Can Joe Calzaghe one-up Sugar Ray Leonard?!

joe doesnt fight when the other guy has the advantages, he fights when the other guy is weakest. So hes never going to fight when hes the old one.

 

The bum wouldn't step out of the British Isles for most of his career. When he did, he added just notable names as Jones and Hops to his resume, even though Victor Ortiz could have probably taken Jones out at that time. Personally I think Hops won that fight.

 

:yep:yep:yep

 

Well he tried but Jones (by own admission didnt want it) and Hopkins turned the fight down too :thumbsup

 

surely you mean Cardiff?

there is a difference.

 

No fighter can be accused of ducking someone who fights at a weight they cannot make. It was impossible for Joe to make middleweight and fight Hopkins.

However we all know that Hopkins agreed to move up to fight Calzaghe and then backed out. American TV wanted the fight. It was revealed in Hopkins' court case with Lou Di Bella that Showtime offered Bernard the fight.

 

Even in his prime Calzaghe would not beat Ward so it's not gonna happen now.

 

I cant wait for flyod to get his arse kicked too.

 

BS...Calzaghe would have beaten him handily.

 

I cant see how zaghes beats someone with elite skill AND stamina. He used his stamina and chin to edge out less fit elites when he couldn't outbox them (reid, (close to elite but not the full job), Kessler, old Hopkins)

 

Calzaghe would only do slightly better than Kessler, if at all. Imagine the first 4 rounds of the Hopkins fight, only against a guy throwing and landing about 40% more, with much quicker feet, quicker hands, more variety and doing it for the full 12. Calzaghe might win a couple of late rounds if Ward takes his foot of the gas but that would be about it.

 

In a line-snorting contest, absolutely. Ray only dabbled, he wasn't about that life.