Joe Calzaghe can walk into the sunset as an undefeated two weight World Champion. He demolished a former four-weight World Champion in Roy Jones Jr. in the early hours of Sunday morning to cement his legacy as one of the greatest fighters not only of his generation but of all time.

Calzaghe didn't get recognition worldwide until his destroyed the highly touted Jeff Lacy and after a couple of easy defences he stepped into the ring with Mikkel Kessler, who held the WBA and WBC versions of the Super Middleweight title. Calzaghe's WBO belt was also on the line as was the Ring Magazine belt that Calzaghe had won after beating up Jeff Lacy.

Kessler was undefeated as well so this was a huge clash. Kessler had Calzaghe in trouble in the 4th and the 7th. However Calzaghe won the late rounds to win a unanimous decision with the judges scoring the fight 117-111, 116-112, 116-112 in favour of the Welshman.

With that win Calzaghe had cleaned up the division and he decided it was time to move up. Bernard Hopkins at Light Heavyweight was the man waiting for Calzaghe. His American debut was in Vegas but wasn't in any of the renowned venues. The Welshman would be floored in the first with a flash knock-down but would do the clearer work. The judges gave him the split decision 115-112, 113-114, 116-111.

Now he has beaten Roy Jones Jr. with the judges giving him every round except the first when yet again he had been put on his bum. There is no-one else out there for Calzaghe to fight that would get the juices flowing. Pavlik was given a boxing less by Hopkins. Joe has already said that he doesn't do re-matches so another tussle with Hopkins seems unlikely.

Chad Dawson who Max Kellerman said was the obvious fight out there when interviewing the champ in the ring isn't a fight that anyone really cares about. Any fight Calzaghe takes on now would just be about the money and not about enhancing his legacy.

So it seems clear that the future should be about retirement for the pride of Newbridge, Wales. He has enough money in his bank account to enjoy the rest of his life in luxury. He also has lots of money available to him in promotion work and no doubts a book could be in the offing. So money isn't an issue and his future should be all about reaping what he has sown.

Enjoy your retirement Joe – you've earned it!