His resume is padded with paragraphs and elipses. Far too many gaps IMO. Agree with Gaz regarding the actual topic.
Its more like ****ing Iceland down here in Wales with all this ****ing Snow Whats the weather like in Iceland Eskimo?
1/2 of his title defences were pure filler. Calzaghe as a fighter could and should of got far better fights than the Pudwills and McIntyre's of the world. How hard would it be to get Larsen, Beyer, Lucas, Catley, Braehmer, Echols and such in the ring? Then you have Ottke. Calzaghe could of been undisputed 168 champ about 7-8 years ago with a win over him.
Ottke didnt want Calzaghe That guy was a German cheat and was happy to just mug out a career in Germany If Joe had gone there he would have been DQ for hitting Ottke in the face
But the FACTS remain Joe DIDNT go to German. Joe didnt want the fight as much as Ottke didnt want it. BUT Sven was the recognised number 1 in the division NOT Joe. Lets not deal with supposition conjecture and whatifs. Just cold FACTS.
Scurla when it comes to Calzaghe you are deluded with hate Calzaghe was the NO 1 - Fact Ring Rankings, etc He would have smashed Ottke - just my opinon there Good for him not going to Germany - **** that getting cheated out of a fight look what happen to Robin Reid "At least Dick Turpin wore a mask when he robbed people" Roy Jones didnt go to Germany either for the same reasons - still a great fighter
There are big questions you could ask about Calzaghes title defences/ opposition but I don't see the omission of Ottke as being one of them.
Thats absolute rubbish and goes to show the deluded lengths Calzaghe joyboys go to defend there guy. Sven was the consensus number 1 by ALL independant boxing organisations including the Ring. Joe was ranked at number 2 FACT. Jones reasons for not going to Germany were quite apparent as Jones got robbed in Seoul. Joe on the other hand said he had a fear of flying. But he managed to find his arse in Norway to fight Mcyintre and flew to the US to face Hopkins. All we ever hear from Joe and his fans are endless excuses.
Ottke would have looked nice on Calzaghe's resume. And I rate Sven purely as a fighter, trying to ignore other factors. But the reality is I don't expect anybody to fight under unfair conditions. It takes blood, sweat and tears to become a pro boxer. Everybody deserves a fair crack, its not on to have to overcome more than just your opponent. As I remember Ottke had the chance to come to England, to go to other places, and he didn't want to. That's okay, but I don't expect anybody to go and fight him either. I admire them if they do.