Is Joe Calzaghe Overrated?

DINAMITA · Jul 25, 2008

booradley said:

In my opinion there is a significant difference between a Hall of Fame level fighter and an all time great. Here's an example. Ray Mancinni and Danny "Little Red" Lopez are hall of fame level fighters. Alexis Arguello and Tommy Hearns are all time greats. Big difference in skill, resume, and accomlplishement. Joe is probably a shoe in for the Hall of Fame, but he hasn't done nearly enough to warrant atg status.

The thing I find most amazing about Joe is that a fighter who is so obviously flawed in so many ways has stayed on top for so long. At least a part of the reason he has been so succesful is because, much of the time, they chose the right opponents at the right time, and avoided fighters who were truly dangerous.

I put the Lacy win on the same level with Pavlik's win over Miranda. Lacy and Miranda were considered monsters until they both took the ass whoopin' of a life time. Afterward both seem to have fallen apart. Moreover, sometimes it's not just who you beat, but how you beat them.

I've changed my position on Kessler. After that fight I questioned Kessler's heart big time. The man looked like the proverbial rabbit in the head lights for much of that fight. However, after learning all the facts about the severity of Kessler's hand injury, I'm now willing to give him a pass. The quality of that win is still an open question. It depends on what Mikkel does with the rest of his career.

In the Hopkins fight Calzaghe looked bloody awful. This will start a **** storm, but Jermain Taylor beat a younger, fresher BHop, so that puts the quality of Joe's win in perspective. I was truly amazed when Joe went up the p4p scale afterward. Even though he won, his performance was so abysmall, I felt that he should have gone down the list.

Calzaghe has had a good run. His career has been brilliantly managed. He's an international boxing star. Is he over rated? Yep.
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Another perfect call. Double salute.

ThePlugInBabies · Jul 25, 2008

Joe Calzaghe is a sack of ****.

:smoke

Small Print · Jul 25, 2008

booradley said:

In the Hopkins fight Calzaghe looked bloody awful. This will start a **** storm, but Jermain Taylor beat a younger, fresher BHop, so that puts the quality of Joe's win in perspective. I was truly amazed when Joe went up the p4p scale afterward. Even though he won, his performance was so abysmall, I felt that he should have gone down the list.

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You could counter argue that Jermain Taylor is seven years younger than Joe. Also that no one looks good against B-Hop, he makes all fighters fight his ugly fight.

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