maybe i seem ignorant but as a fan/spectator i cant get past his unttractive style, the way he delivers a punch is like a granny. I'm not saying i'd like to jump in the ring with him and show him how its done, just that he's horrible to watch. his stamina and fitness was awe inspiring though. i voted he not an all time great, i havn't got alot of boxing knowledge, i dont like the way he fights. some fighters are a pleasure to watch which maybe atg's should be????
Amazing the interest Joe still generates, and the condescension he get's from keyboard critics on boxing forums is hilarious. People seem to believe he was Britain's answer to Sven Ottke or something, but the basic fact is you can't go 46-0 and unify belts without being a very talented boxer.
Jeff, give it a rest, I don't think he's an ATG but you're in danger of becoming the next Betty with this vendetta!
MrPr found hes way over to the british forum to go on about calzaghe again......ZZZZZZZZZ. Someone posted a calzaghe link from youtube a while back and i clicked on it so it sent me to the site. Guess whos name i saw in the comments----yes you guess it! mrpr:rofl. On and on about calzaghe....daim dont these people get bored
Being a very talented boxer and being an ATG are two very different things. Honestly, I think people are very over sensitive about criticism of Calzaghe. You often can't say anything negative without being labelled all sorts of things. And the sad reality is, Calzaghe attracts THE largest number of nuthuggers on this site.
He was a man of his times so it's not really fair or possible too genuinlly compare him too ATG's from the past or recent past for that matter seeing that there are so many alfabete title/HBO champs around now. He ducked no one & was most certainly avoided but in this day & age i'll think you'll find it hard too find/get another alltime great today/future as long as there is no hope of any unification fights, Joe was a great titleist for many years & must be ranked up there, he did all that was asked of him & became Undisputed Champ but i don't think thats enough to put him on an equal footing as say a Marvin Hagler:smoke **** Ottke.
They do get very emotional about it. Its funny, nearly all my other posts are agreeable to 90% of users but suddenly when it comes to Calzaghe I know nothing and i'm blinded by an imaginary vendetta. Facts are facts... He won 46 fights consecutively. However nearly all his opponents were far below top ten world class, in a poor division. He took 40 fights to step up to a decent standard. Scraped by Hopkins, was floored by an ancient Jones who probably should have stopped him and thats about it. As someone rightly says winning 46-0 fights consecutively takes talent. He was talented but don't get talented mixed up with great. Emanual Augustus is talented. James Toney is infinately more talented then Calzaghe and he's not a ATG either.