Joe Calzaghe shall be missed by all of us, once he retires

Steelhammer123 · Oct 21, 2008

Yes, we all miss Calzaghe, one of the best of his era, but we won´t be missing his fans.

Cobbler · Oct 21, 2008

retribooty said:

Miss him? i dont even care bout him, i don't even know him til he fought Jeff Lacy so i doubt it.
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Are we celebrating your ignorance here?

sjc · Oct 21, 2008

marauder1999 said:

excuse me while i shed a tear
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I'm surprised you have any left.

MrMagic · Oct 21, 2008

Joe Calzaghe pissed his potential down the drain.

Will I miss him? perhaps... will I appreciate him? perhaps...

Look, he's only got two, potentially three good wins to retire off of, he's not that great.

charlievint · Oct 21, 2008

Armele Române said:

Whether rightly or wrongly, Joe Calzaghe has been criticised for his resume, for his fighting style, for his career choices and for his personality and character. As a subject of discussion, he has been a constant presence here on ESB, with a large proportion of threads referring to him either directly or indirectly. After he retires, the threads and criticism, whether fair or unfair, will continue, but we will no longer have the pleasure of enjoying the sight of one of the best fighters of his generation ever again, except on film.

Whether he fought the best or not, Joe Calzaghe gave his all in every fight he has ever fought, whether against a fighter like Bika or against a fighter like Mikkel Kessler. Whether he punched or slapped, he has always come to fight, he has never backed down and he has never stunk up the joint. The atmosphere at his bigger fights in Britain has been one of the best anywhere in the world.

Whatever you think of him as a man, he had the guts to step into the same ring as Mikkel Kessler aged 35, and to give his best ever performance, when he could have made very good money fighting the likes of Froch or Bute at much less risk. He then had the guts to travel to the United States, aged 36, to fight one of the best fighters of his generation, Bernard Hopkins.

Even when things were not going well for him, he gave his all and fought until the bitter end. And who will ever forget his performance against Jeff Lacy?

Now, he is preparing to take on another legendary fighter, aged almost 37. His last two fights were his hardest. His last could be one of his hardest too. I very much look forward to it and know that at the final bell, when Calzaghe will take his last farewell-applause from the tens of thousands in attendance, I shall start missing him already. Allow me to presume that so will you, whether you can bring yourselves to admit it or not.

So why not join me in concentrating on enjoying the next two weeks before his last ever fight and saying: "Thank you for the excitment and the memories, Joe Calzaghe, and good luck in your last fight against the great Roy Jones Jr!"?
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I agree....Joe is a speacail fighter with great talent and fun to watch....what is not to be missed?

iceman71 · Oct 21, 2008

yesihavearm2 said:

Eubank (OLD, end of career)
Reid (who??)
Woodhall (who??)
Brewer (SHOT, just a name)
Byron Mitchell (should be joes first loss, if not for ref)
Omar Sheika (what has sheika done?)
Lacy (give you that one)
Bika (give you that one)
Kessler (give you that one)
Hopkins (give you that one)

Next please.
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hes got 46 fights...you have maybe 4 fights in 14 years and hopkins was 42 years old

MOST of the names on his resume are a joke. did he really need to give mario veit a rematch?? haha
pete manfredo?
Evans Ashira?
Kabary Salem?
Mger Mkrtchian?
Tocker Pudwill?
Miguel Angel Jimenez?
Will McIntyre?

tell me these werent a waste of time:hi:

SHOWSHOOTER · Oct 21, 2008

Armele Române said:

Whether rightly or wrongly, Joe Calzaghe has been criticised for his resume, for his fighting style, for his career choices and for his personality and character. As a subject of discussion, he has been a constant presence here on ESB, with a large proportion of threads referring to him either directly or indirectly. After he retires, the threads and criticism, whether fair or unfair, will continue, but we will no longer have the pleasure of enjoying the sight of one of the best fighters of his generation ever again, except on film.

Whether he fought the best or not, Joe Calzaghe gave his all in every fight he has ever fought, whether against a fighter like Bika or against a fighter like Mikkel Kessler. Whether he punched or slapped, he has always come to fight, he has never backed down and he has never stunk up the joint. The atmosphere at his bigger fights in Britain has been one of the best anywhere in the world.

Whatever you think of him as a man, he had the guts to step into the same ring as Mikkel Kessler aged 35, and to give his best ever performance, when he could have made very good money fighting the likes of Froch or Bute at much less risk. He then had the guts to travel to the United States, aged 36, to fight one of the best fighters of his generation, Bernard Hopkins.

Even when things were not going well for him, he gave his all and fought until the bitter end. And who will ever forget his performance against Jeff Lacy?

Now, he is preparing to take on another legendary fighter, aged almost 37. His last two fights were his hardest. His last could be one of his hardest too. I very much look forward to it and know that at the final bell, when Calzaghe will take his last farewell-applause from the tens of thousands in attendance, I shall start missing him already. Allow me to presume that so will you, whether you can bring yourselves to admit it or not.

So why not join me in concentrating on enjoying the next two weeks before his last ever fight and saying: "Thank you for the excitment and the memories, Joe Calzaghe, and good luck in your last fight against the great Roy Jones Jr!"?
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good post fella.

calzaghe's status will continue to grow after he's retired anyway.

- hopkins will continue to shock people
- kessler will clean out the super mids
- lacy will beat taylor :shock:

joe would have done anyone of em in his prime anyway, even with ****ed up hands. people can knock joe as much as they like but 46-0 will be in those record books forever.

- he beat a great champ in eubank
- he gave america's great hope lacy - the greatest boxing lesson in history
- he unified a the super mids by beating a great fighter in kessler
- he travelled over seas, moved up in weights and beat america's great hero bernard hopkins despite a horror show from the referee.

now good luck to joe against jones, he has nothing to gain and everything to lose but it wouldn't suprise anybody if he went out of boxing giving the greatest performance of his career despite himself now being over the hill.

Cobbler · Oct 21, 2008

You can spot the intellectually dishonest posters discussing Calzaghe's resume, because they always mention Tocker Pudwill.

That's pretty much an automatic red flag.

SouthpawSlayer · Oct 21, 2008

come on boxing will always suffer when it loses one of its top p4p fighters

Cobbler · Oct 21, 2008

King_Brawler said:

This thread is ridiculous. atsch

No one is going to miss Joe. No one is even going to notice that he will be gone. He has done nothing of significance. There will be nothing to miss.
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Your last ten posts are in threads with Calzaghe in the title....

rluevano · Oct 21, 2008

JETSKI said:

I agree, but you forgot one thing...

We don't watch fighters that slap. Fragile hands or not.
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Yeah or fighters that get blown out in 1 rd or quit while ahead like Andrew Golota does.

scurlaruntings · Oct 21, 2008

Honestly is this crap real? Most of the posters here didnt even know who he was until he faced Lacy. He was defending the WBO for aeons on his home turf making easy defences as Britains number 1 comfort fighter. Why exactly would you miss that??!!? Give me a ****ing break..

sthomas · Oct 21, 2008

People will miss Calzaghe similar to how they miss Mayweather. The huggers will be sad and rellieved if he retires undefeated. The haters will probably miss him more out of spite.

scurlaruntings · Oct 21, 2008

I dont see the comparison. PBF was a MAREVLOUS boxer and one of the best talents in decades. Joe on the other hand is/was an opportunist who is horrible to watch with a shoddy technique. I certainly wont miss him in the slightest as his not pleasing to watch at all and very ordinary.

SHOWSHOOTER · Oct 21, 2008

excuse my ignorance, but who is micheal jordan?

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