Who has the greatest legacy, Buster Douglas or Joe Calzaghe?

:rofl:rofl:rofl Yeah Right:tired

 

good thread, made me laugh out loud....:rofl

 

I thought this was a joke thread, and some of you guys are actually saying Buster has the better legacy? Beating Mike was a great win, but Buster did not continue a winning record against top guys to prove the win was because of him and not Mike's weaknesses. Buster was great in that fight and he destroyed Mike, but Joe has 10 times more the legacy. He is undefeated and like it or not he beat Hopkins and Jones this year, and Kessler and Eubank. Buster Douglas isn't even in the top 100 all time and not even in the top 20 top heavyweight ever. Not in my mind. I saw him in May of 1987 quit against Tony Tucker and then quit again against Holyfield in 1990 when he was knocked down and he looked at his gloves and didn't get up. No way is this guy a great legacy. One fight does not make a legacy. One fight did not make Iran Barkley great and it does not make Buster great, although Iran did win 3 titles in his career, one of those at 168 vs. Van Horn who he destroyed.

 

Buster Douglas by a HUGE margin, and I'm the a Calzaghe hardcore fan.

 

The win over Tyson remains one of THE best wins in boxing history. But he has next to nothing else going for him.

Calzaghe has dominance and longevity, but no defining wins anywhere near the level of Tyson.

I'll give Calzaghe the nod.

 

And, of course this is all unbiased

 

Fought TWO elite fighters in their prime (it is possible to fight for as many as fifteen years, have maybe 40-50 fights, and never face a single elite fighter in their prime years).

Had the balls to enter the ring TWICE with elite fighters in their prime (some champions reign more than a decade, have maybe two dozen title fights, and never get matched with a single elite fighter in their prime).

Buster at 29/30 years of age, fought a 24 year old Oliver McCall, a 23 year old Tyson and a 28 year old Holyfield in consecutive fights. Not too shabby ...

 

Come on man....

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Three fights

Wondering just which three consecutive fights would be Joe's toughest career trifecta ...

Torres Eubank Sobot
Eubank Sobot Ferreyra
Sobot Ferreyra Reid
Reid Thornberry Starie
Shieka Woodhall Veit
McIntyre Brewer Jimenez
Mitchell Mkrtchian Salem
Ashira Lacy Bika
Bika Manfredo, Jr. Kessler
Kessler Hopkins (43) Jones, Jr. (39)



Huh, who'd have thought it? Joe's last three fights sure do look like his greatest test (for three fights consecutively) when you examine the list of possibilities (left off some of the weaker combinations for expediency of course).


So, Douglas (30) faced Oliver McCall (24), Mike Tyson (23), & Evander Holyfield (28).

While Calzaghe (35) faced Mikkel Kessler (28), Bernard Hopkins (43), & Roy Jones, Jr. (39).

Hmm.

 

The saddest part about this thread is that people are voting against Calzaghe. Say what you want about JC but he is a great fighter with a very good resume and is legitamately undeafeated at that. Whereas Douglas has a great win against a fighter who was clearly not focused and not well trained. Buster Douglas in the grand scheme of things is just a B- level heavyweight and he only gets that high of a rating because of his win against Tyson.

 

Buster Douglas will always be remember for the first guy to ever to defeat tyson. More people heard about Buster Douglas then Joe Calzaghe. Please remember Douglas was a huge underdog and he pulled one of the greatest upset in boxing history. Joe Calazghe would go down in the books as on the best European fighters to put on the gloves is just his resume looks good but still has a huge ? just for the fact he beat the the guys who he should of fought in their prime instead of waiting at the end of career.

 

Buster Douglas is a legend, before i even started watching boxing i knew that Buster Douglas KO'd Mike Tyson....even my little sister knew that, **** everyone knew that

if i ask my sister about Joe Calzaghe it's just gonna draw blanks.....

 

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