[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrauy1uQYQY[/ame] For some reason, this catchy little tune pops into my big scottish head from time to time, & I always have a wee chuckle to myself at team Calzaghes short video clip! I would have loved to see Peter & Scott Harrison doing a similar version before the video ended with Scotty walking into the spanish prison, & the gates closing behind him... So thats my question, DO we miss Joe Calzaghe now that hes gone? Has boxing missed him now that hes gone?
I miss the big nights, doesnt seem the same with Haye, Khan, Froch yet as people would pile in my house to watch the Calzaghe and Hatton fights whereas only a couple of hardcores come round for fights now
I don't actually if i had the choice to bring back other fighters or him i'd bring back likes of Eubank,Harrison. Calzaghe i respected but never been a massive fan of his.
In a way I think we do. Certainly on here, I'd rather have the Calzaghe debate than the *******/***** nonsense that seems to take over many threads - not so much on the Brit mind.
Wont be for a while yet as far as I know, thats what happens when you knock foreign peoples teeth out in a foreign land!
Never been a big fan. To me he should of fought a lot more top fighters who were at the peak of their powers. Reminds me of sone british fighters
I think both Calzaghe & Froch needed each other, both will be remembered well, but Calzaghe bowing out by fighting pretender to his throne Froch would have been an amazing end for Calzaghe, & an amazing start for Froch, no matter who won. I always feel both are the missing link in each others resumes...
If it meant that "song" never happened... yes, I'd bring him back in a second. I like him as a fighter as well.
Of course the British Isles miss Calzaghe....a total artist inside the ring and sometimes quite awkward outside it. You don't realise what you've got until its gone. I wish he'd **** off with the celebrity lifestyle he tries to embrace these days...he quite clearly not got the minerals to pull it off. But a total boxing enigma that I don't think these shores will ever see for a long time ( if ever again). That video shows you how uncool he is though...bit of a nerd if you ask me. Funnily enough...his fight with Kessler made me follow Mikkel across the world ever since.
I miss the whole Camp Calzaghe set up - a Golden era in Welsh boxing led by Joe and Enzo Macc - as the Golden Princes of Welsh Boxing.
Yes and no, a great British fighter who missed most of the big fights! I think he only boxed anywhere near his level right at the end of his career. I really enjoy not arguing about him any more put it that way and concede he was indeed an atg.
Not forgetting his anti-bullying work, it took real balls for a guy like Calzaghe to admit he was bullied as a kid & to fight for the rights of bullied children on GMTV etc, & on the other hand he took great pleasure in bullying BHOP inside the ring, pretending he was inside BHOPS ring! The man was a true boxing enigma as you say my good man.
I dont blame you mate, it was like an admittedly better version of Peter Harrisons time when he had Scott Harrison & Alex Arthur in the same gym with a certain Billy Nelson as his able deputy... I miss those times too! Although IMO Billy Nelson is showing Enzo Mac potential as a trainer who could become a bigger personality than his fighters!