Beterbiev vs Joe Calzaghe

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Who wins ?

  1. Beterbiev

    74.2%
  2. Joe calzaghe

    25.8%
  1. Thunderstorm

    Thunderstorm Active Member Full Member

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    Who wins ?
     
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  2. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Beterbiev is too much
     
  3. Scotty Cork

    Scotty Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beterbiev stops him. Calzaghe was only alright at 175
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mike_Jones New Member banned Full Member

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    Two different divisions... you can't write off someone as good as Joe either but at 175 he was old , hard to tell what a prime 175 Joe could have done had he chosen to be a LHW.. at 168 he beats a drained AB.. at 175 Beterbiev clearly has too much pedigree to call it for Joe.
     
  6. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beterbiev KO

    Calzaghe would not put a dent in Calzaghe, I reckon it would be similar to the Gvozdzyk fight
     
  7. Mickc

    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe fought twice at LHW and was dropped in the first round by both Hopkins and Jones,this does not bode well for Calzaghe against Beterbiev. At LHW Beterbiev stops Calzaghe late,as for fighting at SMW no way Beterbiev gets down to that weight . Just a mythical match up but Calzaghe gets stopped by Beterbiev imo .
     
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    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calslappy got knocked down by a 45 year old Hopkins LOL
     
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  9. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calzaghe becomes the first Welshman to land on the moon, well his head does.
     
  10. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    So?

    Ali got knocked down by a small (22 lbs lighter) , elderly (8 years younger) Henry Cooper.

    Did it matter ?

    Fighters are judged on fight results, not on knockdowns.
     
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    UK20044 New Member Full Member

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    The usual clowns that don't know boxing....Calzaghe was an absolute phenomenon with an incredible boxing brain.
     
  12. Easyrhino

    Easyrhino Member Full Member

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    Beterbiev is not exactly a boxing technician.

    I think Joe pot-shots Artur and frustrates him enroute to a UD.
     
  13. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    Close fight but I think Beterbievs power wins the fight, remember Beterbiev is naturally quite a bit bigger than Calzaghe. In addition to Beterbiev's very underrated skillset.

    Calzaghe hasn't fought anyone quite like Beterbiev. His wins against a very very faded Jones and Hopkins aren't a good measure.

    Beterbiev fairly narrow points win for me.
     
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  14. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beterbiev would win, he was able to get the better of a 25 year old Usyk at CW/amateur HW ffs. Beterbiev-Calzaghe would be a stylistic mismatch and I say this as a Welshman, I wouldn't want to see it. Calzaghe was also a career SMW.
     
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  15. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Beterbiev would KO Calzaghe. Easy fight to predict results.