good post. but in answer to 'why didn't jones come over here?' - risk versus reward. if you want the top dog you go and get him if you really...
cowardice isn't right. the man fights for a living. but lack of respect and self-respect for finding out how good he could have been and...
maybe not but you're still comparing a talented fighter who never made the jump across the pond to the fighters he could be legitimately compared...
but since they faded into euro obscurity and never did anything about it, no, they never had a chance. dont ever build up fighters who never...
let me ask you this. why do you think abraham is coming to the US to fight?
why dont you tell him why he's wrong instead of condemning him with that same "logic". if you can, that is.
and some people forget that he fought no-one "at his best" to put him on the same plane as a guy like toney or hopkins.
you make some good points but the problem with building up fighters who make a career of fighting b-grade fighters (except for the oscar fight,...
the undercard issue was an example. the bottom line is if you want to fight and prove yourself against the best fighters of your era you need to...
the tszyu win was a rare chance to have some pull in the US and everyone knew hatton after that fight. but hatton had to lay down the law to...
absolutely. but he didn't and i can't help but feel that calzaghe is going to look back on his career and think "i wish i'd done it this way"
agreed. but those 'smaller fights' (meaning PPV undercard) open the door to career defining fights - and this is the essence of the calzaghe...
the same way he could've got hopkins. fight undercard PPV in the US to build momentum, an international fanbase infront of beercan fans (who pay...
or you can accept that calzaghe wasn't marketable enough to offlay 'risk versus reward'. if you don't court US networks or hit PPV undercards...
thats an ignorant statement. it is ALWAYS the job of a fighter who wants to take on the best to do what he has to to get that fight. calzaghe...
