Michael Watson vs. Joe Calzaghe

Watson TKO8 Calzaghe...

 

Calzaghe UD

 

Calzaghe WU12 (8-4)

Watson was OK as a fighter but the tragedy that happened to him, mean many overrate him.


The McCallum fight showed Watson's limitations, the Lee fight his strengths, but overall he would not be good enough to beat Calzaghe, unless of course he could get the Welshman down to 160...

 

Every fighter you can name off from the past British scene is superior to Calzaghe by your logic.

 

What I mean is that you are a Calzaghe hater and an illogical one at that who blasts Calzaghe at every turn, giving zero credit for anything, but giving massive credit to lesser fighters than Calzaghe.

 

Calzaghe is likely the best SMW of all time.

 

A likely win over Kessler will solidify his place at number 1

 

And with that, a spot in the top 100 P4P.

 

:yep Only 3 more months to go

 

If Calzaghe beats Kessler, then accomplishment-wise at 168, he would be right on Jones Jr's level, probably above it since he would have 21 title defenses and wins over Kessler, Eubank, Lacy, Reid, etc. Head to head though, I don't think anybody at 168, ever, would beat Roy Jones Jr.

 

I'm not even concerned about it, it's another fight for Joe and that's it. Know why? Because Joe is a hot and cold fighter and always has been, at his very best in preparation in motivation he is truly a top 3 P4P fighter, with a lack of preparation and a lack of caring in motivation, he looks sloppy.

His footwork, coordination, timing and general being was **** against Bika, a limited brawler, but was phenominal against Lacy, whom is clearly 2 classes up from Bika... how anyone uses the Bika fight as an example of how Kessler is going to win is like the fools using the Torres bout against Cotto and picking Quintana due to Quintana's size and hype, didn't quite work out for them though.:yep

While Manfredo is nothing special, he's a solid 2nd rater and Calzaghe at least had 80% of his peak footspeed and 70% of his peak handspeed and you could tell his preparation was good, even though the end was bad and he mildly injured his left, he hasn't degraded enough to really worry about a timid guy like Mikkel Kessler and it's useless to compare styles when you have a guy who can't handle effective pressure, is open to awkwardness and superior speed and who hates being hit against a very awkward, very fast and very coordinated technical swarmer, it's just absurd.

So it'll solidify what Calzaghe fans knew all along pre-Lacy and pre universal respect of the man, that he's really a fighter who deserves to rank even with the best names of his generation and to be in the dicussion.

Haters like Hugh Web see through their own skewed vision.

 

Exactly, Roy will always be number 1 head to head at SMW, but he didn't do enough there to be ranked as the all around number 1 spot. A win over Kessler, especially if it's a massacre like I am predicting, will cement his as the undisputed number 1 SMW of all time.

He only loses to Jones Jr. at SMW anyway from my point of view and for me that is a testament to Calzaghe.

 

You rank off of reputation instead of actual skill and ability.

Toney loses to Calzaghe at 168 10 out of 10 times, Calzaghe has an awful style for James Toney, but you wouldn't know that would you?:yep

 

No, but you hate Calzaghe. You rank a past it Barkley as a signature win for Toney and downplay anything that Calzaghe does, you're even downplaying Kessler, whom you pick to "school" Calzaghe, but since I threw out an alternate prediction that is possible and if it happens, you'll give Calzaghe little credit, but give Toney credit for taking 10 rounds to put away a past it Barkley. It's not like Barkley was ever anything special anyway, the guy was a GOOD fighter at his best and a rightful to 5 contender, Kessler is easily a superior record win in comparison to Barkley for anybody... but Barkely has a reputation that you can absord I suppose.

This is called a double standard.