Calzaghe the greatest European of all time?

says it all:rofl

 

What Hopkins has done since losing Calzaghe does not affect on Joe's stocks or that questionable win.

Hopkins has secured his legace already as middleweight great what happened after that was just icing the cake.

I give Joe respect for finally for unify 3 of major belts at 168 but it took ridiculous long when his opponents were. uhm.. and not defending at his 175 ring/linear championship against anyone...

Joe Calzaghe did EVERYTHING wrong at his career what respectable pro boxer shoud not do. Defencing bogus belt in his back yard over century, fighting against nobodies, not fighting the the great names, actually ane good names when IT WAS POSSIBLE at that time(that is what it is all about foolish calzaghe nut huggers).

 

No. That would be Lennox Lewis.

 

Your point is that Hopkins was old, implying that he had nothing. Yet he had the Ring belt at light heavyweight. I thought Calzaghe won by 1 round in that fight. But Calzaghe should still be given credit for it.

Isn't that what American boxers have been doing these last 50 years just just like Hopkins and Roy Jones?

Calzaghe sold out arenas. He is a multi millionaire. And like it or not, he went over to the US and beat Hopkins and RJones when he was old too.

I'm not Calzaghe's biggest fan. He most certainly not the best European boxer ever. He's not even the best British boxer.

But he Calzaghe should get credit for winning the WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF, Ring Magazine belts at Super-middleweight. And his wins against Hopkins, Eubank, Kessler, and the undefeated Lacy and Bika.

 

Emmanuel Stewards articulating what we all seen Joe Calzaghe doing at Ring.

I had genuinely hard time watching his fights and trying to score rounds when he barely does not hit his opponent with real punches but overwhelming his opponents on his workrate.:-(


How Calzaghe played his career and carried the sport is pretty much everything what is problem with the sport and is killing it...
Guys lemme tell you the cold hard truth.. The sooner we forget Joe the Better.:verysad

 

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Hopkins fought like a *****. He did everything to spoil the fight and Calzaghe was the only one bringing something. Hopkins did nothing to deserve to win. Hopkins certainly wasn't robbed. It was a close decision either way you look at it. But we all have our opinions.

 

Not as great as marcel thil neither.

 

froch has faced consistently tougher opposition, won some and lost some, controversially and not. he's a greater fighter in my opinion.

 

He sure slaps hard

Roy Jones JR

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Eubank was not prime Eubank but in no way was he shot. Eubank even said himself that Calzaghe was the best middleweight out of them all, including him and Benn. Considering Eubanks ego, that's a huge statement.

The thing is that Calzaghe was known as someone who ducks people. He didn't duck Kessler who at the time was the biggest name in the division along with Calzaghe.

He didn't duck Jeff Lacy who I remember on boxing forums back then how everyone was convinced undefeated Lacy was going to destroy Calzaghe. That beating was the worst thing that could have ever happened to Lacy.

Bika was undefeated at the time. And before the Calzaghe fight was so close to capturing the WBC strap had the fight against Beyer not been stopped on cuts (Bika had won every round). Since then he's only lost to the likes of Bute and Andre Ward on decisions.

 

"Ruby" Robert Fitsimmons has to be the greatest European fighter ever.