Kessler was prime an undefeated at the time, a world class fighter. Calzaghe 7 years older, 2 inches shorter, physically weaker beat him. Calzaghe beat chris eubank when he was only 21 years old, 1st title fight of his life in front of a huge crowd. Ward resume is not solid. He has 1 legit win, Carl Froch (who admitted on a UK TV show calzaghe would beat him). Tonight's win was against a weight drained opponent.
It's called make a move up one division and get that #1 spot. Fight in America. Make your name known. Get that rank. Fight anyone with a high ranking and/or title if there is one to get.
Why fight in America when the SMW division at the time all the top fighters were in Europe? And calzaghe at the time deserved the #1 spot for roy, but roy chose bums like david telesco. Calzaghe wanted the fight, roy didn't. Roy delayed the inevitable, a royal ass whooping.
Racist? My favorite current boxer is floyd mayweather. I'm one of the few people hyping Gary Russell Jr. I also am a huge fan of mexican boxing. Stop trying to bring out the race card :|
Froch is several levels below Ward or Calzaghe. I agree, Ward can only fight those available to him but he could have easily beaten Froch in Nottingham with Miss Cordingly reffing and his mother on the judging panel. Ward needs to make fights that at least give the impression that he's giving some advantage away, not make them so that he holds every single card. It would be a shame to see his career, when it's all over, tarnished in the same way as JCs and RJJs are, despite their obvious talents.
Also was your home site the scene? Because I was on there for 2 years before I was banned for comparing pacquiao to jeremy lin. You can take your ******* mods and shove them up your ass, ESB is a better boxing website.
Because we are talking about fighting ROY JONES JR, Light-Heavyweight Champion, not Super-Middle-Weight Champion (anymore). Calzaghe wasn't in his division so who are you to call him out? First step up and show the world how serious you are by moving up a division against a top opponent and secure your spot in America because that's where the fight would have been held. You go to Roy; Roy doesn't come to you. Not when your title means more and you are the P4P #1 in the Sport.
He was *called out* by Dawson. Dawson agreed to the weight. Dawson could've put in place any sort of demands and made them public that would've been fair (neutral venue, catchweight, etc.). Dawson simply made a bad strategic move and you can't fault Ward for simply going along with what Dawson wanted.
Im shocked that a thread like this could even be made. Every top fighter Ward has a win over, has a loss that dates back to Calzaghe somewhere. Every one Wards biggest win was Kessler, who a past prime Calzaghe beat when undefeated and prime Ward beat Froch, who lost to Kessler, who lost to Calzaghe Ward beat a weight weakend Dawson, who lost to Pascal who lost to Froch, who lost to Kessler, who lost to Calzaghe Ward beat Bika who a past prime Calzaghe beat when Bika was active Calzaghes win over Kessler is greater than Wards Calzaghes win over undefeated Lacy is greater than Frochs, as Lacy was a favourite leaving a trail of destruction, whilst Froch had lost only a couple of fights before, before that some felt he looked lucky to Dirrell and was coming off a MD win over a 43 year old SMW journeyman Calzaghes win over Mitchell was a better SMW win than Wards over Dawson Calzaghes win over Bika was greater than Wards Then dont forget that Calzaghe has wins over other fighters who have held SMW titles like Woodhall, Brewer, Veit and a win over Eubank, which is a far greater win than anything Ward has, then add in all of the top 10 SMWs Calzaghe beat and then the LHWs in Jones and Hopkins that Calzaghe beat, there is no competition. Calzaghe is far greater than Ward and was fighting in a better era. Look at the current SMWs and see how most of them havent done much or beaten anyone of note
That's his chi holmes. Joe C. was like one of those ancient Chinese Kung Fu masters who could stop a guy just by throwing a strike in his general direction. This content is protected
What kind of ****** logic is this? I use this sort of "X beat Y beat Z" logic to "prove" Butterbean superior to Vitali in troll threads. :rofl Welsh Ottke.
you may live in florida but its painfully obvious youre british and were weened on calzaghe if you cant be objective youre just cheapening the name of brit fight fans everywhere