Ottke 21 IBF title defenses vs Calzaghe 21 WBO title defenses

Hi, Bernard. How's working for Oscar going. You still putting milk and sugar in his morning coffee?

What kind of car do you driving him in?

 

:good.

 

Here's what I saw: Reid put a clinic on the phantom who legitimately knocked down Sven and would have repeatedly if the red didn't keep penalising him for wait for it: punching Ottke in the head.

 

I have no doubt that I think Calzaghe would easily beat and stop Ottke.
It was Ottke that didnt want to face Calzaghe who was willing to go to Germany.
They had 6 common opponents and Calzaghe looked better against all of them.
Also Calzaghe had the stronger resume at SMW with undefeated Lacy, undefeated Kessler and Eubank, though Ottke did have a fantastic resume also, arguably in the SMW top 3. I rate Ottkes resume very highly at SMW, behind Calzaghes and Eubanks, but its still very good.

Still Calzaghe wins

 

Hey Shane. Did you shine Oscar's shoes today? You don't want him mad at you.

 

:good people have blind hate about Joe.

 

Debateable. I think Calzaghes KO of Mitchell who was a 2 time SMW champ who had never been clearly beaten at SMW is greater.

You would possibly enjoy my Ottke tribute thread. Was a fan myself

Do you remember how Ottke outboxed G Johnson only for people to try and rewrite history?

 

As you are a fan of Ottke you will possibly look at this without rose tinted glasses, with an old thread of mine below.

Now that the excellent Sven Ottke is up for nomination for the IBHOF, I thought we could all look back and admire some of his great work and compare Ottkes 21 title defences to Hopkins 20 title defences (As Hopkins lost defence 21 I wont include that)
Lets compare their fights and see whos reign was most impressive naming key fights

Ottke beat

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the then IBF SMW champ for the title, beaten twice

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who went on to become the Ring & IBF LHW champ

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who went on to become the WBA LHW champ

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who went on to become the 2 time WBA SMW champ

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the then WBA SMW champ and 2 time WBA champ

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the former WBC SMW champ and still world class

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the former WBO MW champ (a smaller fighter)

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world class who went on to become European champ

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world class who went on to become European champ

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Hopkins beat

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for the vacant IBF MW title

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3 weight world champ and then WBA MW champ (a smaller fighter)

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6 weight world champ who went on to win the WBC LMW title and then WBO MW champ (a smaller fighter)

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then WBC MW champ and 2 time WBC champ

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3 time WBA champ and then regular WBA MW champ

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who went on to become the Ring and IBF LHW champ

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former 2 weight world champ

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European champ

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'Slappy beats the basic pitter patter.

 

BTW: http://www.boxingforum24.com/showthread.php?t=462867