Who do you rank higher: Andre Ward or Joe Calzaghe

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Flo_Raiden, Sep 21, 2017.


Greater fighter

  1. Andre Ward

    112 vote(s)
    34.8%
  2. Joe Calzaghe

    215 vote(s)
    66.8%
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  1. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was Hopkins washed up when Joe c beat him? I see posters constantly referring to an 'aging' Hopkins, yet he did go on to win a world title after wards, with respectable wins as well.
     
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  2. HerolGee

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    thas wasnt what i said "had on his resume" at all. i told u he disdnt pick him, he was super 6 mando replacement, carl didnt pick him whydid you even bring up a failed return argument

    give me an argument that makes some sense
     
  3. HerolGee

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    so did bika boy, but noone calls him a best win. well maybe joe cal has him as one of his best wins. probably wards worst smw title win.
     
  4. Bogotazo

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    Not washed up, but old enough that he couldn't overcome certain styles. Quick rangy volume/outside fighters with pace troubled him. That's why Taylor and Dawson were able to do it too. A quality win, but not a historically great one.
     
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  5. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    IMO, age is not something to make a big deal out so long as they operate at the top level, which Hops seems to have done for ages.

    Was he past his prime? Sure. But not close to shot or even journeyman status. I do agree with what you are saying for the most part.
     
  6. LANCE99

    LANCE99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Too bad Bika isn't Hopkins in this case...
     
  7. Bogotazo

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    Yeah as I said he wasn't shot so the win was still quality
     
  8. HerolGee

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    totally bika was prime vs ward.
     
  9. HerolGee

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    exactlty, not prime so he wasnt elite, hewas world class by then
     
  10. BCS8

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    Calzaghe ... what a fighter! :campeon2:
     
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  11. HerolGee

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    agreed ,a world class fighter brits can feel proud of.
     
  12. BCS8

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    blood that helps ;)
     
  13. JohnnyDrama99

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    I see your memory is a problem for you. It's ok....Luckily there's a record to help you out.
     
  14. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    I edited that to "they wouldnt select" when I finished writing it. Whats going on there?

    ok it didnt update, so I hold my hand out to that, but it should have read that they wouldnt choose to, if it had updated succesfully. my internets blinking a bit this evening. So I have to hand that to you due to internet issue, you can only go on what you read.

    my apology for saying you hadnt read it. But you know now what I say, so whats the answer?
     
  15. JohnnyDrama99

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    You are silly kid. Carl fought him, period. He's on the resume. Bhop and Jones BOTH called out Joe. It's hard for anything to makes sense to you when it's common sense for the rest of the world. You have a very interesting thought process