Calzaghe blows away Veit

If IBF super middleweight holder Lacy beats Robin Reid in August, then the American will face WBO champ Calzaghe.

"If Jeff Lacy beats Robin Reid then the fight with Joe is a done deal," said Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren.

"It'll either be in September, October or November but it is a 100% done deal provided Lacy wins."

However, Calzaghe doubts a clash with Lacy is the career-defining bout he has been looking for for such a long time.

"To be honest I don't think Lacy is a great fighter and I see myself beating him comfortably," said Calzaghe.

"I am not sure whether Lacy will be my career-defining fight but he is one of the best in his division."

The 33-year-old Welshman is still pondering a move up to light heavyweight and matches with Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson.

Joe will go on the road now if necessary - wherever (the Lacy fight) can generate the most money Promoter Frank Warren

Meanwhile, Calzaghe's father and trainer Enzo was relieved to see his son bouncing back from a string of personal problems.

The southpaw was knocked down for only the second time in his career against Kabary Salem last October, blaming a bitter divorce battle.

Calzaghe senior said: "Everybody is human, everybody feels, weeps and everybody has sentiments. Joe was crazed with his divorce and intimate things.

"But forget that - that was the real Joe Calzaghe on Saturday."

While he did not repeat his 2001 one-round demolition of mandatory challenger Veit, Calzaghe stamped his authority over the German from the start as he avoided any risk of the vagaries of points decisions on foreign soil.

"Coming to Germany I knew I had to win in style," Calzaghe told BBC Wales.

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"If it was anything like a close fight I knew I would have lost my title, so there was a lot of pressure on me.

"But I used my boxing skills and stopped him in the middle rounds like I said I would."

Calzaghe has rarely fought abroad, the other occasion was a four-round destruction of Will McIntyre in Copenhagen in 2001, but Warren said his man is ready to go to America to face Lacy.

"Joe will go on the road now if necessary, if it's got to be the United States then it'll be the States," Warren added.

"It's wherever it can generate the most money, that's really what the fight is all about."

But the chance of facing a recognised quality opponent and adding another belt to his WBO title will be equally important to Calzaghe, after being starved of world-class opposition for so long.