Calzaghe SD'd Reid, a fight many thought he lost. Mayweather dominated Carlos Hernandez and Carlos Baldomir with a broken hand. Won every round. Which shows the difference in class between America's greatest and Britains greatest. Infact how many garbage club fighters has Calslappy struggled with throughout his average resume? Struggled against Bika. Struggled against Ried. Struggled against Salem. Struggled against a shot Eubank. Struggled with a 43 year old Bernard Hopkins. Jeez, all he does is struggle. The great ones in their primes. Floyd, Jones, Pea, ect ect dominated their opposition. Joe struggled with sub par fighters and old men. Not according to Johnson and Frank Warren "Congratulations on your win over Roy Jones last Saturday night. Im happy to see that youre finally getting some overdue credit, and now that youve accomplished what you wanted to against Jones and Bernard Hopkins, I think its time for you and I to settle some unfinished business. Im sure you remember, but if you dont, you previously agreed to fight me three times in the past, yet all three times you pulled out of the fight due to injury and we never had the opportunity to give the fans the fight they were all waiting to see. And here's how Johnson closes: Any time you want, I would love to fight you in Wales. I will be there as soon as you invite me. Respectfully, The Road Warrior Glen Johnson" Warren says even worse things about slappy boy. I'll try and find that article. As I said. Hopkins in his prime doesnt lose to Jermaine Taylor and Calslappy. He knocks both out. Bernard Hopkins in his prime decapitated fighters 10 times the level of Calslappy. Dawson would destroy Woods like he destroyed Tarver. Johnson shot. :rofl Seriously do you just say stupid **** just to say it? Trying to sound like a complete moron? Just admit it. You know slappy joe has no shot against a fighter bigger, stronger, faster and younger then he is. He might aswell retire, known to 90% of the boxing world as the Welsh ducker, not the welsh dragon.
I am not sure how to say this without repeating myself... but anyway, Johnson publically refused to fight Calzaghe ( then lost to Woods of all people!), Reid was a well respected Champion, and Calzaghe far from lost it, Jones refused to fight him, Hopkins ran scared, Toney munched his way out of a fight, Collins gave his title up, infact, only the Euros showed courage and fought him, but then we're used to Americans not standing up and being counted, and ducking out of fights , then coming in years later and making excuses. Here is Johnson.... Since the failed bout on 12 June, the pair have traded insults through the media. That is not unusual for boxers but Johnson appeared genuinely angry that Calzaghe had cancelled and is on record as saying he was not interested in rescheduling. "I'm not fighting this guy anymore, I'm not wasting my time on him," Johnson said. "I've told my manager and promoter (Henry Foster and Goossen) to find me someone else to fight because I'm not interested in Calzaghe now." Funny now he is retiring, he suddenly is interested, funny how easily Americans are fooled. End of the day, Calzaghes beaten everyone that dared face him, the ones he hasn't are teh ones that went running, who is unbeaten? and who holds wins over who? .... case and point.
After Calzaghe ducked out 3 times lol! I'd wouldnt fight his Welsh coward ass either. Why waste your time? Reid is a club fighter and Calzaghe barely eeked out a split. most thought he lost. Where's your proof. If the only proof you got is that they wouldnt go to wales to fight some unknown euro then thats not an excuse. They were world known and considered the best, they dont travel, they get traveled too. Europe has a history of having poor fighters. Why would anyone travel to fight their? If faced sorry competition. Toney's, Hopkins, Jones resume runs circles around calzaghe. The only wins Calzaghe has are over a 1 dimensional bum in Lacy who got beat just as bad by Taylor, an unproven Euro in Kessler, and 2 old men. No comparsion to the true all time greats of this era who all fought hte best in their primes.
History of poor fighters? I seem to recall that when you tried to take canada from us, and proclaimed you'd have it within a week, then our reserve armies shredded all your invading armies, BBQ'd your whitehouse, and gave you an audience when you lot came begging cap in hand for a peace treaty. Aside from that Reid was a World Champion who was beaten by a one handed fighter, Calzaghe stated he would travel, Jone's was to busy making a name off part time fighters, Hopkins, well its well documented that he did a 180 degree turn at the 11th hour and high tailed it, and Toney, well look at him. Jones did not face the best, Did he face Benn? McClennan? Eubank? Collins? he fought a few past prime fighters, and an overhyped Toney, plus a pre prime Hopkins, the rest he faced were bums. calzaghe has 10 world champions on his resume, and none are liek Tito, de La Hoya etc who have no business in the ring with people of Hopkins size. Funny, you're saying Calzaghe ducked Johnson, then I prove Johnson refused to reschedule, you praise him... then you post the comments Johnson made after Jones recently, and you priase that? so which is it, should he fight him? or shouldnt he? or can you admit Johnson backed out then got beaten up by Woods a far inferior fighter to Joe.
Lol, read the 1st page in this thread, BRITISH INVASION.... Every night Arran or some other nuthugger that hates on everything thats not Brittish makes a thread like this. Stop with your inferiority complex toward the US, and lets just get along as boxing fans.
Well, there isn't a lot thats not British, considering we gave the world most things.... so I assume the threads are very short.
