Well, many also can't watch a bout and see for themselves how good a fighter is. Even against poor opposition, serious flaws show up. Kessler has very few and they call him mediocre, yet then hype up jokes like Jorge Linares who will never be anything significant, oh, and Paul Williams.:yep The best win of 2007 was Calzaghe UD Kessler, nobody else in 2007 had a win over a better and more complete fighter. Though, guys like Mijares and Guzman are certainly superior to Kessler P4P by a healthy margin, but nobody beat anyone in this realm in 2007 except for Calzaghe. Becoming the first Undisputed champ in a division is a historical mark also, yet who was fighter of the year?:yep The guy who beat an old DLH in a **** fight and beat an overrated Hatton in another **** fight that had an explosive end.:yep
And they don't give any credit on HOW he beat them. Who else TKO'd Byron Mitchell early?:yep Anybody else starch Veit in a round?:yep Anybody else crucify Eubank like that?:yep Anybody else batter Mkrtchian like that?:yep Anybody ever battered anybody as bad as Lacy got battered in recent times?:yep
The thing that impressed me the most is TKOing Byron Mitchell in 2 rounds. Very noteworthy feat, especially considering Mitchell had never been stopped and also Calzaghe having been dropped in the round he later came back to get the TKO.
The thing I like most about Joe is that he acknowledges his faults. He knows he can be hot headed. He knows it's silly to trade with a big puncher in the 12th round when he's comfortably ahead on the cards. He knows he can't punch at full power. He knows he's getting old. In spite of these faults, he's moulded himself into the being he is now.
Worst part about that is that if fights were judged in non-corrupt form, Mitchell would have had the title from Ottke to unify vs. Joe. Because Mitchell no longer had the title, idiots say 'Ottke's leavings', as if Ottke even deserved the decision. Yet Calzaghe fights the same fighter that Ottke faces and destroys him, nearly takes him out in the 1st, was throwing him around like a rag doll. Anybody can take a look at Mitchell's record, was competitive with the best in the division at that time and Calzaghe shredded him in a mind numbing display that was near perfection aside from the knockdown that Mitchell scored against Joe. Joe's a ****ing fighter, yet people question his balls and heart.:yep
I think Calzaghe was underrated by so many in the boxing community for so long, I guess he deserves to be a little overrated now. Cazaghe is a good fighter, but he hasnt beat the right fighters to be considered a great fighter. Lacy was a overhyped fighter who possessed a one dimensional attack that was easily exposed by the better fighter in Calzaghe, but judging by Lacys last 2 fights he cant even be considered a good fighter IMO. Time will tell what Calzaghe can do in the future to make up for lost time, but Hopkins is certainly a good start for him, at least then if he wins he will have 1 great fighter on resume.
He's WAAAAAY overrated on this message board.... But then again, who isn't? I don't think Calzaghe is overrated in the boxing world.
Joe Calzaghe is neither Overrated nor Underrated. He is exactly where he is behind Floyd but top 5 p4p in the world. How does this thread get started? MKessler mediocre...??
Kessler was ****ing predictable and is a robot. He is a good robot like Wlad but he is very beatable. Calzaghe is a great fighter but not above any that had there shine before him actually facing other very good to great fighters like the James Toneys and the Roy Jones and the Mayweathers. Calzaghe is a ****ing towel boy compared to these guys b/c he fought garbage ass guys and Lacy was ****ing garbage which shows how WEAK 168 really was if this no-left hook bum can run through in less then 20 fights and pick up a title.