You mean Warren implored him to go out and fight because they had already made a £1m payment to Lacy in the event that Joe would pull out. May be if he didnt have the hand injury he may have stopped Lacy who was by all accounts on the verge of a KO loss. Why his corner never pulled him out il never know.
I watched the Brewer, Mtchell and Pudwell fights yesterday... I didn't feel I was watching an ATG. Calzaghe is just like a premier division club forging themselves in the conference.
There was nothing great about any of those performances. Pudwill was a journyeman. Brewer was very faded and gave Joe his toughest fight to date which Joe said himself after the bout. And Mitchell had him eating dirt in a relatively poor stoppage. There was nothing great about any of those performances.
The only fight that made me think WOW was the LAcy one and that was because it was meant to be competitive and it wasn't.
Calzaghes style wont be to everybodys taste but it was effective. One historic fighter who employed a similar slapping aproach was Maxie Rosenbloom (Slapsie Maxie). While he was criticised for his style nobody wanted to fight him because he was almost imposible to outpoint and always made you look bad. Also some fighters hhave a tendancy to train down to the level of their oponent so a nobody will make them look bad one day but on another they will beat a hall of famer. Not all that is gold glitters.
For such an excellent promoter of the sports glory years, your support of Calzaghe and his paper record and title reign is rather puzzling.