question number 1 was a private joke with Teeto unless you actually think we are discussing a fighter called 'father time' which is fairly weird. You got mixed up wih Calzaghe there. 2. Yes a very close fight but shouldnt a close fight favour the champion? 3. Joe did say that. Also i really dont think Joe had down enough to deserve a title shot until he beat Eubank
YOU PEOPLE ARE SUCH LIARS!!! STOP LYING 2 YA SELFS!! JOE WAZ NOTHIN GREAT AND NEVA WILL BE,HE WAZ OVERRATED AND A FRAUD AND dIRIUSZ WOULDVE KO HIS ASS,DATS IT!!!I HAD IT!!! IM FED UP WIT CAZLAGHES FANS!!! I HOPE HE COMES BACK OUT OF RETIREMENT AND GET HIS ASS KNOCKED OUT!!! I CANT STAND OVERRATED FIGHTERS!!
Or is it going 'to', (with one o) Did yourself there mate, like Jack Dempsey said, keep your guard up at all times!
I agree with this but in regard to Hopkins he looked better @ 175 than he ever did as a middle IMO,,,,,I still think Calzage beat him clear enough and made B-Hop hold and fake a foul to rest
Didn't Calzaghe give one of the greatest ass-whippings in history to the guy who gave Reid a similar shallacking? I really don't see the point unless it was an immediate rematch, and then I still don't see the point because Joe won the first fight going away.
calzaghe on a decision. without doubt as well. too fast and tough enough to take it when d-man wakes up after his customary slow start. :bbb
Agreed!~ Bashing calzaghe is kinda the in thing to do. He is not one of my fav's but he has grown on my over the past couple of years. I think he could have stretched himself to acomplish more (in terms of legacy not record), by challenging some bigger names a few years earlier. But in the last few years he has stepped his game up. Eubank (past his best, but still anice win...I know that was years ago) & Hopkins (also past his best, but no doubt a world class fighter at this time...although I had hop's by a point) are great wins. I don't put a lot of stock in the RJJ victory...But the way he demolished Kessler and lacy are amazing performances. I agree with many on here that say Hop's and RJJ beat him prime for prime, but you could say that about quite a few SMW-LHW's! Calzaghe at his best is a tough opponent for anyone!
Yes, but Reid was far better in 1999 than he was in 2005 against Lacy. A bit like comparing the Riddick Bowe of Holyfield I to the one that got in against Golota.
Calzaghe won the fight on two of the judges cards 116-111 !!! {The only controversy is the other judge giving the fight to the home boxer} Calzaghe hurt his hand early in the fight. {Calzaghe also had food poisoning} PS - It is unlikely an English fighter fighting in England will get robbed fighting a welshman!
Joe Calzaghe and "skills". I've seen all of his fights and I just cannot work out where people see these "skills" at all. The guy was a very good fighter, but this was due to the way he used his excellent physical attributes (strong, fast hands, great stamina, great chin). He did not have good skills IMO, that wasn't his game. And his defence was always amateurish.
Thats correct, Reid would not give Calzaghe a crack at his WBC title and when Calzaghe beat Eubank to win the WBO title, Calzaghe wanted a unification fight between the two unbeaten British fighters, Reid would not have it, Reid then lost for the first time, in doing so losing his WBC title, although Reid would not put his title on the line against Calzaghe, Calzaghe was prepared to put his newly aquired WBO title on the line against Reid, Calzaghe went to England and fought the ex Olympic medalist and 4 time WBC champ in his own back yard and beat him, even though Calzaghe damaged his hand very early in the fight {for the first time in his career as far as I know} and had food poisoning. There is not enough love or respect on these boards for Joe Calzaghe, I am afraid ? He beats England's finest in England, Eubank, Reid and Woodhall. He beats Americas finest in the USA , Hopkins and Jones Jr. Perhaps the reason for Calzaghe not been loved is England's population is over 50 million people, America's population is over 300 million people, thats a total of over 350 million unhappy people, {their boxers been beaten on home soil by Joe Calzaghe}. The population of Wales is only 2.9 million, that is why the haters out number the enlightend people.
You dont get to become top 3 p4p in the world, all time greatest SMWT champion & best post war British fighter with no skills.