Calzaghe on ESPN: 'Would have taken Ward out with ease'

What a BS pumped up article, if you can even call it that.

He said what he thought he'd do to Ward but he hardly takes a swipe at Froch.

 

Why doesn't he come out of retirement and fight Andre, if not he should shut the **** up plain and simple.

No good saying you would have done this or that when he still has the ability to actually do.

Edit: saying that joe is probably about 39 now but that isn't the point.

 

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=GB#/watch?v=ACgTJhEdj5M

With such power, Joe might well have scored one of his 'special stoppages' against Ward.

 

Calzaghe was special. Ward could be but if Calzaghe of 2005-2008 was innthe Super 6 you,d have to strongly back him. There,s no point in Carl or anyone else calling him out now though. He'd be a shot fighter. I think even Joe knew that after the Jones Jr fight.

 

Calzaghe is a what-if P4P number 1 of all time. He had his chance to prove his greatness, but he stayed at home for far too long. A couple of more big wins (Bute, Dawson etc.) and Ward would already be ahead of Calzaghe.

 

Calzaghe would've decisioned Ward, imo. But what did people expect him to say? It was hardly outlandish or controversial comments. Move on. :thumbsup

 

Getting knocked down by old men who were several years past their best instead of fighting guys which would have cemented his legacy......

Calzaghe is on of the 'what ifs....' in my opinion.

 

Calzaghe only narrowly beat Kessler, Ward dominated him. Froch narrowly lost to him.

That is the best indication that we have of how these three stack up head-to-head. As for resumes, Ward's already surpasses Calzaghe's.

I see Calzaghe as a bit of an over-achiever if anything. He ended up with a pretty good resume, and the best names: Kessler, Hopkins and Eubank, are all guys that he was clearly at the limit of his talents in beating (albeit I scored the Hopkins fight for Hopkins, on the basis that I don't give credit for blocked or ineffective punches). If he had been able to fight Andre Ward, or if he had fought a prime Jones Jr, I'm confident that he would have lost; as it is, he carries the prestige of an "0" and therefore his fans maintain strange beliefs about him being an underachiever.

Edit: Of course Ward's resume doesn't actually surpass Zaggy's yet. I meant to say that Ward's resume is already not too far behind Zaggy's, and he has plenty of years left in the tank - so Ward wins in a comparison of resumes as it stands.

 

Joe would beat Ward, he doesnt need to fight him to prove that, its a simple fact

 

Calzaghe wouldn't even fight Ward.

 

Oooh look, Mike464 climbs out of the woodwork when there's a Calzaghe thread. What a surprise.

Ward was a nobody when Calzaghe was around FFS atsch. And yes, he most likely would have beaten him.

Regarding the article, he isn't slagging Froch at all.