"Joe Calzaghe would beat prime Michael Spinks"- Max Kellerman

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Johnson was reckless, he just jumped straight into the danger zone, Calzhe moved in and out, using feints and mainly stayed at long range using jabs and straight lefts, he used counter jabs too, Johnson didn`t have a counter jab, Joe used great head movement too Johnson was wild and wide open, no comparison.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They're both high-volume, southpaw swarmers, to me that's a valid comparison.

    Joe is very fundamentally sound, Marv wasn't, but Joe wasn't remotely close to Spinks' level, and neither was Marv. You throw Calzhage in with Mike and what you see is Joe winning the early rounds based on activity and just getting into the swing of it, but then taking a huge right hand and going sleep.
     
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  3. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Joe barely won a decision against a near 50 yr old Hopkins. Not very impressive IMO.
     
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  4. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    spinks woulda slept joe
     
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  5. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Gotta be the dumbest thing kellerman has ever said
     
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  6. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    sacreligous
     
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  7. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Anything Tarver can do ,Spinks can do better. He ko's Roy
     
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  8. LordSouness

    LordSouness Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The scorecards were horse****. Calzaghe battered him. And I think 'near 50 year old' is maybe a slight exaggeration. The only light-heavyweight title B-Hop didn't win AFTER losing to Calzaghe was the WBO, let's not rewrite history.
     
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  9. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Scorecards were fine. It's you who rewriting history by claiming calzaghe battered bhop
     
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  10. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just a matter of how long it would take.
     
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  11. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Michael Spinks
    • 6'02"
    • 76"
    Joe Calzaghe
    • 5'11
    • 73"
    Mike Tyson
    • 5'10"
    • 71"
     
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  12. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    i had hopkins winning. I thought he gave calzaghe a masterful lesson as did joe and his dad.
     
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  13. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    calzaghe and his dad werent screaming and throwing a tantrum after round 11 because joe was battering him. It was clear frustration.
     
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  14. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    If you call that a masterful lesson, I hope to god boxing drops out from that school.

    Without a doubt, that was the single ugliest fight I've ever seen between P4P fighters, and I'm glad the spoiling faker didn't get rewarded for it.
     
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  15. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Max got this one right. Calzaghe is just too good for Spinks. Joe close UD.
     
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