Calzaghe: Boxing is dying!

I agree Joe needed a promoter, he was foolish to think he could go all DLH and generate massive buys.

We'll never know the full extent of whether Joe wanted unification fights or not over the years, but his record will always show that he held the WBO, WBC, IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine Super Middleweight Titles, and won his unification fights against younger, credible fighters (note: Lacy was DEEMED credible at the time).

I agree though it does seem sometimes Joe speaks without thinking.

 

Great post mate.

 

Well said scurla.

 

He had no Interest In unifying yet unified his WBO with Lacy's IBF. Still holding his WBO he won Kessler's two.

Kessler might of not unified his two If It wasn't for the Influence of Calzaghe Vs Lacy and both Kessler and Lacy were wanting to Impress to get a fight with Joe as they saw him as the man of the division.

You mentio Tarver, Pavlik and Taylor but Joe has beaten the man who beat Tarver and Pavlik and Pavlik beat Taylor. Not only that he bared humped Benard too.

 

Its sad to here Joe C talking that way about boxing I love to watch the ufc but boxing is and allways we be my nuber 1 sport. Boxing is boxing and ufc is ufc.
If Joe is bothered a bout boxing its a shame he dident get off his arse and made some of the better fights for him self.
More bollocks from Joe C
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME GREAT FIGHTS THE LAST TWO YEARS IMO THE BEST ITS BEEN IN A WHILE.
I hope Joe C does call it a day and then we will only have to listen to Enzos **** 2 Calzaghes are more than I can take

PS Scurla could not agreemore with your post

 

Calzaghe was forced into it at gunpoint?

Boxing matches generally happen when the two fighters want to fight each other. Or at least when they don't have any better options.

It should be noted that Calzaghe gave up the IBF title in the interest of gaining some US TV exposure and attracting some higher profile fights, rather than defend against Stieglitz who HBO had no interest in.

 

If Calzaghe had bummed off HBO and fought Stieglitz (much though you apparantly would have excepted that from Calzaghe's legacy of defences against Eurobums), do you think HBO would have shown Calzaghe v Kessler? Do you think the Hopkins fight would still have happened?

Hmm, Stieglitz or Hopkins?

Calzaghe did, when IBF Champion, exactly what you advocate he should have done when WBO Champion - forget the pointless defences (you're not really arguing that Stieglitz would have been a fight to get excited about, right?) and chase the big fights, and you're still criticising him for it.

 

it doesnt help when you have one of the best fighters in the world fighting a guy who is years past it and it was one of the most anticipated fights of the year which turned out to be a stinker

retire joe you dick

 

Should also point out that Calzaghe gave an interview with the Press Association which has been reported in many places.

His comments did not at any point mention either his own PPV figures, or the PPV figures for De La Hoya v Pacquiao.

All mention of those fights in the article quoted in the OP is editorialising by the journalist who wrote the article. It is not remotely clear from reading his actual comments that that was even in his mind at all.

 

I think he speaks a lot of home truths. Sure there have been some great fights recently, but the point is, name one up-and-coming genuine world class American star.

Hmmm, Chad Dawson maybe. That's about it. You can forget Pavlik, he was brutally exposed.

10-15 years ago your average punter on the street would know the big boxers out there, real household names like Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Prince Nazeem Hamed, Evander Holyfield, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn. Everyone knew who these people were.

I doubt if you stopped some housewife on the street and you asked her who Joe Calzaghe is you would get a positive response. That's a sad state of affairs for the sport.