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Beouche

12-18-2011 04:55 AM

Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

discuss

TBooze

12-18-2011 06:58 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

No, Jimmy Wilde is and it is not really close, unless we are calling Fitzy a Brit.

Outside of Britain and Ireland, in proper Europe (we in England, do not really consider ourselves European) I would say Carpentier edges Benvenuti...

Zmora

12-18-2011 07:22 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

Hell no! Probably top 10 or 15 but there were some better guys.

nahkis

12-18-2011 07:32 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

:lol:

Woller

12-18-2011 12:18 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

I would also like to throw in Marcel Cerdan and Ted kid Lewis.

Woller

Back Hand Slap

12-18-2011 02:14 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

"Forty six and O"

Joseph Calzaghe on being the GOAT

Guyfawkes

01-13-2012 10:39 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

Can you consider Lennox Lewis a euro?

Joe_MacKenzie

01-13-2012 10:59 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

Joe Calzaghe is an ATG and one of the top 10 European fighters of all time, but he's not #1.

nahkis

01-14-2012 04:05 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

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Originally Posted by Guyfawkes (Post 11795150)

Can you consider Lennox Lewis a euro?

Does it make a difference?

Son of Gaul

01-14-2012 04:09 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

Calzaghe deserves a ton of respect for destroying Jeff Lacy(undefeated at the time), soundly defeating Kessler(also undefeated at the time) and getting by Hopkins but, calling him the greatest anything is a stretch. With that said, he's in my top 5 at SMW but clearly below guys like Schmeling, Papp and Wilde on any list of atg European boxers.

I'd probably rate him on the same level p4p with Tszyu and Michalczewski.

Ramon Rojo

01-14-2012 04:22 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

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Originally Posted by TBooze (Post 11582823)

Outside of Britain and Ireland, in proper Europe (we in England, do not really consider ourselves European) I would say Carpentier edges Benvenuti...

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Carpentier is not even the best of France.

sugarsean

01-15-2012 05:38 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

Joe Calzaghe is not even the best British boxer of all time (L.Lewis, Lynch, Turpin, Buchanan, Berg, Conteh, Honeyghan)

Marcel Cerdan
Jimmy McLarnin
Max Schmeling
Young Corbett III
Duilio Loi

are just a few of the top of my head

Cafe	01-15-2012 11:27 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

Well Britain isn't really considered to be Europe, so I'd say probably Klitschkos.

nahkis

01-15-2012 11:37 AM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

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Originally Posted by Cafe (Post 11806638)

Well Britain isn't really considered to be Europe, so I'd say probably Klitschkos.

...but it is a part of Europe?

captain hook

01-15-2012 12:51 PM

Re: Is Joseph Calzaghe the Greatest European Boxer of All Time?

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Originally Posted by Cafe (Post 11806638)

Well Britain isn't really considered to be Europe, so I'd say probably Klitschkos.

what is britain then? africa? :patsch

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