How do you recall the (Joe) Calzaghe fight? ''The main thing I remember about Calzaghe was how hard he punched. I thought he had bricks in his gloves at one point. On top of that - he was big, he was strong, he was hearty, he had fast hand speed and he had a very awkward southpaw stance. He was unbeaten, he didn't know how to lose. I actually lost 20 pounds in a week and was preparing for a righty light-heavyweight. (Laughs) Has there ever been many more difficult tasks? On top of all that, he puts me down in the opening 15 seconds, for only the second clean knockdown of my life. (Laughs) .'' ''I've never been knocked down in the first round before Joe hit me with a powerful left-hand punch, which I never saw, and within half a minute of the bell ringing I was having to pick myself up and deal with the realization that I was in for a long night. That punch really hurt and thereafter it was a tough fight.'' Joe obviously went on to be an exceptionally great world champion.'' Chris Eubank ''I started out [professional] with the Ingles. I used to do a lot of body sparring with the likes of Bomber Graham, Johnny Nelson and Naseem Hamed. Nelson never had any bottle: he used to nick fights running away. But Naz was ****ing brilliant - so elusive and he hit really hard. Even when he were just 15, he told my uncle to get his autograph 'cos he were going to be a superstar. Nigel Benn used me seven times over in Tenerife, including for the Gerald McClellan fight. I had a big bet, three figures, on McClellan to win in the first round at about 10-1. And he would've if the ref hadn't kept interrupting. Nige and me would spar half-an-hour a day, then both go out on the ****. We always had a headguard and 16 oz gloves and often I'd outjab him. Nigel weren't a liberty-taker. But the best I've been inside the ring with was Joe Calzaghe in sparring. Beforehand, I thought he were quite boring to watch and looked as if he slapped but, **** me, he punches hard. If he slapped, Bernard Hopkins would've stood toe-to-toe with Joe, but he [Hopkins] got on his bike, didn't he? If Joe and Nigel had fought, I think Joe would have been able to take the pain and would've ended up hurting Nigel, bit like Michael Watson did.'' Tony Booth (Booth's fought and sparred against a who's who of champions, prospects all the way from middle all up to heavyweight). http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=4216&cat=boxer ''Joe's a great all rounder. He can box on the front foot. He can box on the back foot. When you make mistakes he punishes you, and he punishes you very quickly. ''I would say the first three or four shots in his combinations might be light, but when he gets you in range the last three or four are really hard believe me. Hard and quick, and so difficult to defend against.'' Richie Woodhall ''I thought I'd been hit by a lorry'' Karl Barwise ''This kid has everything'' Spencer Alton ''I've never been hit so hard and so often'' Andy Flute
How people can hate is beyond me, he is the best supermiddle weight we have produced so people will try and tarnish his legaccy or his reputation..
Seeing that Team Elite been handing out pwnages in Calzaghe debates with me on a Mayweather type retirement, these pwned individuals have to use my material to even stand a chance against Team Elite. Let some hype build up.
lol, someone always pulls up this video, and i can never get enough of it... God, what AWFUL punch technique he has... where he learned that **** from, a pub? Gotta love the super quick stoppages and the back of the head slap ko's....
I'd still have Joe beating Hopkins.... you can easily outwork Hopkins if you can avoid being slowed down by him, Joe will always be a bad match-up for him...
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTs4bXnKQBU&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLF6A36BF2B8333766[/ame] Not bad for a slapper..
I'm not sure it was so much the case for Joe but I think there was to much respect for Jones and new that he didn't need to KO him. Much like mayweather vs maruqez/Mosley. If he went for the KO he could have got it but there was no need after all 3 were shut out apart from one round
I would have given him even less credit knowing he would have avoided a good amount of hard nosed fights, Joe will be an ATG no doubt but he's resume is less than stellar I just could never adopt the guy I respect him but don't value him as much as others do and never will.