A Genuine Question For The Fans Of Joe Calzaghe

to touch the rematch poit joe had an abc belt his was fond of and viet had fought his wat to the #1 spot and was the mando joe had no other choice

 

To answer the question, true Calzaghe fans have followed him since before Eubank, I have seen over 25 fights, I know he's been through a bad patch with hand injuries, with his Divorce, with Frank protecting his cash cow, I know Americans are playing cach-up since Lacy, so as a fan I'm really pleased he's finally getting some respect.

I'm so satisfied I don't need much to make me happy anymore, he beat Lacy, he beat Kessler, he got all the belts, confirmed he's one of the elite today, that'll do me. So I don't care about $$$ fights now, Hopkins and Jones are a bonus, when he left 168, that was essentially his career done for me. I know he's 37 soon, if he did lose, fans would completely mock him, putting him back to where he was before Lacy, I would prefer him to get a little, tiny bit of respect as he retires.

 

The general mentality of his fans? That's sort of chucking us all in one boat...and either way it was unnecessary and only served to make your task more difficult in getting genuine responses. You could have just done without that.

Anyway, my take is these are just UK guys that have watched a few fights now he's come into the limelight with his sports personality award. They are a bit over eager without a firm base of knowledge and in a lot of cases nationalistic which adds more fuel to the fire. I don't think its a phenomena in Calzaghe fans, its just that this forum seems to have a huge % of British fans and Calzaghe is a big talking point so it is really highlighted in comparison to fans of other fighters who are equally obtuse and fanatic.

The old saying..."there is none so blind as those that will not see" comes to mind. It's kinda pointless arguing the toss with these people but I admire your determination at times.

 

not just joe but hatton as well
you could say mexico as well as football is very big over there . take chivas fan for example the are very passionate when it comes to there team. to the point of blows if you insult the team( the one i know and met at least.) every chivas fan i've ever met was a chavez fan. and took to him the same way. it's probally becuse footbal is that country #1 sport they are use to supporting their athletes in that manner which is probally why you notice it in alot of joes fans

 

Its the fans, they protect cal more :/

 

You have too much time on your hands man, just let it be. Maybe there are casual fans out there who just want to see a guy do well for himself and get some cash in the bank, while also laying the groundwork down for a career in promotion. I for one am sorry to see him go. I loved watching him play Jazz in the ring.

 

Dinamita what do you think of hopkins dropping out of a fight with joe when the money had been agreed i think it was 2002?

 

Noooooooooo how terrible:scaredas: WTF didn't you then

 

I had absolutely nothing else to do that night.