[Tony2005]

Live on Santanta sports with the programme starting about 10.30pm and the fight expected to start around 2am.....

I will post a link for anyone who would like to watch it live on the pc..


Now onto my thoughts about this fight...

Calzaghe is arguably our most sucsessful fighter ever holding an unbeaten record of 45 straight wins and has been a world champion since beating Chris Eubanks for the WBC super middleweight title in 1997...

Over the next 11 years he has defended that title and the World light heavyweight title 21 times.

I have never really been the greatest Calzaghe fan as in my opinion he is more of a counter puncher then a come forward fighter and this makes for a lot of fairly dull fights.
Yes Calzaghe can hit and has dominated quite a few of his recent opponents but when he has fought a top fighter he has always settled for a points victory and in America against one of the best pound for pound fighters over the last 20 years in Jones this could be his un doing.

Roy Jones has won world titles at four weights including Heavyweight which when you take into account he started at middleweight is some achievement. He never defended that and went back down to Light heavyweight where he he lost threes fights in a row and a few good judges thouight it was time for him to hang the gloves up but back he came with three good wins including his last against the great Felix Trinidad.

There is no doubt that Jones has fought in a lot better class throughout his career and i think this will be the deciding factor in this fight.

Calzaghe will look to pick Jones off and throw fast combinations but i feel Jones will be a little to cute for this and will make sure he gets out of punching range quickly...

On the odd occasion Calzaghe likes to show his toughness and will try to turn fights into brawls but in the past this tactic has not always worked as he becomes very easy to hit and although his chin has always passed the test against a bigger puncher and bigger man in Jones this could be his undoing..

So summing up i feel this could be the fight where Calzaghe's great record will be put under the most presure it has ever been put under and i think Jones will end up being just a little to cute for the Welshman and with Calzaghe having to come forward more in the later rounds Jones will have the punch to maybe stop Calzaghe late on...

My bets for this fight will be..

JONES by stoppage rounds 9 - 12

JONES to win on points...


Should be a great fight and one not to miss.....