Is tonight Ivan Calderon's last hurrah?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Fair to say he isn't the fighter that fought that literal punch- and step-perfect fight against Dieppa all those years ago...think he gets out-worked tonight? Fair to say Fuentes wouldn't have been allowed to rinse out his jockstrap back in the day.
     
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  2. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think he loses tonight and retires quietly, without ever having got the mainstream recognition that his talents deserved.
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    He did start to break through. Unfortunately it was at the same time he started to fade.
     
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  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Definitely, if he loses.

    Hopefully, if he wins.
     
    IntentionalButt, Oct 6, 2012
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  5. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    always been overrated along with alot in history in those lower weights. talent down their is non existant
     
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  6. sugersean15

    sugersean15 Active Member Full Member

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    iron boy will shine watch and see war calderon
     
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  7. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Hopefully.

    Never more than a 6\10 fighter.Not nearly enough finesse and ring craft to inflict such a boring safety-first style upon us.
     
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Awww, come on, all those technical decisions?
     
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  9. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    I think he's got enough left to beat Fuentes, well i hope he does
     
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  10. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    He's been completely done since the first Segura fight.

    Somebody stick a fork in him before he gets too hurt, hopefully Fuentes can get him out of there early tonight to convince him to retire.
     
    Hozumi's Hook, Oct 6, 2012
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  11. I1T2BOX

    I1T2BOX Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Feel free to shove a pineapple up your ass. Calderon's talent was always bigger than his body. Hopefully he'll pull it off tonight and retire on a good note.
     
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  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol:
     
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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    As politely as that's ever been said to anyone. :rofl
     
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  14. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    well.... I have to say this. I'm just about as big a boxing fan as you can be, and of course I appreciate great boxing even without power, Paulie etc. I know that Ivan was a great, great technician.

    That being said, I couldn't ever make myself watch more than three rounds or so of a Calderon fight. There was just something about his style that totally put me to sleep. Dullest fights in the world.
     
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  15. janeschicken

    janeschicken hard work! deadicayshin! Full Member

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    He's not emphatically demanding it, just providing it to the poster as a viable option.
     
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