Calzaghe The Greatest Fighter Of The Last 25 Years!

mcgrain is a scot, not american, and he speaks sense. no bias at all. america is where fighters usually make the most money. hence, the best fighters ply their trade where they can earn the most. lewis did that, fought the best heavy weights available, made a ton of cash and he's universally lauded as a top 5 heavy.

 

I'm not talking about his last 5 fights first of all, im talking about his "Legendary 15 year winning streak". And who was Jeff Lacy anyways, just because he beat club level fighters like pemberton, and shieka, americans thought he was the next mike tyson at 168. Come on, he was an untested nobody regardless of what kind of mindless rubbish came out of americans mouths before that fight. And look at what hes accomplished since then, some decisions for several mind numbingly boring fights, which in all honestly he should have lost.

And whats sad is that after being a champ for upwards of ten years that fight was a step up for the Most Overrated Fighter of the past 25 years.

 

Trinidad, Johnson, Tarver, Taylor, Wright, Jones Jr, even Eastman, Joppy and Daniels. I mean come on his is a far better resume then Slappy Joe.

 

Kessler to, thats just another unproven Euro backyard fighter. Please, you must be smoking crack.

Manfredo Jr, Lacy, Kessler, Reid what a death row of opposition.

 

You wanted to pitch in in a debate concerning this - and said "If you want the big fights to happen - you must take a pay cut... Don't you care for Calzaghes legacy?" Aren't you aware what you are saying? Yes, it is getting tiresome - simply because you don't see the perspective from two sides.

I thought I carved it out so it would be easy to understand. If two US boxers fights in USA, there is no problem with PPVs - right? And you think the money is in US PPVs, hence the money is in USA. You mentioned time problem as a factor, if they fought in UK - and I responded that pick a US time zone as launch time - like they did Kessler-Calzaghe. Your then argument was that it would hurt the UK viewers, but since you have already stated that the money is in USA, then it doesn't matter if it hurt UK viewers(even if it is rubbish, since it didn't in Kessler-Calzaghe fight).

You asked me about the last superfight in Europe. And its launch time was fitted for US viewers. And it sold great, even if it was only two euros - had it been US-Euro it would have been great. Venue doesn't hurt PPV, if the time slot is right. Damn, I feel like I am talking to a 5 year old.

What I meant was that they weren't dangerous fights. Odds were very high for them to win.

And no - thats not what I am saying they probably still would say that others need to travel and take bull**** paycuts way below their standards.

But you brought up these "super" fights to help your argument, when it doesn't

No I do not disagree - but I can't guarentee it. Calzaghe was still too much risk vs reward - except now, that Hopkins and RJJ are shades of former selves - especially the latter. And he is now bigger than them. They literally begged for the fights now.