Who gave Calzaghe his toughest ever fight?

Sakio Bika in my eyes

in Joes own words - Chris Eubank

 

Robin Reid

 

Robin Reid. He was never in danger of losing to Hopkins despite looking horrible if you can actually score a fight, the supposed controversy which is down to the inept scoring of a stupid ***** is a miscarriage of justice

There was only a couple points in it against prime Robin, very underrated fighter.

 

Calzaghe took all Reids shots though

Reid could not miss with the right hand but Calzaghe took them all night

but against Bika he was

sucking in air heavy

he was cut

it was very rough

and this guy was dangerous and strong throughout

I thought there was alot of potential for Calzaghe losing that fight if he lost concentration

 

Lol @ Jeff Lacy.

I'm happy to agree with Bika.

 

It depends on definition. If you are asking toughest in the sense closest to actually losing, it has to be Reid.

Bika was tough mentally and physically. It was hard to be motivated, and Bika is very rough. Calzaghe was never in danger of losing on points, and he didn't really look like getting knocked out any point despite the cut.

 

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Eubank was a very demanding fight for a young Calzaghe. I have to admit I can't remember much about the Bika fight.

 

Calzaghe fought down the Penlan club when he was a amateur

about 6 miles away from me

it was one of his easiest fights though

apparantlty it was a KO or TKO 1st round

 

That's a long garden you've got there, Flint.

 

Yes Joe was an outstanding amateur

Calzaghe started boxing aged nine, with the southpaw having 120+ fights and won four schoolboy ABA titles, followed by three consecutive senior British ABA titles (British Championships) from 1991 to 1993. This made him only the second boxer in history to win at welter, light middleweight and middleweight divisions - Wikipedia

 

true reid threw the right hand all night and joe took it on the chin all night... sure it was close but i gave it to calzaghe by 2 points. but happy to accept bika, hopkins fights were his toughest

 

I didn't think Hopkins was THAT tough, it wasn't a walk in the park but I don't think Joe really had to put it all on the line at any point.