Taylor keen on Calzaghe match-up

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Taylor, who lost his WBO/WBC middleweight belts to Kelly Pavlik in September in Atlantic City, has exercised a rematch clause in the original fight contract and the two will meet again in Las Vegas on February 16 in a non-title contest at super-middleweight.

"It's hard to look past this fight but knowing Jermain, if he beats Pavlik, Joe would be the fight he would want," his promoter Lou DiBella said.

"Joe is the best and Jermain has always reached out for the best so knowing that he will never fight at middleweight again, if he succeeds in this rematch I would be very surprised if he didn't say 'Go pursue Calzaghe'.

"At this point in time I think anyone who knows boxing knows that the second best fighter in the world is Calzaghe and that's only because Floyd Mayweather is out there.

"I think Calzaghe has had a tremendous year and has stamped his status as one of the great super-middleweights of all time.

"So if I know Jermain and he beats Pavlik, that's where he sends me looking."