"Mr. Calzaghe"

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  1. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The greatest is back.

    Sir joe - we salute u
     
  2. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    :lol:

    I wonder when Cap will get starched again. :think.

    Anyways, how was the Mundine fight?

    Boxrec only shows "Floored numerous times by Hatley" :lol:

    Really want to see Mundine getting knocked out. :yep
     
  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    I'm still waiting on video.

    Choc apparently still continued to call out Danny Green for a rematch to get one last payday in his post-fight interview.

    Maybe after getting his revenge on Mundine by starching him, Green will be a big enough star in his own mind to start calling Joe out to unretire and meet him @ Dannyweight. :yep

    I can see it now. "You only beat Jones by split decision, I KO1ed him!! :deal"
     
  4. MVC!

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    :yep:yep

    So was the Aus card this morning not on television or anywhere?

    Why is it still not out even after 5-6 hours? :think
     
  5. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    If he does it for pride or money then I think definitely a fight with Froch.
     
  6. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    I have no idea. I'm not his financial advisor. :rasta
     
  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Yep, it all depends on his primary motivator.

    Pride, anger (he and Froch have been trading barbs in the media all year and some of it has gotten personal, spilling over from each posturing about how they would be victorious and criticizing the other in terms of in-ring ability to involve Rachael Cordingley ) or money it'll be Froch.

    For legacy, it would be Ward or Jones, though by very different means - the former being a real challenge that would buy Calzaghe "streed cred" he was lacking while active, the latter being a ridiculously easy silver platter opportunity to become a 3-division champion.
     
  8. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Talk about your diametrically opposed scenarios(exchanges, ****ing you).....

    Should Calzaghe come back and beat Ward, no one could ever question his ambition again, or consider him risk averse.

    Should he come back for Jones II, it would double down on those concepts.
     
  9. IntentionalButt

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    ...and yet, thinking in terms of how either would be viewed by historians 100 years from now - who's to say they would have the proper context to differentiate between a victory over Ward as opposed to Jones II?

    Sure, they might stumble across the odd article calling Jones long since washed up but they could shrug it off as haters being haters and point to his win streak and WBC cruiserweight title capture (if and when that happens) and still end up lauding Calzaghe for besting him twice and boosting his resume with the addition of a CW belt.

    Crazy thought, but... who knows how far off-base we are in our analysis of 19th century fighters now? Granted we are in a tougher position working off no footage and with the internet having not been a twinkle in Al Gore's eye back then (nor the grandfather of Gore himself a twinkle in his great-pappy's eye) but still..
     
  10. Super Hans

    Super Hans The Super Oneā„¢ banned

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    Ward
    Golovkin
    Stevenson
    Kovalev


    50-0. The real TBE
     
  11. TPB90

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    Can't wait to watch that. Calzaghe is a legend and the greatest British fighter of all time, imo.

    I can't see him making a comeback now and hope he doesn't.
     
  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    :lol: Stevenson would count for less than Lacy.
     
  13. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    When he retired in 2008, I thought there was a small chance of him returning within a few years. But I don't think he'll ever come back now.

    With regards to him coming back and fighting Ward, there's more chance of my girl letting me do an*l.

    It ain't happening.

    Joe's ego is the size of Wales, and he wouldn't put his precious zero on the line after all of these years. He said when he retired, that if he hung around too long he'd get beaten.

    I could only see him returning in an exhibition match for charity or something.
     
  14. IntentionalButt

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    What if Jones gets his CW title? Very low risk there (virtually none, even with the 7 year hiatus) and massive reward, no?
     
  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    ...and never say never, Loud!

    Start with a stray finger sneaking in there whilst both in your happy throes...chip away...get her comfortable with you probing on the regular, and you'll pave the way for the "I swear I'll be gentle, and we can use plenty of **** :smooch" conversation. :good