Your still a Calzaghe fanboy wether your American or Brit So you blame the Americans for not making certain fights , meanwhile you support a UK fighter who padded his record and never fought anyone worth mentioning until late into his career who was also tied into a major network ??Again this is why you can't be taken seriously .
I'm not sure Roy could get credit from a certain segment for doing anything. And I agree if he would have beat, say, Steve Collins but not fought Reggie Johnson the likes of KillSomething would be like: "He never fought Reggie Johnson! He ducked Johnson!" Or if he beat up Rocchiagni but didn't fight Virgil Hill, they'd be like: "Rocchiagni was a stiff Eurobum who lost to Maske twice. Why did he fight that slow-footed Italian who got a gift against a faded Nunn and duck Virgil Hill! He ducked Hill! Hill called him out one time, I have a quote! It's all elaborately documented!"
I think the part of Calzaghe's career between Eubank and Lacy is pretty forgettable. To me, even if he HAD gotten the unifications vs Ottke and Beyer, those wins wouldn't be much better than the bums he fought. I think the SMW division totally sucked and he spent most of his career trying to unify when he was the clear #1. The other champs were weak and they were clearly not interested in fighting him. However, he was ducked by Hopkins (on the record in 2000 or 2002), and at LHW there was NO way he would get a Jones fight. And imo, he would have been afraid to lose to Jones anyway, so it suited him to stay where he was and hope for Hopkins to fight him. So Calzaghe wasted most of his career (I think his title defense streak is meaningless). Doesn't change the fact that he was an amazing fighter and I enjoyed watching him. -Good win over a very faded Eubank. -Showcase unifications against a decent Lacy and a good Kessler, along with a few former champs that I don't rate highly (Mitchell, Brewer, etc.). -ATG win over a p4p ATG in Hopkins. -Lineal at SMW and LHW. -Openly ducked by other fighter: Ottke, Beyer, Lucas, Hopkins, etc. -Never came close to losing. Jones, on the other hand, had options and didn't take them (I think his HW title is meaningless). Doesn't change the fact that he was an amazing fighter and I enjoyed watching him. -Good win over a green ATG Hopkins. -Great win over a sub-optimal version of p4p Toney (who I think is highly overrated). -Showcase wins over a good Hill and decent Griffin, plus a few paper champs/former champs that I don't rate highly. -Held a portion of the title at MW and SMW where there were no lineal champs. -Held paper belts at LHW and HW where there were lineal champs. -Avoided multiple fighters: Hopkins, Liles, Collins, Benn, Eubank, Nunn, Rocchigiani, Michalczewski, Lewis. -Was losing to Griffin when he was DQ'd. The difference to me is that Calzaghe was always dominant, avoided nobody, and did everything reasonably possible to make the fights he needed, while Jones was not always dominant, clearly avoided numerous fighters, and did not take reasonable steps to make the fights that needed to happen. I've said it before: In my book, a fighter loses more credit for ducking a fighter than they would gain by fighting them.
You're an idiot. There's no ducking Hill who was coming off a loss to DM. If anything, fighting Hill was a way to duck DM. If he beat Rocchigiani, he would own a legitimate title. Reggie Johnson was only relevant because he picked up a paper title that was stripped from DM. I'm not knocking Jones for fighting Johnson, but it wasn't anything that added to his legacy. If the fight had never happened then it wouldn't bother me. Look at what I've said: I fault Jones for ducking guys who he had a legitimate reason to fight. I don't fault him for not fighting guys who happened to be ranked in the division but hadn't made a case for the fight. Not fighting #1 challenger and/or the guy who beat him (while still fighting in the division) = duck. Not fighting the lineal champ who had been calling you out your whole career and whose belts you display as your own = duck. Moving up and taking a title off a paper champ = avoiding the real champ. Not fighting other champs in your division = duck.
What i find most funny is when an American RJJ dominates a weightclass in a weak era he is labeled as the best ever lhw and whatnot. BUT! when a non-american do the same, Klitschko(s), they are glass-jawed, cherry-picking, frauds who would have been KO'ed by any boxer in any earlier era... :huh Furthermore they are labelled as ducking any decent opponent, until they fight said opponent and win, instantly transforming that opponent into a bum/can/taxidriver, who never had any skill in the "experts eyes".
it goes both ways and both sides are idiots. maybe you haven't read this or any threads about jones/klit before, or maybe you're another idiot.
Just how ignorant can a man be? Don't run away, and answer these questions. How did Roy avoid Liles? You've been shown a video and a link, that both state that Frankie turned down the fight. His manager called him foolish, and then walked away from him, because he blew a great fight. How the f*ck are you going to argue against his own managers comments? How did he avoid Eubank? You haven't got a clue. How did he avoid Benn? How did he avoid Hopkins? HBO admitted that he tried to make the fight. How did avoid Dariusz? HBO tried to make the fight for him in the U.S. Calzaghe avoided nobody? He could have gone to LHW much sooner than he did. I've seen some jokers on this site, but none that will argue against actual evidence. atsch
This is correct. It would never be enough. I debated with a guy on here a few years ago, and he posted a list of fighters who Roy didn't fight while he was at SMW. He said it was from another site, and it was basically ripping Roy for fighting who he did, and for not fighting a whole list of deserving challenges. It turned out that some of these deserving fighters who Roy missed while he was at SMW, were guys that weren't even fighting at SMW at the time. Some of the names were hilarious. Like Ray Close. No disrespect to Ray, but as if Ray Close was deserving of a fight against Roy. The list had about 14 fighters on it, and only half of them were relevant.
Seriously, how old are you? I have to know. When two guys don't meet, it's not an automatic duck. Do you understand? Roy did not want to fight Dariusz in Germany. Likewise, Dariusz did not want to fight Roy in the U.S. Efforts were made by Kerry Davis of HBO, to make the fight. You cannot say that Roy ducked him, and you can't also hold him solely responsible for the fight not having taken place. Most big fights are hard to make. Now you have no understanding of what happens behind the scenes. There's fighters with huge egos. There's rival promoters. There's rival networks. There's often promoters that want future options on the opponents. There's arguments over the venues, and the upside of the PPV money, etc. It's not easy. Just listing fighters who Roy missed, and then claiming 'duck' is just ignorance. Now why are you dismissing evidence, and refusing to allow for any circumstances?
Roy didn't fight a lot of the guys he should have for one reason or another. I find it hard to believe that they all ducked him.
If i was wrong you can blame boxrec, since that was the source. It still doesnt change that he COULD have fought had he really wanted to. Does it really matter when a fighter fought? I mean with so much advanced technology and training methods than why couldnt he have fought if he had wanted to?
They should certainly be more knowledgable of the situation theyre putting themselves in while fighter for ABC trinkets. My question stands though...why couldnt he?
My respects to KillSomething for challenging the tiresome narrative that has become every morons default setting on here who lacks critical thinking and who's only talent is an alarming penchant for following the herd off a cliff.