Kessler, the next Calzaghe

Good ****. My friend lives in England now, maybe I'll ask him about it.

 

if nobody watches your movie sin the US and the theatre is sold out every night in Wales, might be a good career choice ya think?

 

Exellent comment:happy

 

So how comes Johnson, who was essentially a journeyman at 168 going 4-6, suddenly becomes elite at light heavy? How comes Calzaghe can give up all the advantages (coming up in weight, fighting on his opponent's home turf for his belt with his judges and a ref who will let him do what he wants) and beat the recognised champ at 175 who pulverised both Johnson and Tarver?

Just food for thought.

 

maybe so, but this is a proffesion, you might want to make sure you are eating good first!

 

And you sound like you should have looked at a world map from time to time :roll:

Read what you wrote, I quoted it previously for you. Here it is again for your short memory (always helps to remember what you're debating over)

Originally Posted by BigReg
Oh yeah, "Stay at home Chad" has fought outside of the U.S once. How many times has Kessler left Europe(remember, Europe and the U.S are about the same size.)

Like I said, stupid and purely ignorant comparison that seems all too frequent from some of my fellow countrymen. Comparing leaving the US to Europe is dumb. Like I said, the US are all one language, one religion (apart from Tom Cruise!) and very patriotic, sure you may get the odd jeer from travelling to a different state, but go from one coutry to another and it matters very little if it's europe or asia, expect a hostile response. Europe is not one country believe it or not. Ease of travel makes no difference and if that's the excuse we're using as to why our fighters dont travel then no wonder the rest of the world think we're stupid... well done :roll:

So the question is how many times has Kessler left Denmark (that's a country, not a state within England or the 'UK' FYI), which is a darn site more than Chad has left his home. Wales is in Europe, just as America is part of the Americas, so do you consider Argentina a home advantage for a US based fighter? (I'd hope not!) Similarly how is fighting over a thousand miles away in Europe fighting on home soil or in your comfort zone?

 

Here comes another arrogant, pompus comment on your behalf

Everyhing I wrote is correct.

What's dumb is stating that traveling within Europe is the same as traveling from the the U.S to Europe.

The. U.S has no national language. Most people speak English, but I can drive 15 minutes and be in a town where hardly anyone speaks English.

Most are Christian, but the U.S is pretty diversified in terms of religion compared to other nations.

Be a Giants fan and come Lincoln Financial Field wearing Giants apperal. You're liable to get heckled, spit on, have beer poured on you, or get beat up. I've seen opposing teams get **** thrown at them in Philly all the time.

No ****, next you're going to tell me the Earth is round.

Ease of travel as well as economic opportunities are big reasons why American fighters don't travel. No one wants to make a 12+ hr. flight to Europe, traveling several time zones, when they can fight in America for bigger money.

Being a condescending smart ass isn't helping your cause.

Never did I make this point. However, how the hell is flying over 3,000 miles from say New York to California fighting on home soil or in your comfort zone? If you're fighting a popular hometown fighter, you're going to face a hostile crowd. They're not going to care that both fighters are American. Hell, Floyd had to face a hostile crowd when he fought Gatti in New Jersey and Gatti's not even American.

 

Mecca of boxing. Hasn`t been a decent American heavyweight in years. JC has whipped 2 American boxing legends back to back in the USA. Europe is the new boxing superpower. Your stay at home fighters better get their passports ready. :hi:

 

To be fair if you look at the top 10 guys in every division it works out about 50% are based OUTSIDE of the US

 

My god - what a good comment! You saved me from typing. Thanks, bro!

 

Unfortunately they won't. They will say belt mean nothing and hype "megafights" between old timers.