The more I revisit Calzaghe-Kessler..

Someone obviously didn't get any action tonight.

 

sounds like panties VS. the poor mans sweet pea.

 

I thought it was a great fight. Kessler came out strong and Calzaghe adapted and showed his class to raise his game and win. Both fighters came out with credit. Calzaghe is still unbeaten, world champion and has got his big fight in the US from it and Kessler has found a new fan base and respect in the UK.

 

Delete. Don't post when drunk.

 

well as that statement bears no resemblence to the actual fight maybe you need to rewatch it

 

Just a Floyd fan getting jittery about his boys p4p#1 slot.

Technical fight.

 

That's because Joe never even made an attempt to fight in the US and show the fans his skills against a decent American fighter. Like I stated in one of my threads earlier, Calzaghe wasn't too concerned about American fans and they responded accordingly.

 

A) Where you're fighting
B) Who you're fighting
C) How you're fighting

A, B, and C should be judged independently as they have very little to do with each other. A should not affect how you judge B or C, nor B how you judge A or C, nor C how you just A or B. Not to mention, in order of importance as criteria in judging a fighter, it goes C (lightyears ahead of...) B (several thousand kilometers ahead of...) A. :good

Did Joe fight the best in his weight range during the years prior to the Kessler fight? Eh, maybe not, but to say he feasted on tomato cans just because his fights weren't televised in the US is silly. Did he go out of his way to fight in America? No, his prerogative. I guess you can say he dug his own grave with the American tv public for those reasons. Those are two separate issues, though. Who and where he fought - two separate issues. Neither, in my opinion, is anywhere near as important as how a fighter fights, and demonstrates their skill whenever they step in the ring, regardless of whom against and the location of the ring. And the lowest ratings ever for a WCB broadcast tells me that not even every diehard tuned in - and diehards should have known better. Casuals, I can understand only tuning in for fighters they've seen before or heard of, or who've fought lots of high-profile Americans. Diehards have no excuse. People who should have recognized how great and important that fight was didn't tune in to see it. Or else there aren't very many of us, and most of the ratings for typical HBO fights are comprised of casual fans, based on this data (I don't believe that to be true).