Calzaghe on course for big pay day

JOE CALZAGHE could face a big-money showdown with middleweight world champion Bernard Hopkins after his win over Byron Mitchell on Saturday.

Calzaghe put on a stunning show for Showtime, who screened his devastating two-round destruction of American challenger Mitchell in the US.

Last year, Hopkins accepted an offer of $3m. to fight Calzaghe before coming back the next day and pricing himself out by asking to double that figure. But, if he tuned in on Saturday night, the danger is he could want even more after Calzaghe's stunning display brought him through one of British boxing's epic battles.