Rob Calloway

He might on the Valuve - Chagaev undercard

 

agreed. Calloway in years and years of boxing has never beaten a guy near the top ten. I see no reason for that to change. The 9-0 guy he just beat had never beaten a man with a winning record, in fact his opponnets were 3-36 in their most recent fights. Calloway does not deserve a title shot by beating a lot of C and D fighters.

 

Huh? How do you figure that? He's never beaten a quality Cruiserweight.

His biggest win was probably over another journeyman, Terry Smith, and that was at Heavyweight. Rob's a nice guy, but beating up C level club fighters should not earn you a ranking or a title shot.

 

I think him going to Philly and puttin in that work is doing him good... But yeah, I would like to see him step up and I think HE would like to se himself step up...

 

Calloway should have stayed the hell away from HW...he could have really been spectacular had he made his whole career at cruiser...what a shame.

 

A WBO strap for Rob would be great...I'd stand to bet he could take Enzo down the stretch to a UD win.

 

To further prove my point, once he started making waves at cruiser, he immediately started after the heavyweights as had mediocre results with it fighting so-so fighters like Julius Long and Cliff Couser. Yeah, Terry Smith was his best win, but again becuase squandered a golden opportunity. Four of his seven losses (and his only KOs) came at the hands of top heavys. Pity.:verysad

 

-To undermine your point, he has never beaten anyone close to a quality cruiser. Not one. So how the hell can he be ranked?

-Julius Long and Cliff Couser are journeyman fighters at best.

-Just because you beat up cab drivers and bouncers doesn't mean you deserve a title crack. Try beating a Cruiswerweight in the top 30 first, then we can talk.

Again, I like Calloway, but he's a regional fighter at best, a guy who can bring fans to state fairs and hotel conference rooms. He has not proven himself of a world title tilt.

 

Maybe not a title shot, but some credit perhaps?? Calloway is the king of the midwestern clubfighters. He keeps himself in shape, generally gives a decent account of himself when he steps up, and owns the C-D level guys he beats. At HIS level, he's damn good. Not world class, but tops for what he is.

Guys like Calloway deserve more credit, imo. Without blue collar guys like him, the sport of boxing would be in an even sorrier state than it is.

 

I agree. I said that, he's a step above the Midwest circuit. Guys like are him ARE good for boxing. Not denying that.

But a world title shot should be earned, and longevity and beating up club fighters is not a legitimate way to earn your shot against one of the top 3 fighters in the division.

 

You and I aren't in any disagreement on this. Calloway has to beat somebody at least at the fringe contender level to justify a title shot - even one of those "tune up" fights champs take.

Problem with Calloway is that he's past whatever prime he had. If he was gonna try to get into the world class game, he should have made his move 10 years ago, 5 at the latest. I think he's just happy doing what he does on the midwest circuit and then serving as an opponent for top HWs - although I think even that is over for him at this point.

 

David Robinson, wtf?

 

Calloway's been padding his record with bums, other than Terry Smith - and, arguably, Cliff Couser - since he lost to McCline.

He even fought an ancient Buck Smith, who started as a welter back in the 80s. Oh, and also ESBs own Stacy Goodson, promoter of that well-known "boxer," Charlie Zelenoff.

He also fought Robinson, with his 23-50 something record TWICE during this stretch. Calloway cleans up on these guys. Clearly he's not much into challenging himself at this point. Why should he at age 40, really?