Was Calzaghe's dispatching of Jeffrey Lacy one of the greatest/best wins of this era?

Owning Hopkins is much better

Bhop tried every trick in the book but got destroyed by the much better boxer

Calzaghe is a legit all time great, I wish we could have seen prime jones vs him

I think prime calzaghe would ko ward, froch, anyone around today basically

 

to what extent did they know of them though? because they watch international boxing around the world?? or because two of them had fought in the states??

they knew Benn because he fought against Barkley, De Witt and Williams in the U.S. of course they're going to know him if he fights in America. just like Calzaghe was known when he fought in the states.

did they continue to watch Benn fight in the UK when he wasn't fighting Yanks though???? :think

they knew of Eubank mostly due to him fighting Benn twice. i'm sure they didn't really keep up with his career outside of that.

same goes for Froch. he fought in the U.S. but when fighting at home (Bute/Groves) in big fights, the two biggest TV companies didn't even screen them.

so if the Yanks didn't have Froch over in the states before his fights with Bute and Groves, they wouldn't have known that much about him due to their main TV companies not showing them. which is why i called ignorance. because unless they fight in America, they mostly don't care to watch.

and that point is proven by the fact that if they knew who Eubank was, then they'd definitely know who Joe Calzaghe was due to him dominating him like no other. so think before you post, yeah. it's a very bad habit you have which makes you look a dick.

so what i said stands. as well as the point i was making.

 

How do you work that out. A LHW asking a MW to go up 2 weight divisions atsch
Auracle at his finest

 

Let's make no jokes about it: Calzaghe absolutely pulverised, butchered and obliterated Hopkins.

 

your point rests on you being sure of what the Americasns thought.

NO way can you be sure of what they all thought.

not only does your point still fail, you look classless in delivering it by lowering the tone with name calling to desperately back up your argument.

 

I picked Joe to win and I followed guys like Eubank and Benn..The diffrence between those guys and Joe was they didn't pad their records .Lacy was exposed in his previous fight with Sheika you know another former opponent of Joe ..So when he gets obliterated by Calzaghe it came as no shock but to his fans you think you just watched Fraizer beating Ali ! That's the problem with some of you Brits you elevate mediocre performances like if it was the performance of the century..Nothing new :deal

 

We Brits love beating up on you Yanks.

 

come on, you bth love to invade tiny countries in the name of freedom and steal their oil.

 

Got no argument with you there.

 

oh, really????

you'd be dangerous if you had a brain wouldn't you?

you said...

"he's telling you that Americans noticed Eubank and Froch but not Calzaghe. Therefore your argument that Yanks ignore them is redundant"

you said that you silly little boy.

contradicts your point a little doesn't it about what Americans thought/didn't think, doesn't it. but you and Imperial1 talk for ALL Americans it seems. atsch

but you have to reply with something because you don't like being made to look silly. but what you fail to understand (like most times, really) is that you make yourself look even sillier with these stupid posts you make back to me.

so, if Imperial1 claims Americans knew who Eubank was (which you stand by) they'd surly know who Joe was because he beat him. DUH!!

my points still stand then don't they? DUH!!

i would consider it to be classless if someone was called a Dick for no reason, yes. but if they have proven themselves to be a Dick many times before, as well as being "classless" themselves, many times. then it's warranted.

 

you lost the argument when you claimed Eubank didn't pad his record. that's exactly what he did most of the time. and by choice as well. unlike Calzaghe who could only fight those who were willing to take the test.

there were many good fights that Showtime screened of Calzaghe in the states. but if they don't want to watch someone who is clearly exciting, then that's up to them. but i don't believe all of that rubbish anyway. because if Joe's viewing figures were as bad as the likes of you and Herrol claim, then they wouldn't have had reason to keep showing him.

Showtime were happy with him and excited about what he could do, they made these comments a lot. but yes, they did tear their hair out a few times due to Calzaghe getting injured quite a lot. but that wasn't Joe's fault. if you're injured, you're injured.

it's funny how so many claim that Lacy was exposed in the Sheika fight isn't it? none of this was said beforehand. but people are desperate for an excuse when they fail so badly on their predictions. :yep

Joe put on a mediocre performance against Lacy????? you'll be hard pressed to find a better one than Joe put on that night. and doing it against someone who the Yanks thought would destroy him in the early rounds by KO.

so please stop talking rubbish.

 

assasin,

Why don't you ever submit a fair post?

1. You say Eubank padded his record by choice (which is correct to a certain extent) then add 'unlike Calzaghe who could only fight those who were willing to take the test.'

Why don't you wake up! Go and look at Joe's resume between Eubank and Kessler. Pull the record up on boxrec and take a look. Do you think all those fights were down to bad luck and being avoided? Come on! Joe padded his record, fighting in a weak division, defending the WBO like Eubank.

2. Showtime weren't always happy with him.

3. He didn't always deliver exciting fights for them. Fights with Rick Thornberry and David Starie were stinkers. He didn't get good reviews from those performances and he didn't endear himself to the American public.

 

yes really, consider -

YOU claimed to know what Americans know. This is not remotely what I have done. That's YOUR mistake. You seem mighty keen to pin your mistakes on others. You really ought to accept your mistakes like a gentleman.

About me - I am either - 1. reserving judgement because I have no evidence to offer or - 2. only making a judgement based on the opinions of actual real Americans that have posted here. Who do you expect me to call for an opinion? I aint gonna ring Ghostbusters, mate.

Now please stop ranting foam at the mouth replies, it does you no favours, calm down before you reply-

 

too much Bush and not enough Clinton.
swings and roundabouts mate.

 

Glad to see you're as stupid in other divisions as you are with HW, little boy.