where do you rate calzaghe among top british fighters?

I'm not sure some of those comparisons work. The idea is that Calzaghe had a purely mental impact on Lacy which meant he was never the same. That's quite different to someone breaking their jaw or suffering a severe shoulder injury which can obviously impede you in a physical as well as mental sense.

 

^ He tore his rotator cuff in his very next fight...

 

Agree completely mate in the fighters you mentioned.
I was 100% on the Price is a jaugaunt

Agree Completely mate one loss can absolutely destroy a fighter.
To mention a couple of fighters from your post.
I was 100% onboard the "Price is a juggernaut train" and im gutted for him where his career is at now.
And AA getting smashed by Gomez was just crazy.

 

Would love to see big Dave go out on a high

 

I don't think "Lacy was overrated" and "Calzaghe ruined Lacy" are mutually exclusive.

He clearly wasn't as good as American pundits wanted him to be. The pre-fight predictions for Calzaghe-Lacy show a complete disconnect between their perception of how good he was and what he had actually showed in the ring.

Likewise though, his performances slid after the Calzaghe loss; he went 6-5-1 (1) across the remainder of his career. He was clearly better than that beforehand. He was a physically strong, explosive puncher who let his hands go and could get fearsome leverage on his shots. He didn't show any of that after the Calzaghe beating. He became a one-paced, one-dimensional plodder who could barely squeak by Tsypko and Manfredo, and struggled to lay a glove on the ghost of Roy Jones. It may have been the injury, the beating or a combination of them, but he clearly wasn't the same fighter afterwards that he was pre-Calzaghe.

 

Likewise mate - would be the ultimate fairy tale ending!

 

Joe almost beat him to death, Lacy took a right hammering. Taking that kind of punishment is career shortening.

 

Lacy went from having it all his own way all his career to getting in the ring with someone he labelled a slapper and getting taken to school and receiving an absolute beatdown of epic proportions, Joe absolutely destroyed him both mentally and, on the night, physically.

 

If Joe went on that WBO run in this social media era he would be seen as the biggest joke in world boxing.

 

Do you ever post anything positive?

You sound like you really don't know the difference between a boxthing round and a steak round.

 

You're a full time troll though

 

You add nothing to the forum - why don't you try excrement analysis for a more suitable hobby

 

Aren't you the guy who calls fighters stupid names and just trolls in every single post you make? You have zero boxing knowledge.

 

Can you read?

If so read this thread and if you cannot read or interpret the information, just stick to excrement analysis lady

 

All that Whyteleafe nonsense and terrible unfunny rants. Terrible keyboard warrior who in the real world gets bullied and clowned. Don't ever reply to me again you're a joke.