Of all three Italian world boxing champs to retire undefeated, which is greatest?

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Italiano con zero intatto GOAT?

  1. Joseph William Calzaghe - WBO/IBF/WBA/WBC/lineal super middleweight champion, retired 46-0 (32)

    27 vote(s)
    36.5%

  2. Rocco Francis Marchegiano - NBA/NYSAC/lineal heavyweight champion, retired 49-0 (43)

    37 vote(s)
    50.0%

  3. Antonio Perugino - WBU middleweight champion, retired 23-0 (8)

    4 vote(s)
    5.4%

  4. Fuhgeddaboutit, too close to call, this is like havin ta pick between muttsadell and gabagool!

    6 vote(s)
    8.1%
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  1. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Surely he won the WBQ or the NABZ or something or another along the way?

    :smoking:
     
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Nope, believe it or not Joe's high-water mark in terms of tangible decorations was just the New York state, US, and North American title (both of the latter the WBC versions).
     
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  3. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Exciting fighter, He deserved every bit of that Caramel Candy
     
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  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I still remember his mighty scrap with Jirov. Fun fight.
     
    Rumsfeld, Mar 19, 2018
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  5. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Love when you go all internet relay chat on me. '97 was a goooooooooood year. :chuck:
     
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  6. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Being undefeated just tells me you never challenged yourself. I dont put much stock in undefeated records. An undefeated record in boxing is like having a 12 inch wang but youre impotent. Looks great but doesnt do much.
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Yeah in all seriousness he was among the bigger What Ifs of his generation. Maybe among the biggest of the last 2 decades, right up behind Dmitry Pirog (but ahead of the ridiculously over-hyped Edwin Valero), probably on par with, say, Alexander Frenkel.
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    So what you're saying is you think Perugino had a larger phallus than Joe and Rocky because they overcompensated more? (twice as hard, actually)

    Interesting.
     
    IntentionalButt, Mar 19, 2018
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  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    IB Funfact: Mesi and Perugino both had their careers ended by brain bleeds caused in the ring. (albeit more gradually in the former's case, while the latter lapsed into a coma not long after his final fight)

    Okay so by "fun" really I meant "awfully morbid and sobering reminder yet again of the price of being fans of a bloodsport". :xqw
     
    IntentionalButt, Mar 19, 2018
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  10. IntentionalButt

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    Izzat like a participation trophy? It ain't no WBU title, I'll tell ya dat much.
     
    IntentionalButt, Mar 19, 2018
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  11. Stallion

    Stallion Son of Rome Full Member

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    Rocco is surely the greatest, closely followed by Giuseppe. :smoking:
     
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  12. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    i stand by what i said,it was accurate to the letter.A man who struggled with one unified title defence shouldnt be compared to a man who cruised through many. they are leagues apart.

    if you want to prove you arent trolling, disprove what i said.

    go.
     
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  13. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Joe calzaghe is italian. In our culture if your father is italian then you are italian. He carries the surname and always had italian flag on his trunks or mouth piece.

    Did you know such a thing as an "italian" doesn't exist? There are around 10 different ethnic groups living In Italy. North, central, south, sicilian, sardinian are all very different.
     
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  14. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Can Paulie speak Italian?
     
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  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Bafangu, VA NAPOLI! :fusmile Viva Italia!
     
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