If you managed to understand a word of that tripe, what do you think? For me, brutal knockout wins over Edison Miranda and Jermain Taylor surpass points wins over Jeff Lacy and Mikkel Kessler. Am I crazy to think that? fornicate Enzo and his 'pound for pound' talk. Pavlik doesn't have to earn shit. He's on the exact same level as Joe Calzaghe and he's done it in half the time. He's rapidly becoming a big name headliner in the US and HBO are eating out of his hand.Enzo Calzaghe has told setantasports.com that his son will never fight Kelly Pavlik because the American has not earned the right to meet him, unlike Roy Jones Jnr who he believes will provide the harder bout anyhow.
Calzaghe said his son, who has just announced he is splitting from long-time promoter allegedly, does not care that Pavlik is seen as a dream opponent for many boxing aficionados, insisting the public at large do not know who the Youngstown fighter is.
With the bout with Jones set to be Calzaghe's last, he insists there is no way a meeting with the popular WBC/WBO middlweight champion will ever happen.
"At the end of the day it's never going to happen," Calzaghe told setantasports.com.
"Simply because I don't feel he deserves a shot yet at the big-time. On the back of one performance against a subdued, light fighter.
"There's a vast, vast difference between Gary and Joe Calzaghe. Gary would be the first to say that. It's chalk and cheese.
"I'm not interested in boosting the profile of a fight that aint going to happen. At the end of the day, you've got Carl Froch, you've got everybody coming up with some [fight].
"We want the best available. Someone who I have always admired. Let's be honest about it. Do you think Pavlik deserves to be mentioned on that level? Pound-for-pound as the best fighter in the world?"
The Pride of Wales is expected to meet Jones in September and his trainer said they wanted to take this bout so if the worst-case scenario does happen, he will have lost his undefeated record to a bona fide legend.
"I look at it with a different perspective," Calzaghe added. "Motivation is about will. Will is about passion. Does he care about the public, Joe? No. So why scream about it. I want rewarded. Joe wants to be rewarded. Let this guy [Pavlik] win five/eight different belts.
"Come and talk to me face-to-face, pound-for-pound, somebody who can have a chance to jump the ship.
"Without a question of a doubt. Big Time. He beat Jermain Taylor so what? Joe would have wiped the floor with Jermain Taylor. A Light weight small puncher.
"So we should give a fight to everyone who wants one? 'It's my turn next'.
"Let him earn the right to go into the position. In Britain half the public don't know who Pavlik is, only the connoseurs of boxing.
"It's not bigger than Roy Jones-Calzaghe, its impossible."
The Newbridge gym guru went on to insist that Jones' performance against Felix Trinidad showed that he is not a 'shot fighter' and a tougher opponent than Pavlik.
"That's why we took him," Calzaghe went on. "We wanted people to believe that Joe is not after dead squid.
"That guy's alive and kicking. We were impressed with him last time. That's why we chose him.
"Without question it is the harder fight. But Joe said he wants to go out in flying colours. The best beats the best.
"He's got a right to that claim. He deserves it. Hypothetically, if the s*** hits the fan it happened with an all-time great."
There is nothing stopping Pavlik-Calzaghe happening aside from the Calzaghes fear of what Kelly brings to the table. What other way can you look at it?
Gwaaaan Roy Jones!