Tarver was never really that good. His loss to Johnson showed that, as Johnson is a good solid guy, but someone any A level guy should beat. He's a measuring stick kind of guy, and it proved Tarvers level. Besides, he's old, so is Jones. We knew Tarvers reign would be short to begin with.
Yes. I have a little more energy and time on my hands at the moment. In any event...I would take your opinion on Calzaghe's "media attention" with a few hunks of salt. They're trying to "sell" him here on HBO and ESPN from time to time, and I'm sure the Lacy fight contributed a great deal to his popularity in the U.K. Your claims that the media is anti-Calzaghe strike me as similar those who complain about a "leftist" media--driven by your own views rather than objective.
But there is no reason for him to have p4p status before then. Wright beat world champion fighters as did Taylor. You're comparison isn't valid. You are trying to arbitrarily promote Calzaghe to P4P status before 2000....but based on what? And Taylor BTW, was dropped from most P4P lists before he lost to Pavlik, even further disproving your theory.
I'm really getting sick of hearing of JC, he didnt prove **** to me yet....... Hope Kessler fuks his ass up cuz of u guys hahaha
Very Dumb Post 1. he would of not fought Bums in the states, and 2. no way he be pasing JONES or MAYWEATHER, you guys overrating JC waaaay too much, cut the bull**** and let the man prove ur words
To be pound for pound #1, you have to defeat other pound for pound fighters. It's that simple, really.
He probably wouldn't be undefeated... and it has nothing to do with being American, it is about taking big fights. The truth is that Joe never left home, and his refusal to leave home will always be his downfall. He never held a major title until Lacy, and he wasn't going to get the big name titleists to travel there to fight him, because they shouldn't have to and they don't need too. Until Lacy, he never had champs coming to him, and Lacy only went because he wasn't big enough to call out Lacy to have to come to him, which of course Joe never would have came. Because that's his MO.
well yeah...why do you see so many top smw threads or p4p ranking all times and for some reason roy pops up? as good as he was at all the wieghts he has fought at...light heavy is his stomping ground and for guys just to say roy jones instead of calzaghe is rude man...:hi: comeon we are all friends here:rasta (now pass to the left)