Calzaghe retired on top and has not lost a fight...so I ask you fans

And I'm sure Warren would lie on record thus opening himself and the publisher of the story up for a lible suit atsch

 

Your work on this thread has been commendable. It's pointless debating on the subject of Joe C with guys like Cobbler and Beatboxer, they'd stab their own grandma before they'd admit he was a cherrypicking hometown zero-protector for NINE YEARS '97-'06. It's a shame because they are good posters in other ways.

Watch them and other Calzaghe maniacs spew forth excuse after excuse after excuse for why Joe could not possibly at any time have fought any of these guys:

Ottke (no attempt made by both parties)

Michalczewski (like Tarver, he could not have been expected to come down in weight to fight a WBO champion, but Dariusz was there to be fought. No attempt was ever made)

Jones Jr ('97-'03 Jones was in the division above Joe. No attempt was ever made in 6 years to get that fight. The awesome drawing power of Clinton Woods managed to get him a crack though)

Hopkins (Calzaghe fanatics say the world p4p#1 "ducked" a hometown WBO champion who had never fought any strong comp back in '02. Please. Hopkins had huge fights with Jones,Trinidad,De La Hoya,Taylor,Tarver before Joe started behaving like a proper boxer in '06. In the same time period, Calzaghe had fought... Reid,Woodhall,Mitchell etc. If anyone needed that fight and should've chased it, it was ol' Shoddy Resume and not B-Hop)

Taylor (Neither Calzaghe nor Taylor pursued this when they could've initially, and Calzaghe has retired when that fight could've been made again)

Pavlik (Calzaghe chose to slap around the bloodied corpse of Roy Jones when Warren wanted to make this fight)

Dawson (Calzaghe retired when that fight could've been made despite Dawson calling him out)

Froch (Calzaghe retired when that fight could've been made despite Froch calling him out)

Tarver (Calzaghe never pursued it. Tarver can't have been expected to come down in weight to fight a WBO champion who never leaves Wales)

G.Johnson (Calzaghe blatantly ducked him, no doubt)

W.Wright (this one could/should have happened. Wright had nowhere to go after the Taylor draw and was p4p#5 at the time. Very winnable for Joe, missed opportunity to have a big name on the res who wasn't 40+)

Echols (same scenario as Johnson, Calzaghe pulled out. Not a superfight that never happened, but Echols is as good as a Mitchell or a Reid and would've been one of his better wins)

Let the desperate excuses begin.... :good

 

His impressive wins are only 3. Kessler, Hopkins, and Lacy. Forget the people discrediting those wins, each win was very impressive in their own right. But after that, what has he done besides defend against lower level comp?

 

I must admit i am ignorant of most of Calzaghe's earlier career. I know he beat Eubank to win his first belt but who else has he beaten that's truly considered an "impressive" win outside of those 3?

 

Yeah, but are you going to disagree that the three wins i mentioned were CLEARLY his 3 best wins?

 

Lie about what exactly? His own opinion.

 

Do you really want me to run down the full list Calzaghe fought from the begining of his title reign and compare it to the guys that were out there who he could have fought?

 

I think he lost to Hopkins and Rob Reid niether got a rematch which they should have.Also fights against the likes of Pudwill and Manfreado should not have been for the world title.I think Calzaghe was a good fighter but his record looks better than it is.His fight with Starie was the worst ive had to sit through and im sure anyone who was present that night will agree.

 

You can be sued for your opinion if it's a lie. For example I print an article saying in my opinion you're a ****** I open myself wide up. Oh and Warren gives a hell of a lot of positive points about Calzaghe in that interview. It was balanced not just Calzaghe bashing.