Eubank vs Calzaghe 1997 revisted

very good point. the fact is that just because a great fighter like eubank looked good against mediocre competition after calzaghe doesn't mean he was even close to prime. by the way, for all the talk about the thompson fights, who won those? thompson was never much to begin with and frankly, without the haye win we wouldn't really be talking about him much other than as another exciting british fighter. the fact that eubank LOST those fights speaks volumes about how far he dropped

 

Yep, the same way Roy got starched twice, UD'd badly by Tarver, looked good against one bum, fought one bum close, couldn't put away a blown up
WW that had not fought in 3 years, but somehow Calzaghe and his fans use those three wins to justify Roy was still a top fighter. As well as the fact him somehow still being a ring top 10 LHW (though he had not won a signifying fight their in almost 5 years), I hear that one all the time.

They must have been really liking when Roy beat the two shot fighters in Lacy and Sheika after his loss to Calzaghe, but Danny Green ruined that theory as well.:yep

 

this. How anybody can think otherwise is a joke and probably wasn't around at the time.

 

oh don't worry, if roy beat up on iran barkley tomorrow they'd be saying he beat the man who beat tommy hearns twice and is back on top

 

for a reasonable comparison i could say that roy beat the best mike mccallum the world has ever seen. it would be about as ridiculous

 

:rofl

 

I do think Eubank was not near as shot as Roy was when Calzaghe fought him, but he was clearly past it in my opinion. But a better win for Calzaghe than Roy was.

 

Yeah, I never understood that either. I think Roy must have been rated too highly probably because of his past, and his name just makes you want to give him the benefit of the doubt and push him up a couple spots. I have not seen a top 10 LHW performance out of him since 03.

I have read not only Calzaghe beat a prime RJJ but a shot Calzaghe beat a prime RJJ

And also I have read a green Calzaghe beat a prime Eubank.atsch

I even like Calzaghe but comments like those are just absurd.

Many people try way too hard to make him seem like he was greater than he actually was.

 

don't you go around talking all this sense......you'll get attacked
for it.:deal

 

stop reading posts from anglosaxon.

 

If calzaghe gets no credit for beating eubank up, then why do people keep saying roy and eubank should have fought.

 

It was a very good win for calz, he was unproven and eubank was a quality operator who had aged.

he werent a shell but anyone seeing the fight knows he werent prime.

he shouldnt get knocked for it, most fighters take on faded former champs.