Joe Calzaghe retired 46-0 (32) in 2008. Get over it. Fans & haters; quit trolling!

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  1. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Unless you have a crystal ball, you really could not know. Calzaghe had brittle hands, and his hand speed had declined when he fought Roy and Hops.
     
  2. cryptic

    cryptic Active Member Full Member

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    oh lol. just a matter of perspective i guess.
     
  3. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Prime Calz would be the third best fighter from 168-175 if he were around today. Ward would have out boxed him and Kov would have battered him violently.
     
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    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Where are you from Mirk?
     
  5. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Well, you could say the same about Floyd fighting past prime versions of Pac, De La Hoya, and Mosley too. Some people think old or not Roy and Bernard were good scalps over two ATG fighters.

    As for him being p4p, I remember an interview he did on HBO or ESPN around 2008 where everyone was calling him the p4p #1 fighter in the sport, same as they say now about Floyd.
     
  6. glovesofcrimson

    glovesofcrimson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    To be fair Pacquiao had been knocked out and fought a puncher in Rios, however tailor made. Algieri beat the only guy left in that stable. This is me being fair, Margarito was a colossal size discrepancy despite his poor form, again, Manny is at the weight so he can get in the ring with them if he is on the scale. Mosley was meh. Hatton was ruined by Floyd evidently and had a pathetic camp. Cotto was 'drained' in his words though I don't believe that. DLH was a complete shuffling scarecrow.

    The point I'm making is they say every fighter Mayweather fights is a terrible version (and they rarely mention he gets hugely outweighed by opponents too). I don't consider them cherry picks, but if others claim Mayweather is a chronic cherry picker, I use the same standard. He just fought much worse versions than Mayweather in respect to common opponents except Marquez. I consider Berto, Ortiz, Guerrero and Baldomir ''cherry picks'' for Floyd. and Mayweather fought a dragged up Marquez and more battleworn Cotto though it was at a weight he wasn't comfortable at.
     
  7. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    I am a Peruvian boy, good looking and well proportioned buttocks. My lineage is Italian/Portuguese and Inca, yes INCA. :yep
     
  8. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Sure he would :patsch
     
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    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    :rofl
     
  10. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Joe is kinda underrated on some forums, but on here he's so overrated isn't inconceivable.
     
  11. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    :hey
     
  12. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Actually he is UNDERRATED here as well, it is just that today the anti-Calzaghe trolls are not in full force. :yep
     
  13. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've heard Calz fans on this forum say that he coulda beaten Micheal Spinks at 175.

    Yeah, that's not overrated at all....
     
  14. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Well these hypothetical matchups are pointless, unless you are in possession of a crystal ball.
     
  15. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lmao! Calz fan boys are amazing.

    Nobody requires a crystal ball to know that Spinks would have destroyed Calzaghe.