Calzaghe's recent resume is........

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  1. Boyd

    Boyd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    you at least have to give him credit for the Lacy fight. it's easy for everyone to say that Lacy was a bum, but fact is i think he was the favorite going in plus a young hungry champ.
     
    Boyd, Aug 17, 2007
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  2. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Glenn Catley -
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    Charles Brewer (while he was champ, not the shot fighter JC beat) -
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    Sven Ottke -
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    Sugar Boy Malinga -
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    Marcus Beyer -
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    PrideOfWales, Aug 17, 2007
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  3. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    They offered to go to Germany to fight Ottke but Sven wanted no part of it. The only reason JC-Veit II was in Germany was because Warren lost the purse bids.
     
    PrideOfWales, Aug 17, 2007
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  4. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well he fought zero champs over a 9 year span--Eubank wasn't even a champion when they fought--so if he had fought even just one of these guys we'd be looking at Calzaghe a little differently today.
     
    Axe, Aug 17, 2007
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  5. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Absolute poppycock! "Champs"???? Are you for real? Are you actually saying that winning any of the four belts means THAT much? I'll be the first to admit that the Tocker Pudwills could be replaced with an Eric Lucas and so on but circumstances depend on who's available. It's not like he's actually ducked any of these guys anyway. This is boxings problem, not exclusively Joe Calzaghes.
     
    PrideOfWales, Aug 17, 2007
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  6. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No, it is Calzaghe's problem. The onus is on the fighter and his promotional team to secure career defining bouts--or at the least, respectable enough opposition--and earn a place in boxing history. Calzaghe and Warren have miserably failed to do so until recently. Lacy was a good start and a win over Kessler may erase the remaining doubt, though at 35 years of age Calzaghe may have left it until too late.
     
    Axe, Aug 17, 2007
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