Before you rate Ward over Calzaghe

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Forza, Sep 8, 2012.


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  1. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Remember this. When calzaghe fought LHW's, he moved up into THEIR division on THEIR home turf. Ward did the opposite, drained a LHW to super middle in his home town.

    I know a lot you kids got into boxing around 2011 so you don't know but calzaghe was the real deal
     
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  2. Nay_Sayer

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    Do yourself a favor and STFU.

    Ward > Calzaghe
     
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  3. FloydPatterson

    FloydPatterson Boxing Addict banned

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    Love how you don't mention the skill aspect, Calzaghe takes pride in beating 40+ year old men. Which tells you all you need to know about him.
     
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  4. DrX

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    ward and froch resume is better than cal and rjj
     
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  5. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The Slap master sure is overrated on ESB.

    Ward would have schooled him, though Joe would have his moments.

    And no, I didn't just start following the sport in 2011. I've forgotten more boxing than you'll ever know.
     
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  6. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl Hardly beat old Hopkins and fought RJJ corpse.
     
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  7. rorschach51

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    And I bet you money, if he would have had the juice he would have had them all come to him as well. In weight and hometown, but he wasn't the bigger names of the LHW's he fought was he?
     
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  8. sneakyright

    sneakyright Active Member Full Member

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    You make an arguably reasonable point with your first statement.

    Why detract from it by being a dickhead?
     
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  9. Arran

    Arran Boxing Junkie banned

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    makes me laugh when the inbred ybanks make out calzsghe was prime...it was his second last fight
     
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  10. YoungSlickness

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    he retired too early. was afraid of the real threats.
     
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  11. Dark Sider

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    Calzaghe beats Ward.
     
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  12. Arran

    Arran Boxing Junkie banned

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    pretty sure it was Hopkins who ran away years earlier too. threats like ward? haha...he don't have the workrate to trouble calzaghe
     
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  13. jeffjoiner

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    :deal

    Ward fought a prime, pound for pound fighter, not faded old names.
     
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  14. ripcity

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    Ward also lacks the Wind Punch. That's where Calzaghe uses the power of the wind to stop fights.
     
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  15. Higher Animal

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    On paper Calzaghe's record is pretty good. He fought a lot of -at the time- challenging opponents finishing it off with a career defense against RJJ Jr. for money. The problem is that his victory against Hopkins Jr. was so slap happy it's hard to give him any real props for it. I think Hopkins Jr. is a boring fighter and being slapped to a decision loss was probably karma in practice, but let's be honest, there was nothing tremendous in that victory.

    Andre Ward simply stepped up to the plate after being called out. Andre Ward's options are at middleweight and LHW now. If he wants to make defenses at SMW it's a stacked division but it would be a waste of time and money for him to do so.
     
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