Hopkins was the only elite fighter in any shape Joe ever faced. I stand by that - and popkins was 43.
Good to see a change of terminology from "quality boxer" to "elite fighter". You are about as credible as me on Hatton, which is saying something.
Anyway, good luck to Joe on his retirement. I don't particularly dislike the guy - just think he is/was a tad overrated.
Some of this criticism seems recycled and a touch bitter. He clearly wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but this assasination of his career is over the top. Very negative indeed........
joe was a fantastic talent. best British fighter of my era (im 22) hopefully joe does well, cant see him doing much as a promoter but might make a good pundit.
He's a bit of a drone to become a pundit. I'd still like to see him as a Mafia boss. He has the good looks and style. He has no expression in his voice, which will come across as cold hearted. He can slap any ***** down that crosses him.
He was a very good fighter. Generally overrated now, but that will change as his resume depreciates with time. His res doesn't have anywhere near enough big names or prime top quality fighters on it to still be rated very highly in 10 or 20 years time (when Jeff Lacy's hype will be long forgotten and he'll just be another Brewer or Sheika). I'm pretty disappointed he's gone as there were good fights out there, with Dawson and Froch, and rematches with Kessler or Hopkins. But if the hunger has gone, he's right to walk away with the zero intact. Very good fighter.
Credit Joe for fighting a Elite there are so few Elite about that you do well to fight one in a entire career
Wow Flint, your avatar leaves a lot to the imagination :nut I like it Not one of your "friends", i.e. people you've seen and taken a picture of is it?