Now who wins prime Calzaghe or prime Ward?

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Who wins?

Poll closed Jul 19, 2017.
  1. Prime Calzaghe

    114 vote(s)
    59.7%
  2. Prime Ward

    65 vote(s)
    34.0%
  3. Draw

    7 vote(s)
    3.7%
  4. Just wish Ward would go away

    5 vote(s)
    2.6%
  1. Birmingham

    Birmingham Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    How I see it...Ward could off set anyone with that holding/mauling but I got joe by couple points
     
  2. Birmingham

    Birmingham Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Calzaghe was great at adapting, you serious ?
     
  3. Outstock

    Outstock PBR Full Member

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    Wards second win over Kovalev is proof is skill-set is amongst the very Elite.

    Calzaghe was great to a certain level but his talent isn't comparable to Wards.

    I'd pick Kovalev to stop him and Ward would pitch a near shut out on the cards against him.

    At the end of the day Calzaghe got outboxed by a past prime Richie Woodhall in his last ever fight.

    And Robin Reed fought him to a close split decision which would have went to Reid if it wasn't for a bogus point deduction.
    Robin Reed got comprehensively out boxed by Silvio Branco in his very next fight. Branco before he fought Reed had just won by total robbery against Glen Johnson in Italy.
    Joe famously ducked Johnson 3 times.
    Froch battered both Reed and Johnson in one sided affairs. Ward dominated Froch.

    There's really no evidence to make a case for Calzaghe winning. He wasn't on the same level.
     
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  4. PrinceVega

    PrinceVega 帝拳ボクシングジム Full Member

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    Ward by UD. Easy money.
     
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  5. Ilesey

    Ilesey ~ Full Member

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    Calzaghe UD, no doubt in my mind.
     
  6. rorschach51

    rorschach51 A Legend & A Gentleman Full Member

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    Calzaghe was a relentless workhorse as well as a elite skilled fighter, he would swarm Ward all night on his way to a comfortable points win. Plus Joe was no saint, when Ward started pulling out the elbows, headbutts & nutshots Calzaghe would waste no time giving him his receipt.
     
  7. The Clan

    The Clan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nice fairy tale
     
  8. Gil Gonzalez

    Gil Gonzalez Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Joe would find a way to win like he always did, and maybe give Andre a hump or two while he was at it.
     
  9. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Ward proved what we all knew this entire time. He struggles against people that can ACTUALLY box and are not one dimensional plodders like Froch and Abraham. He relies on his referees and judges to give him that edge. Even with all these unfair advantages Joe Calzaghe trumps him. He lost the first Kovalev fight and was allowed to hit Kovalev in the pubic area in their second, reducing Kovalev's stamina in the process. How on Earth this proves that Ward is in the same levels as, Roy or Hopkins or Calzaghe is beyond me. Wishful thinking at best. But hey anything is possible when you punch a man in the pubic area, a woman can beat a man by punching them repeatedly in the groin area, let that sink in.
     
  10. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    Joe wont be able to hump though since Andre Ward would castrate him with low blows. Joe would win but at the end he would become a Eunich
     
  11. Todd498

    Todd498 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Calzaghe and I'd bet the house on that.
     
  12. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Assuming the officiating was fair. They favoritism Ward has been shown particularly in his last two fight would be hard to pick anyone who could beat him.
     
  13. Andy_Kaufman

    Andy_Kaufman Member banned Full Member

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    Prime Joe is too slick for any version of Ward.
     
  14. rorschach51

    rorschach51 A Legend & A Gentleman Full Member

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    I figured Joe had already counteracted the low blows with chemical castration by snorting all the blow in Wales?
     
  15. Todd498

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    I think Joe would overwhelm him to the point of a riot if Ward was given the decision. It would be too obnoxious to give that turd the nod after Joe's done with him. Prime Calzaghe was a machine.
     
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