Poor boxers you dumbass. Said nothing about your military. But if you wanna bring up that ass whoopin you got during the revolution and the battle of New Orleans feel free. Got your ass whipped by a bunch of farmers didnt ya? :yep Now you're nothing but our bitches. "Yo Blair get over here" Reid was a club fighter in a terrible division. He nearly beat Calzaghe. Again how did Mayweather handle fighters one handed? Again Mayweather is an ATG. Calzaghe is nothing. Rofl. Virgil hill? James Toney. Bernard Hopkins? MacCallum? Eric Harding? Montell Griffin? Much better fighters then the schmucks on Slappies resume. Not only that, he didnt struggle as slappy boy did. Barely making it to the bell lol. Benn? Would have killed him inside 5 rounds. Eubank same? McClennan? Collins rofl dont even be deserved to be mentioned in the same breath as Jones. Mostly scrubs, club fighters and hasbeens. Several of which were shot, past it and Calzaghe struggled. Jones dominated his opposition, said he lost less rounds then he had fights. Can Calzaghe say the same? Nope. What are you talking about. Tito beat Mayorga, Joppy, and Halcine and middleweight. No, you proved that Calzaghe wanted to fight him after the 3rd time he ducked him lol.
Why is there this misconception that Adamek and Kessler are alike? Is it because they are white and European, is that it? :-( Adamek is a come forward fighter the majority of the time. He gets hit a lot, he's happy to take a punch to give a few back. He has good skills, but they'll often go out the window...and he'll resort to a brawl quite freely. Kessler is a technician. He will rarely come far forward unless he has to, he prefers to stand at his range, where he can get his punches off. He does not like getting hit, its not part of his makeup to take punches, he would rather be risk free and more defensively solid than go to war. Also if you compare their output, Kessler throws 3 jabs for every one Adamek throws which presents one problem. Adamek will throw far more hooks, and the odd body shot whereas Kessler rarely does. The mentality of the two is completely different, which is why they move differently. There is a very vague comparison to be made between the schooling they've got. That is it.
McClennan beat Jones as an amateur just before they turned pro, so that alone proves he can live with Jones, infact, he holds a win over him, granted amateur to Pro is a big step up, but McClanna was making a massive name for himself, so again, farcical comment. As I have already educated you on every other point here, there is clearly one thing you aren't sure about, so here goes. Britain spent a number of years and money taking Canada from the French, when this happened, moral was low, money was very low, and there werent many troops left, thus being a perfect time, the ''British'' settlers displeased with the increase in taxes, then gathered up support from no less than the Spanish ( major power at the time) French ( the biggest player outside of Britain at that time) and the Dutch ( the equivalent to todays Canadian army) and staged a fight, with out forces stratched all around the world, money running low, over tired troops, it was more sensible to allow the ''British'' settlers, their own country. So No, America has never beaten Britain, nor has it won a war alone, but you do owe a lot to teh British rebels who were led by the British citizen George Washington. I am pleased to educate Americans about things they are ignorant of, but the farmers comment really shows how poorly educated Americans really are, I thought it was just a malicious rumour.
The greatest of our Era??I hope you mean Super Middle of our era! He's not even the best light heavy of the past 15 years. The best 10 fighters since 1990 are ( in no particular order ); Toney, Jones Jr, Tyson, Pacquiao, Mayweather, De la Hoya, Whittaker, Chavez, Tzyu, Hopkins. I know I missed of Calzaghe, Mosley, Barrera, Morales and Lewis, but as great as they are, the above broke barriers throughout divisions ( Tyson excused).
Wow...not only are you delusional...but I think you suffer from shell shock If it wasn't for us...you'd be Germany's ***** right about now
Odd, we won the battle of Britain single handedly, and that was Hitlers last effort at trying to take Britain, then we had to save you from withdrawing , due to massive losses in the Atlantic to U Boats, had we not stolen, then cracked teh Enigma code, you were 2 weeks from withdrawal, so you can thank us, for you not speaking German
Anybody who does not think Joe C. is the greatest of all time is just an American hater. You guys say he slaps...he does not slap, he has one punch KO power..One time in sparring he lifted a 300lbs. body builder off the ground with a single uppercut...he just has had a broken hand for the past 10 years now...thats all. Lightning dosn't strike Joe.....Joe strikes lightning. Jones, Hopkins, Toney ect ect, all these guys just ran away from Calzaghe. because of this, Joe had to fight a bunch of guys no body knew at the ice rink, but you better believe he would have iced all those guys within 3 rounds if they fought him in his prime. just remember....Joe dosn't run from cops....... Cops run from him. .... And you all think he has not beat anybody who matters??? how about JEFF LACY. Jeff lacy was the hardest hitting middle weight in history, he was unbeatable, Ever wonder why Tyson got so shot...thats because his soul jumped out of his body and into jeff lacy's. it was once said a freight train hit Lacy back when he was young...and every person on that train died while lacy walked off with out a scratch....But with all this Joe still went in the ring with him and absolutly destroyed him, Only Joe could ever over come the mighty jeff lacy....and how did he do it CAUSE HE IS THE BEST OF ALL TIME. Just remember ....Joe dosn't pray to God.....God prays to Joe.