:do you think he will now get a legacy defining figh

No.