The major names in the division include Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver, Glen Johnson and Chad Dawson.
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Taylor first became a world champion in 2005 after beating Bernard Hopkins on points.
Floyd finished with a reconstruction of De la Hoya's defeat against Bernard Hopkins here in Vegas almost three years ago.
Calzaghe admitted he is disappointed not to have secured a lucrative showdown with the likes of American middleweight star Bernard Hopkins.
Calzaghe victims include Chris Eubank, Robin Reid, Richie Woodhall, Charles Brewer, Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.
He made superb fighters like Bernard Hopkins and James Toney look ordinary.
Bernard Hopkins, American boxing's Ol' Man River, would certainly make an appearance.
The claim on behalf of Warren's company Sports Network says it was agreed Warren would still promote Calzaghe after he fought Bernard Hopkins.
Calzaghe impressed on his American debut as he came back from a first round knock-down to beat Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas in April.
It is doubly surprising since Taylor is a former Olympic bronze medallist and a former undisputed middleweight champion who has beaten Bernard Hopkins twice.
Calzaghe has, like Froch, enjoyed a superb 2008 as he beat American pound-for-pound greats Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr in the United States.
He had encountered problems in April when his visa arrived too late for him to travel to Las Vegas before Calzaghe's fight with Bernard Hopkins.
Pavlik, fighting in his home town of Youngstown, Ohio, went into the bout following a defeat by Bernard Hopkins in a non-title contest last October.
Two-weight world champion Calzaghe, who defeated American legends Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr in his last two fights, retired from a stellar 15-year unbeaten career in February.
The 36-year-old stepped up to the light-heavyweight division to fight Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas in April where his points victory won Calzaghe the prestigious Ring Magazine title.
The return of Felix Trinidad was cause for celebration in 2004 and the Puerto Rican could get the rematch with Bernard Hopkins he so craves in the coming months.
But the Londoner, who now lives in Vegas, believes his victory - on the undercard of Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins - will eventually lead to a world heavyweight title.
On the world stage, purists can continue to marvel at the skills of American duo Bernard Hopkins - one of the best middleweights of all time - and lightweight Floyd Mayweather.
After winning the title in 2007 he made a successful first defence against Welshman Gary Lockett, then lost a non-title fight against Bernard Hopkins, before returning to defeat Rubio earlier this year.
It was hardly a display to inspire any American viewers of the bout, but the Welshman admitted only seeing Bernard Hopkins or Roy Jones Jnr in the other corner will get his juices flowing.
It was a first defeat for Hopkins, the nephew of former middle and light-heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, while Holt is now in line for a unification bout next year against WBC champion Timothy Bradley.
His stylish points victories over American boxing greats Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr in their own back yards have been rewarded with a place on this year's BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
But then this is the man who faced Mikkel Kessler in the Millennium Stadium and Bernard Hopkins under the bright lights of Las Vegas while watched by a sprinkling of A-list Hollywood stars and millions around the world.
Calzaghe senior will be looking after Lockett and Doherty on the bill along with Kerry Hope and Hari Miles, the whole show sandwiched between Enzo Maccarinelli's clash with David Haye (8 March) and Joe Calzaghe's with Bernard Hopkins (19 April).
An American coach is also a possibility after the Olympic silver medallist spent a short time working in the gym with Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather, during his recent trip to Las Vegas for the Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins fight.
The HBO announcement means the loss of other Golden Boy fighters like Adrien Broner, who some expect to replace Mayweather at the top of the sport, and 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins, who won the IBF light-heavyweight title this month from Tavoris Cloud on HBO.
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The Bolton fighter openly admits to having enjoyed his time working in America with trainer Roger Mayweather before Joe Calzaghe's fight with Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas, and Khan added that he would leave it to his family to decide who would be his future trainer.
Calzaghe - who had won the award three times previously - cemented his place as one of boxing's all-time greats by stepping up from the super-middleweight division he ruled for more than a decade to beat American greats Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr at light-heavyweight.
Joe Calzaghe - who has won this award the last two years - cemented his place as one of boxing's all-time greats by stepping up from the super-middleweight division he ruled for more than a decade to beat American greats Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr at light-heavyweight.
Other All-Americans entering early were second-teamers Moore, Hankins, Minter, WR Stedman Bailey of West Virginia, safeties Tony Jefferson of Oklahoma and Eric Reid of LSU. Third-teamers were Montgomery, RBs Giovani Bernard of North Carolina and Stefphon Jefferson of Nevada, WR DeAndre Hopkins of Clemson, and DT Sharif Floyd of Florida.
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