By request: A Summary of Calzaghe's career

There'sa a difference between best in division, p4p and ATG.

JC is the best in his division.
P4P, not even close.
ATG, Name one JC Superfight Victory. I define Superfight as two fighters in or this/close to their prime in a fight everyone in the world wants to see. Hagler/Hearns..Leonard/Hearns..Ali/Frazier..
I mean this fight was sooooo big, it wasn't even PPV nor was it a sellout.
JC is a very good fighter. But please stop with this ATG stuff it's just wrong.

 

Hopefully Calzahge has enough left to take a few more fights because there are some good ones out there that could make him an ATG.

 

There sure are..
I think Pavlik should be his next fight.
I like KP. But he has not seen a crafty fighter like JC.
But KP brings big time power, the most JC has faced in his career.
I don't mind the RJJ fight..
JC wins that..

 

Let's go to the other side of the train and glorify his run now, which can be easily justified to the fullest -

- Beat a fit Eubank in 97, Collins ducked him because Calzaghe would have stopped his ass. 1 good name that ducked Mr. Supernatural. A very good win here, he ****ed Eubank up while he was still green.

- Beat a prime Robin Reid who was fully focused, a worthy adversary, shut him out first 5 rounds, emotions got him and fought Reid's fight, won the last round and sealed the deal. Close but clear decision over a prime Reid.

- Trashed Omar Sheika, whom was coming off of a win over Glen Johnson no less, arguably ruined this guy's career.

- Fought a good fight with top 10 contender Woodhall, busted him up and TKO'd him in the 10th, a fair win here.

- Beat Charles Brewer very wide, 10 rounds to 2.

- Fought Mario Veit, TKO'd him in 1, the manner in which he won makes this a fair win.

- At this point a fight with Reggie Johnson fell through, Ottke ducked him, Beyer ducked him, a fight with Hopkins in 2002 was attempted to be made, that'd have been a much greater fight than the recent and outside problems put his career in doubt.

- Crushed Byron Mitchell in 2, same guy whom had TKO'd Liles, beaten Siaca, got jobbed against Ottke in germany and had been competitive with everybody he fought or won simply. A good win.

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- Veit rematch, #1 contender sadly for his title, dominated him and TKO'd him in six. Afterwards Veit went on to win a decision over Jurgen Braehmer, a decent fighter.

- Lacy fight, dominated every round, biggest shutout in a unification match in a long time, absolute brutality, this brought him the P4P recognition he deserved.

- Beat Bika in an ugly brawl, Bika went on to win the contender and greatly trouble Lucian bute.

- Outclasses Mikkel Kessler in the first Undisputed SMW title clash in history, a great win here.

- Beats Hopkins for the Ring LHW title, an older Hopkins, but one who had come in great shape with a great camp, an ugly win and only a fair win at best, but one over a big name none the less and an experienced vet. Was dissapointed myself, but these things happen.

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Books not even closed yet, I'd say that's a pretty fine resume myself, if you think that's a **** resume then you are blind. It's not what it could have been, but it's very good and can get better depending on what he does.

 

you know better than to say that amsterdam,no way in hell collins ducked calzaghe.i respect your posts but that is simply blatant lying and nuthuggery

 

I'm not saying it's ****.
But it's not Sugar Ray Leonard's ,Hagler's, Duran's or Monzone's..
And from what I'm getting from some out in cyberspace is that JC's is equal.
I don't even need to write 500 words and you know the above fighters had better years than JC's total career in terms of big fights.
But JC is a very good fighter.
He's not legendary though..

 

Find me somebody active that ranks with those guys, you won't find any period. Not even Jones, resume wise.

Where?

You're dealing with top 25 ATG's there, I'm discussing his standing now and in his generation and possible ATG ranking depending on what he does, not comparable.

He's more than just very good and he's a British legend.

 

yes that was a good fight!

 

Althouth I think Joe ain't ****, this is so ****ing true. Hope I never see BHop fight again.