Joe Calzaghe vs GGG/Jacobs/Canelo

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  1. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    How does the Welsh Dragon stack up vs the current top crop of middleweights?

    Does he go undefeated or is there a potential banana skin in there somewhere?

    Thoughts?
     
    yesihavearm2, Sep 22, 2017
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  2. Jim Jeffries

    Jim Jeffries Ring General banned Full Member

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    Beats them all easily. He's a super mid and a much better boxer than all three.
     
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    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He should beat them all.

    That being said almost any elite fighter is a potential banana skin - boxing throws up big upsets from time to time. I'd give a prime GGG the best chance of pulling of the upset of the three.
     
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    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Calzaghe not only beat all three of them, but he also beats Ward, Kovalev and Froch as well.
     
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    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Calzaghe sweep.
     
    PhillyPhan69, Sep 22, 2017
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    Ilikeboxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Calling out my posts for being crap but dosen't even know there's a full weight division separating them.
     
    Ilikeboxing, Sep 22, 2017
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  7. yesihavearm2

    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    Canelo's fought above middleweight, Jacobs is huge at the weight and people have been touting GGG to move to 168 for years.

    It's not my fault GGG decided to pivot himself in a single division for his entire career whilst Toney handled guys from 157 to HW.
     
    yesihavearm2, Sep 22, 2017
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    Ilikeboxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Slappyjoe from the 00's UD's them like 120-108(some may be lower than that because of the knockdowns)

    90's Joe, the boxer knocks them out apart from GGG, who loses by something like 119-109 SMW Hagler would lose by that scorecard as well.
     
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    Ilikeboxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He only did the CW because JR couldn't get that to MW. Canelo is a small MW.
     
    Ilikeboxing, Sep 22, 2017
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    On which side of the Atlantic?
     
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    yesihavearm2 ESB Chinchecker Full Member

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    Are you saying Canelo may get a 114-114? :)
     
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  12. Ilikeboxing

    Ilikeboxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wish Joe fought Chavez JR. I think he would break some kind of record for punches landed/thrown.
     
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  13. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All 3 at the same time? Because thats the only chance any of them have.
     
    Clinton, Sep 22, 2017
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    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    We've never seen any of them at SMW.

    If I was a Canelo fan, I wouldn't want to envisage him fighting Joe.
     
    Loudon, Sep 23, 2017
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  15. james5000

    james5000 2010's poster of the decade Full Member

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    3-0 3kos,
     
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