Pryce moving up to supper middle!!!!

The plot thickens.... What do you think of the points i've made Gaz? Debaser rightly says i've been a bit harsh but that was to provoke a response from the Calzaghe lovers... so far no-one biteing.... Surely not everyone agrees i'm right.

 

What does Paul Williams do now? What age did he train Calzaghe to? Because i've just made a pretty shocking observation.

 

I pretty much agree with what you've said for the most part.

I think Enzo C is vastly overrated as a boxing trainer. He's more of a drill sergant who gets his boys fit and just screams at them. I haven't really seen any great evidence of a great boxing brain or tactician there. Just get fit, get in there and punch.

Joe Calzaghe's success (and whilst I've already made my opinions clear on Joe, I do have some respect for him and do rate him - just not as high as most) flatters Enzo immensely.
Whilst guys like Rees and Pryce are talented, to be fair (and this is not a criticism) I don't really see them being any better than domestic class. The fact that Rees became a world champion is a credit to all involved, but to me it's more to do with Sports Network, right time, right place, right strings pulled, etc.
(And if I wanted to be really cynical about it, there was talk of Khan challenging Rees at one point for the WBA title. Is it just a coincidence that Warren had bagged the title for a fighter he promotes that was seen as a weak champion and easily beatable :huh )

Enzo Maccarinelli and Gary Lockett I really like a lot as people, both of them are nice guys and very classy. However...
I actually thought Lockett was lucky to get the nod over Ryan Rhodes, and the hammering he took from Pavlik, and the subsequent hiding Pavlik got from Hopkins, shows the huge gulf in class between Lockett's level and world class. Enzo Calzaghe did absolutely nothing to enhance Lockett's abilities or make any improvements.
With Gary's natural gifts, he should have had a small chance against Pavlik, or at least faired a bit better than he did, but Enzo C failed to maximize on anything. No real strategy, no plan B, etc, and as a result Lockett walked into the ring as a punch bag that night.

Maccarinelli hasn't really achieved much either under Calzaghe, all it's done really for him is gain him more attention as part of the Team Calzaghe bandwagon and Sports Network hype machine.
The Braithewaite win was impressive, but by now Enzo should be mixing at top European level and perhaps emerging as a contender (never really considered him a "world" champion, just a belt holder). Instead he's knocked over a couple of Bobby Gunns and Mathew Ellis', and had Calzaghe blowing smoke up his backside about how he's "going to be a monster" and how great he is rather than actually working on his weaknesses and flaws and developing his skills as a boxer. He's paid the price for that now twice in one year...

Joe Calzaghe would have had pretty much the same career with or without Enzo in the corner. I know a lot of the romantics out there would probably disagree, but Joe would have had the same desire to win, the same talent and the same abilities.
Enzo was pretty much just a motivator and cheerleader for Joe.