Calzaghe would beat any of the super six fighters quite easily!!!

Are we talking about the Calzaghe whose last fight was against Jones, Jr?

I think he would rightly be the favorite, but it would be a struggle for him to emerge as the champion. Abraham and Froch might be too physical for him, and Ward would be a good fight.

 

Calzaghe beats Abraham, and easily! Taylor was moving and picking him off for the first half of the fight. Anyone who has seen Calzaghe knows he can throw a barrage of punches for all 12 rounds! he will beat Abraham to the punch every time, such is his hand speed. Look at Lacy, big power but couldnt get anything off against Joe. Kessler gave him problems in the early rounds but Joe adapted and worked him out and began to dominate.

The guys I see troubling Calzaghe in the super 6 are Ward and Dirrel, simply because they are really good defensive fighters with fast hands, ward more so, has a higher out put, but Dirrel is awkward and difficult to pin down.

 

he can beat them all but some would not be easy. i would favor the version of joe that beats bhop against all of them though.

 

he would slap the **** out of any one of them easy:smooch

 

Here's the thing about Joe, he always seems to work his man out, no matter what style or tactics they employ he begins to get the measure of them. I think was capable of beating all the guys in the super six. There is no one who can match him, for sheer work rate, and that for me, will win him rounds, he could probably UD all those guys, based on winning rounds on work rate and landing the higher number of punches. Provided he doesn't get caught with a haymaker along the way.

 

At this point in his career, with his power completely gone and his speed and reflexes diminishing, Calzaghe might have a rough night with most of those guys. I think he'd still win them all, but it would be far from easy.

But the Super 6 would be an absolute NIGHTMARE for Calzaghe. He would have to fight every 3-4 months for 2 years against top guys, and with his injury history I don't know if his body would hold up. Not to mention the fact that he could never make 168 by now.

Froch is made for Calzaghe, but we can pretty much rule out a stoppage so it might be a good fight.

Dirrell is much too green to handle Calzaghe.

Green is too Green as well (hahahaha I crack myself up...)

Ward would be interesting, because they have similar styles and attributes. One thing is for sure--Ward would eat far more punches than he's accustomed to. We know Calzaghe's chin would hold up, Ward's we can't be so certain of.

Kessler would obviously be a good match, though I think that Calzaghe has him figured out after the first fight. If Kessler makes adjustments this time, Calzaghe will just counter-adjust. He's got a much deeper game than Kessler.

Abraham, much as I like him and am comfortable putting money on him in the tournament, is also made for Calzaghe. Abraham relies on hurting his opponents, and Calzaghe is hard to hurt. (He's been down, but never actually hurt.) Calzaghe would pile up points because he's a volume puncher who's extremely adept at getting in, scoring to the head and body, then disappearing and re-appearing in your face as soon as you turn to face him. Abraham would have to spend the whole fight looking for a big punch that either wouldn't ever come, or would end up being inneffective anyway.

So h2h I favor Calzaghe against all of them. Ward and Abraham I give the biggest chances to. But if we're talking actual tournament participation, I think Calzaghe has too many old injuries to finish the tournament.

 

He beat Kessler pretty easily. I mean obviously he had to spend a few rounds figuring him out but Kessler was an undefeated fighter at the time and then once he had settled he was beating him pretty easily. I watched that fight recently and remember the commentary. And he didn't even have to keep head-butting him or cut him up either.

 

Good post.

 

I know Abraham looks clumsy at times and not the most fluid, but that's the thing. He is very effective and he is deceptively good defensively. Against Taylor, Taylor threw and threw and landed, but for all his speed, power, and skills did not have any affect on Abraham whatsoever for the reason most of Taylor's shots were landing on AA's arms.

There is no doubt in my mind JC would beat AA to the punch if they went toe to toe, but AA is the harder puncher IMO and he would make JC fight going backward. I do think AA's hooks alittle wild and open, but I think easily he gives JC his toughest fight.

I think AA's style gives many the impression the best way to beat him is by outboxing him from the distance or outworking him, but I think that's exactly what he wants. I think it'd be a pickem fight, but like Calzaghe, Abraham finds ways to win and doesn't let up in any round up until the 12th, just like JC.

 

Abraham doesn't let up in any round? Are you being serious? Abraham takes up to 5 or 6 rounds to even get into a rhythm in the fight, he's well known for it.

Chances are he'd be on the wrong end of a shut out half way through the fight and would have a hell of a lot of work to do down the stretch to beat Calzaghe.

 

Ward AA beats him easily . . . outside of the super six bute, pavlik and dawson would eat his children. outside of that he is unbeatable.

BTW JC = jesus christ not Joe Calzaghe

 

They're practically synonyms anyway dude... =D

 

You never know.

Ward or Abraham can easily become the greater fighters.

Calzaghe wouldn't have an easy fight with most of these guys.

 

Abraham was far ahead of Taylor by the end of the 12 rounds. I think this x rounds to get going thing is exaggerated with Abraham. He is a counter puncher, he needs a couple of rounds to calculate his approach, but don't make a great deal out of it.

Abraham would challenge Calzaghe in the first fight and would KO him in the second.
Ward would outbox Calzaghe to a decision.

Calzaghe's best win is a past his prime Hopkins. A younger Hopkins was beaten by Taylor. Does that rubbish Calzaghe's win? No, but it makes it somewhat less of an achievement.

Say what you want about these guys in the SMW tournament, but the winner who emerges from this competition will have had a fantastic resume. A solid resume. Calzaghe ain't having that. The only thing he has is that big fat zero.

But even that can be matched. Whoever emerges the best SMW from this tournament will have gained a place in the HoF, above Calzaghe in my books, because really, Calzaghe hasn't fought much.