Joe Calzaghe V Rick Thornberry...........how can you call this a World Title Fight?

Pascal is the first guy that Froch has fought that was top 20 at SMW. Shot Reid and Magee were his 2 best opponents up to that point. The Guy is 31 and fighting him pre Pascal would just have started an incredible **** storm of US negativity on JC .Froch brought nothing but a difficult match with very little credit if he won.

Now it is a respectable fight, Calzaghe would still be intensely criticised for picking him ahead of Dawson, Hopkins2 or even Taylor or Pavlik, but Froch being a world champion actually gives him some influence.

Seriously, what would have been the point of taking on Froch pre-Pascal? He would have recieved zero credit, little money and it is a dangerous fight. At least Witter and Enzo Mac has title and defences to make a domestic dust up viable.

 

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Blast from the past after the Thornberry fight...

Calzaghe's father ousted as trainer[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Joe Calzaghe weighs in for the Ben Thornberry fight[/FONT]

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The camp of world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe has erupted in a row over the dropping of his father Enzo as trainer. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Calzaghe Senior dismissed comments by manager Frank Warren that he had "gone as far as he can" as his son's trainer and should step aside. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The veteran trainer said he was furious at the suggestion he was incapable of doing the job. [/FONT]
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"That's a load of rubbish," he said. "How much further could I take Joe? He is unbeaten as a professional and is world champion." [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Joe Calzaghe has come in for criticism following a lacklustre title defence against Australian Rick Thornberry which the boxer blamed on a hand injury. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"The bottom line is that he is fighting like a champion and not a challenger. He's not hungry anymore," said Enzo Calzaghe. [/FONT]
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"In that Thornberry fight, he won every round, but I had to take the wrap." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The Newbridge fighter is now due to fly across for a debut in the United States next month and the shake-up could mean veteran trainer George Francis takes his corner. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Warren has denied a rift exists. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"Enzo is a sensible man and he only wants what is best for his son," said Warren. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"It will be a terrible wrench for Enzo to leave after almost 20 years in his corner." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Enzo Calzaghe, though, is clearly furious at his apparent treatment - although he denied Warren was the cause of the problem. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"Why this has happened, I don't know," said Calzaghe Snr. [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"This stuff about being too close because we are father and son is a joke because father and sons work better than anyone else. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"I'm a very realistic guy and a positive guy but he has hurt me."

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that was years ago,what the **** you going on about it for man?!