Best Southpaw Ever?

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  1. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Calzaghe was slapping like a girl against Hopkins. They both looked like crap in that fight.. Comparing Joe skills to Lomas is like comparing Primark to Tom Ford
     
  2. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Troll alert. . Pea was robbed blind and proved it in the rematch
     
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  3. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Hopkins was 43 years old and hadn't dropped an opponent since welter Hoya 4 years earlier
     
  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    It was a good shot, did you think it wasn`t a sharp punch, he caught him on the counter, B-hop`s opponents after DLH leading up to the fight with Joe weren`t as aggressive as Calzaghe, he got caught walking in.
     
  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    That isn`t true but Loma is more skilled.
     
  6. Loudon

    Loudon VIP Member Full Member

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    You think it was a draw?

    Look, in terms of ability, Joe was not as gifted as Pea.

    Pea’s skill level was higher.

    Yes, Joe was a great fighter.

    Yes, he was unbeaten.

    Being undefeated doesn’t automatically mean that you’re better than anyone who was defeated in their career though. You know that.

    I don’t care as much about Joe’s record as you do. Because I know that most of his record consists of domestic and European level fighters.

    Again, Joe would not have fought Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad at the end of his career like Pea did. In fact, he probably wouldn’t have taken fights like that at any point of his career.

    So: Pea was the better fighter, who took more chances.

    Pea was the better southpaw.
     
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