Bob Foster vs Joe Calzaghe at 175

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  1. Mooshashee

    Mooshashee New Member Full Member

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    I say Foster starches Calzaghe in under 3 rounds. If Foster hits JC in the first round like BHop and Roy Jones did, it's over in 1. And I like JC, I'm just saying Foster would be too big at 175 and would take advantage of JC's habit of dropping his hands and leaving his head open for big right hands.
     
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  2. Small Print

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    Foster would knock anyone out if he caught them. One of, if not the best ever LHW. Bob Foster takes this in an easy fight.
     
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  3. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    One never can tell how hypotheticals would have gone.

    I would have to pick Foster in this one.
     
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  4. DaHead242

    DaHead242 Active Member Full Member

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    what exactly is the point of this thread. Bob Foster is an ATG 175 pounder. Joe has had 2 fights at 175. This thread is nearly as ******ed as the Calzaghe vs Spinks thread.
     
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  5. Mooshashee

    Mooshashee New Member Full Member

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    JC is currently fighting at 175, is the Ring magazine 175 pound champ, and may fight Dawson to unify the belts that matter. It's a perfectly sensible thread.
     
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  6. GazOC

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    Foster is overrated as an ATG at 175 IMHO, but he'd catch Calzaghe at some point and it'd be all over despite JCs decent chin at 168.
     
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  7. doomeddisciple

    doomeddisciple Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd take Bob over pretty much all 175lbers save Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore and Michael Spinks.

    And then it'd be a 50/50 with those three.

    Calzaghe, as far as 175 is concerned, isn't even top 20.
     
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  8. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ............On paper, at least, this is a mismatch. Foster wins easily.
     
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  9. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Calzaghe would've be a light-heavyweight under the old weigh-in rules for most of his career.
     
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  10. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Foster is a nightmare H2H for nearly anyone who isn't bigger than him. Calzaghe at his best could last to the middle rounds, but he isn't lasting the distance.
     
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  11. djrock247

    djrock247 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    As much as I've berated Calzaghe on this site today, I gotta say that the fact that we're questioning how he would fare against BOB FOSTER speaks volumes about his current status.
     
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  12. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Good point.

    He is a very good fighter with quite impressive physical gifts. Its not totally unreasonable to make a hypothetical matchup like this.

    Foster destroys him but really Foster just about destroys anyone at that weight.
     
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  13. Fitz56

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    Joe would get jab busted before Ko'd by the LH
     
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  14. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s like if there was an ATG 126er today, we’d all want them to fight inoue. ATG 1 division below is sensible vs ATG 1 division above.
     
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  15. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing Aficionado Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe would have out-boxed and outworked Foster for a comfortable wide UD win.

    Calzaghe is very underrated by American boxing fans.
     
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