How would Joe Calzaghe have fared against John Conteh at LHW?

Conteh had the better jab, had the harder dig and was as good as Calzaghe at adapting his gameplan.

This is a battle of feet: Calzaghes unorthodox movement trying to take Conteh off balance and land his flurries to win the rounds but both men had good chins and brittle hands so I don't see a stoppage either way.

Contehs more thudding punches and dictating of range and fluent footwork will see him win on point over 12 or 15 (10-5) though Joe C will come on strong late.

He's just not at his best weight against one of the most talented fighters at the weight, and not just in terms of British fighters, Conteh was an ace 175lber on his best day, though the fight would be a superb battle of wits.

In short: Conteh was better.

 

Badly. Conteh is too skilled and smooth for Calzaghe. Probably a one sided ud. Calzaghe was pretty good at avoiding left leads throughout his career but not against fighters of this calibre. Conteh picks him off early and often with it and starts peppering him with combinations mid rounds. Calzaghe hears the final bell I think but is in a bad way at the end.

 

You might get 1 or 2 but I won't be one of them. Great posts from the other guys!!:good

 

Loss KO round 4.

 

Calzaghe UD or TKO at LHW !!

John Conteh's too simple, Cal would overwhelm him with slickness and would throw too many punches from so many angles, Conteh wouldn't be able to get his punches off.....

Calzaghe's an ATG fighter

 

How do people think the fact Joe is unorthodox and a Southpaw would effect the fight, given Conteh liked to throw a lot of left hand leads.

Also were weigh ins not the day of the fight back then? In which case would weight be a factor at all...

 

Carl would avoid the fight and then fight Conteh in maybe another 4 years to make just sure he is past it to a level that JC thinks he can beat him.

 

Conteh is possibly the most overlooked British fighter of the past 40 years. If he'd had a bit (sorry, a lot) more commitment he'd have been up there with Lewis as the best P4P we've produced.

 

If the weigh in was on the day of the fight then that would suit Calzaghe and probably keep both fighters around 175ish but the current rules of the day before would allow Conteh to get back up to 190 (he started out as a heavyweight and was usually around 190 in non title fights).

 

He really didn't.

Calzaghe jab is absolutely supreme, he did literally beat Ashira with his jab alone. Yes Ashira was poo, but he had been in title fights before.

Taking nothing away from Conteh, Calzaghe's jab was superior. It was faster, more accurate and has that snap to it, which you saw rocking Lacy's head back hundreds of times.

 

I think at LHW it's a win for JC, a comfortable points win...:yep

He would land far to many shots...The weigh in on the day would not be an issue... JC does LHW so easy...:yep

I ran a thread sometime ago on this topic which was very much for the weigh in the day before for the health and safety of the fighters... This must always come first...:yep

 

I agree, the day before weigh-in was brought in for boxers safety and that is paramount but it would also suit Conteh in this instance.