Calzaghe May Go His Whole Career Without Fighting Anyone Who Really Mattered

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  1. 1 Hitta Quitta

    1 Hitta Quitta Active Member Full Member

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    Kessler :dead
    Hopkins-past prime
    Lacy-exposed
    if he beats Jones-past prime

    his 4 biggest wins...really against nobody in their prime who mattered..can he really be celebrated and put on a pedestal next to other great fighters with a record like his? No losses doesn't mean your great all the time, it can mean you didn't fight anyone worth a **** as well.

    Even if Calzaghe beats Jones and retires I cant view him as a great fighter bc really when he was young and it mattered he never fought anybody..the competition was there too BUT he waited till he got older(so if he lost he would have an excuse) to start taking big fights with PAST THEIR PRIME American fighters. Whats great about that? Where is the competition in that. If JC wins good for him but it still doesnt make me or anyone with a brain rank him among the greats...
     
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  2. socrates

    socrates THE ORIGINAL... Full Member

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    you have a brain?
     
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  3. 1 Hitta Quitta

    1 Hitta Quitta Active Member Full Member

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    with an attempted insult that stupid u obviously dont
     
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  4. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Kessler was a unified champion

    Hopkins was Ring Magazine Champion

    That is more than Glass Jaw Roy Jones has ever done. So, the correct thing to say is if Jones loses to Calzaghe he never beat anyone. :good
     
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  5. TheGreat

    TheGreat Boxing Junkie banned

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    Calslappy is the greatest Cherry picker ever.
     
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    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    this is really getting boring now, seriously, even the haters must be tired of hating by now
     
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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    There are lots of possible replies to this topic. In fact it deserves none. I'll limit myself to a simple question:

    Why is a top four P4P fighter not 'someone who matters'?
     
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  8. chriswrench

    chriswrench Active Member Full Member

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    Oh my dear lord what does the man have to do. Politics didn't allow the major match ups until he exposed (the next big thing) lacy. Now he's fighting the people he has always wanted to. 46 fights undefeated is never an acheivement to sniff at. You see the people you percieve as nobodies are the sam opponents that have been touted to beat joe on these very pages before each time he stepped into the ring. He has been a good champion and made all the mandatories asked of him. I think over the next couple of years the likes of Bika, lacy and Kessler will come to the fore once more. I notice how one name seems to have been forgotten about over night. Pavlik anybody. Fickle fools. I've said all along that he would be talked about in the same light as lacy after his first defeat!!
     
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  9. 1 Hitta Quitta

    1 Hitta Quitta Active Member Full Member

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    thats how I feel cause he can pickem

    -Hopkins was over 40 when they fought

    -Jones will be 39

    -Kessler was European

    none of those are worthy of being praised
     
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    Shaolin Box Respect Full Member

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    :lol:

    Jones' **** KO1 Rico Spadadickhead
     
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  11. TheGreat

    TheGreat Boxing Junkie banned

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    :patsch RJJ was P4P #1 for 10 yrs, and is the only man to win the MW, SMW, LHW, and HW titles, He has won 24 championship fights, and beaten 17 world champs, but you think Calslappy's cherry pickin ass is better....:rofl :rofl :rofl
     
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  12. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Has Roy ever beat a undisputed, unified, or linear champion? The answer? Nope. :smoke
     
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    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    I will ask again:

    how many undisputed, linear, or unified champions did Roy beat in all of those weight classes?

    Jones is perhaps the biggest handpicker of all time. And I am not a Calzaghe fan just pointing out some irony here.
     
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    RJJ was undisputed linear LHW champ.
     
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    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Not linear.
     
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