Ward would have beaten Calzaghe easily

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  1. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Calzaghe beat 10 world champions. Eubank, Lacy, Bika, Woodhall, Jones jr, Kessler, Hopkins, Mitchell, Brewer and Reid. Great resume end of.
     
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  2. bailey

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  3. Loudon

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    Great is a gross exaggeration.

    Also, Eubank and Roy were FORMER world champs.
     
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  4. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Both top 10 still
     
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  5. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kessler beat Froch in the first fight, the cards where wide, but the right man won.
     
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  6. Barry Smith

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    Calzaghe fans jizz their pants over the Hopkins fight but Calzaghe got dropped and the final result was a highly debatable SD, he then refused a rematch. Taylor and Dawson both beat Hopkins much more convincingly, even Pascal in their first fight did about as well as Calzaghe did. This tells you everything about Calzaghe's true level if we use performances against old, past prime Hopkins as a measuring stick.
     
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  7. Barry Smith

    Barry Smith Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What? Only Lacy and Kessler were World champions.
     
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  8. Barry Smith

    Barry Smith Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What has being undefeated got to do with this? Calzaghe only beat one top undefeated fighter himself.
     
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  9. bailey

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    With the official scoring, Taylor in 2 fights didnt have as great an overall lead as Calzaghe did in one fight with Hopkins and lets not forget Hopkins backed out against Calzaghe years ago.
    Calzaghe beat Hopkins sandwiched between arguably Hopkins best wins and was the only fighter who seemed the stronger against Hopkins down the stretch
     
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  10. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Undefeated has everything to do with it. Often when a fighter has had good success and the given a loss they often never seem the same. Look at Dawson after the Pascal loss and more so after the Stevenson loss now. It doesnt affect every fighter, but does affect alot of them.
    Calzaghe beat undefeated world champs. when has ward done that? He had a chance to try it against Bute and didnt
     
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  11. bailey

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    All were top 10 rated and Veit also was a world champ, so thats Veit, Lacy and Kessler all world champs and all lost their 0 to Calzaghe. Which world champs did Ward take the 0 of?
     
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  12. BlackBrenny

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    Calzaghe not an infighter?

    Have you ever actually watched a Calzaghe fight before :lol::lol::lol:

    "The Hopkins fight showed Calzaghe's limitations: chasing shadows, ineffective flurries, ludicrous showboating. I couldn't stand watching Calzaghe's sloppy, slappy efforts"

    Which is why Kelly Pavlik beats him up and stops him easily, did you see what he did to Lockett?!?!....oh wait...


    :lol:
     
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  13. HerolGee

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    was veit fcuk a world champ. international interncontinental interim. mind you, he did keep the interim one longer than Joe Cal kept one of the big three though.
     
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  14. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    you mean ward loss.
     
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  15. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    credit to joe for beating Kessler though.
     
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