Joe Cazaghe was an overrated hack.

Calzaghe was locked into a contract with Mickey Duff (RIP) for his first 20 odd fights. Duff liked to do things the old-fashioned way and he had a ''tier system'' for the fighters in his stable where he would move them up through the levels. He used to tell Calzaghe that he'd stand other fighters in his promotional stable, like Henry Wharton, on their heads, but that he'd have to wait in line behind them for his shot. Calzaghe knew he was ready to be moved much faster than that.

I remember reading an interview with Duff where he said Joe was adamant he was ready for the world level and he pleaded with him to get him shots at Eubank, Benn, Collins when Joe had just won his British SMW title, but Duff insisted on holding him back and wasn't getting him the opportunities and exposure Joe felt his talent and amateur accomplishments warranted, or the financial reward either, and that's why he left him and signed with Fish eyes. Warr-en got him a shot at Steve Collins within a few fights, although obviously Collins pulled out and Eubank stepped in.

Here's another one where he touches on some of those things.

"I admired Joe's confidence and ambition, but didn't think he was ready to progress as quickly as he wanted to. Joe told me to get him championship fights as soon as possible and in return I told him to calm down and be sensible. The first fight I got him was on the undercard for the Frank Bruno v Lennox Lewis fight in 1993 against Paul Hanlon and he did really well, much better than I expected. He was named Young Boxer of the Year by the British Boxing Writers' Association but that didn't seem enough and he wanted bigger and bigger fights all the time.

I didn't think he was ready and actually thought it was a little disrespectful to the other fighters around at the time for this new kid on the block to think he could beat whoever was out there. To be honest, it was no surprise when Joe signed for Frank ****** - I knew he'd been sniffing around for a while. I'd done my best for Joe but it wasn't enough for him and considering he beat Chris Eubank soon after, he will say it was the right decision to move on when he did. But I would have got Joe that fight eventually."


--Mickey Duff

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Duff or his business parter Terry Lawless actually tried to stop the Eubank fight from happening.

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Andre Ward was an Olympic gold medalist and was lucky enough to be born in the Mecca of boxing, whereas Cazaghe was robbed of his opportunity to go to the Olympics twice, the first of which when he lost a highly controversial decision in the European Junior championships in 1990 to the fighter that subsequently went on to win the gold medal (he would've automatically booked his place had he just made it the to the quarter finals or semis IIRC). He was then ****ed over by the Welsh selection committee, when they chose to send a fighter named Matthew Turner instead of him. Turner was infinitely less decorated and worthy of his place and stood zero chance of coming back with a medal.

Ward was also incredibly fortuitous to garner a place in a tournament he had absolutely no right in being in simply because he had the right passport, connections, and that Olympic medal.


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