Prime Calzaghe vs. Prime Eubank?

:deal

 

Eubank would've got him out of there.

 

Eubank even said it himself in private, in '02 someone asked Eubank how he would fare against Calzaghe as the Eubank of 10 years prior to that...

'Probably stopped him, possibly knocked him out... I wouldn't have beaten him on points, I'd have bashed him up a bit more though'

 

Eubanks belief would lay in the ever so slight pain he put on Calzaghe in the dying seconds of their fight. That was an inexperience, over zealous Joe who amazingly tired himself out but even a tired Joe has a higher workrate than 99.9% of boxers.

History has shown us that even if Eubank got a kd, it wouldn't have amounted to much other than Joe getting angry and fighting back harder.

 

Agreed, i can imagine Calzaghe's face every so often during a fight as he pauses for a second working out where Eubanks crafty counters are coming from before pressing on with his attacks.:good

 

When Calzaghe winged away against Byron Mitchell (post-KD), he was in with a cumbersome loader of shots. Eubank could let go untelegraphed punches at full power as counter punches.

 

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You never let me down, Atberry. :good

 

I see your point but that Calzaghe that beat a so called faded at the weight Eubank was not a prime calzaghe, that calzaghe was less experienced yet still won BOOOM!

 

...and he won about 10 rounds at that. Eubank wasn't so shot that he didn't go on to arguably be the WBO cruiserweight champ.

 

What were your memories of Calzaghe, having fought him for your old title, the vacant WBO super-middleweight belt in '97, that started his reign?

"Calzaghe was very skilled and had quick hands. He kept his fence up behind his right leg and always punched in the clinches. When his fence was down, his punches landed from out of sight.

"Taking the a fight on a few days' notice wasn't a problem - I had done it against powerhouses like Simon Collins and Anthony Logan, guys who had looked dangerous in recent fights. Losing 20 lbs. in a week wasn't a problem - I had lost that in a few days and won world title fights.

"The problem was that I had no southpaw sparring, for 1), and for 2), I was unable to do any roadwork due to a knee problem. When you recall the emphasis my style placed on multi-directional foot movement and getting my jab working, and the fact Calzaghe was better that I thought, I had my work cut out in there to say the least.

"I underestimated Joe and thought I could beat him on heart alone."


Just how hard did Joe punch you?

"Joe punched very hard. But when when you've taken heavy left hooks from Logan and Benn, double left hooks from Lindell Holmes, triple left hooks from Wharton and had a hard-punching sparring partner like Kenny Nevers, it tends to unamplify the effect."

 

Calzaghe lost to Hopkins.

 

Not on my card he didn't.

 

Big problem is, with his wasted WBO years Calzaghe never really had a 'peak'.