Just watched Joe Calzaghe v. Robin Reid...

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  1. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  2. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Yes, I think that's right! I feel he has always lacked the required self-belief to go the extra mile...
     
    Decebal, Nov 16, 2007
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  3. john b

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    Forgot was it a unification fight or had reid already lost is Wbc strap can't remember.
     
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  4. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    yeah...they were fighting for Joe's WBO...Robin had lost his WBC to Malinga a year and a quarter previously, according to boxrec...

    http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=5000&cat=boxer
     
    Decebal, Nov 16, 2007
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  6. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    I remember that fight very well. The crowd was split but most wanted Rob Reid to win. We all thought there would be a rematch. But Calzaghe was better and he deserved the win. The referee that gave it to Reid was biased, but so were the other referees - the margin wasn't that wide, from what I saw and remember, anyway.
     
    Decebal, Nov 17, 2007
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  7. yesihavearm

    yesihavearm Active Member Full Member

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    Decebal the reason that Calzaghe has a go at Reid so often in his biography is because of 2 things.

    A. Reid got picked to go to the Olympics over Calzaghe, unofficial reason is because he is english and jc is welsh.

    B. When Reid was WBC champion he didnt want to know JC. He wouldnt give him a shot and didnt want to unify. Then as soon as he loses his belt he wants to fight JC.
     
    yesihavearm, Nov 17, 2007
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  8. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Thanks for that! A better story than the one I provided...:good
     
    Decebal, Nov 17, 2007
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  9. yesihavearm

    yesihavearm Active Member Full Member

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    No Problems :)
     
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  10. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To each their own opinion. :good

    Reid did deserve the win in the Ottke fight (a fight which forever tainted Sven's legacy) but both looked pretty shopworn and definitely past their best years.

    He was decisioned by Branco in a close fight, which imo was pretty bad if you're a world champ, and you remember Hacine Cherifi don't you? Not to mention his plethora of other close fights. Anyway, I digress...
     
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