Joe Calzaghe Retires

Joe Calzaghe has finally made his decision to retire. I can't blame him as there aren't any viable opponents at the moment. Joe goes out with a sparkling 46-0 record but lacks that career defining fight with a top ten pound for pound opponent (Bernard Hopkins was the closest he had). I wish Joe would have taken more serious fights early in his career because now he is forced to retire at a time when he was ready to take on the best. His best option is Bernard Hopkins but he already has a split decision victory over Hopkins so there is little to gain. The biggest drawback to Joe's career is that he only ever fought one guy who was considered a top ten pound for pound fighter at the time of the fight. That was Bernard Hopkins. Jeff Lacy and Mikkel Kessler were no where close. I can't see Joe being considered an all time great based soley on one, albeit significant, victory. Maybe he squeezes into the hall but it's a shame that he didn't fight the best available fighters earlier in his career. I can't argue with the retirement since Chad Dawson isn't a big enough name and he already beat Bernard. In a perfect world boxing would be like other sports where the best always go against the best. Joe Calzaghe is a perfect example of why boxing so desperately needs that.