Could Joe Calzaghe Have Lasted 15 Rounds, Against Moore or Foster??

BUDW · Jan 1, 2022

No

Clinton · Jan 1, 2022

janitor said: ↑

In fairness to him, we never saw the limits of his chin, and it appears to be pretty good.
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You are correct. Joe had a really good chin. But he NEVER faced punchers like Archie and Bob.

Clinton · Jan 1, 2022

Tomatron said: ↑

Joe Calzaghe was an excellent fighter, he had stamina to go 15 rounds which isn’t something we can say about all the top fighters from the 2000s onwards, but I am mega confident Calzaghe could have lasted the 15 rounds comfortably in most eras. Very fit fighter.

But Bob Foster was deemed good enough by his team to mix with elite heavyweights of his era (an extremely good era), it didn’t go to plan on either obviously but the fact he was even in the ring with them being a much smaller guy against Frazier and Ali shows how good of a fighter Foster must have been.

Yes Calzaghe did have to drain a bit of weight to make 168, but could you imagine Joe Calzaghe even getting in the ring with a cruiserweight let alone a heavyweight of his era, it would be inconceivable. Could I imagine Joe Calzaghe being able to last 8 rounds with Ali even with the knockdowns, no. Bob Foster was a bigger guy than Calzaghe I think it’s fair to say, but Foster never really gets the credit he is due for how good he truly was.

Archie Moore was a freak he could compete and be dominant at light heavyweight and mix it with very good heavyweights, again naturally bigger, but extremely gifted.

Calzaghe was a natural super middleweight, and could compete against most at Light heavyweight, but against Foster and Moore, no.

At the very elite level, Calzaghe would be at an extreme disadvantage against those two, naturally bigger men, with enough power to mix at heavyweight, I wouldn’t fancy many natural super middleweight from the 2000s being able to compete with those two. As good as Joe chin was, he was floored against Mitchell at around his peak, if Foster or Moore nail him him he’s either not getting up, or getting stopped shortly afterwards.

As much as I respect Calzaghe those guys are too big, too strong and have too much power for anybody to pick Calzaghe to really challenge them, could he survive maybe, but I think it would be highly unlikely and probably need a career best performance to do so.
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Magnificent post. Cheers Tomatron

Mod-Mania · Jan 1, 2022

Nope.

The Akbar One · Jan 1, 2022

Fergy said: ↑

If Joe had stepped up to light heavy, and faced those two mentioned, could he perhaps see the final bell.??

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He would have been KO'd by Foster. Foster was all wrong for Calsacky. Tall, good boxer, lanky, huge power.

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