Why did Joe Calzaghe Waste His Prime Years Feasting on Weak Opposition?

Ha ha you made a funny.
He won't fight Bute because he wont fight weak oposition anymore :good
No go and dream about your favourite paper champion.

 

better fighters at 168 in joes prime????

guys like byron mitchell and eric lucas??? or dingaan thobela???

GET REALatsch

 

True TFFP...That why he likes to fight old timers boxers...Hopkins, Jones, etc...

 

Actually, Joe has said he is looking at Taylor/Pavlik next

Big fish to fry you see. I'm sure he wishes Lucy Bute all the best in his upcoming blockbuster against Will Joppy

 

I have news for you TFFP, Jones will be his next fight. Whatever, Bute still is to dangerous for Joe...

 

Clazaghe was a bit like Roy Jones at light heavy. He didn't face the toughest guys until recentely. Unlike Jones, Clazaghe has been brilliant in wins over Lacy and Kessler. If Calzaghe beats Hopkins ( I think he will ), then he can retire un-defeated with 20+ title defenses.

 

Aaah! Objectivity. Something that's rare when discussing this particular fighter.
One side its usually Calfagghi the eurobum! Whilst the others are a bunch of psychopaths trying to start a new religion.
JC at least has the initials for it.

 

Charles Brewer, Chris Eubank, and Jeff Lacy, those were some pretty tough DAMN good fighters:deal Joe fought them all him his prime, and i'll throw in Mikkell Kesseler:thumbsup this is a bogus thread:-(
The man has never lost a professional fight and has been the champ for 11 years!!:yep:goodhi: what more do you want..:huh

 

RJJ aside, there is no one who would have stood more than a 50/50 chance against Calzaghe over the last 20 years at 168. Prime RJJ would have schooled him, but having a loss to a prime RJJ on your record isn't a career ender. Ask Mr Hopkins.

 

:good

 

Look, I haven't read all of the other posts in this thread, there are too many and the question is asked so often.

I don't think Frank, or even Joe, ever really were as confident as they could be in Joe's abilities. Some lackluster fights and public reaction added to Frank's lack of confidence and there fore he wasn't prepared to risk one of his fighters against the big guns.

When Joe did start fighting good again and get inspiring wins he wasn't a big enough name for the bigger fighters to want to fight him. Too big a risk compared to the reward. As was said earlier, no one in USA (not many anyway) knew of Joe until the Lacy fight. So what would be the benefit of risking a loss against a great but unknown fighter? Whatever you think about it, BHOP did double his money request to fight Joe back in their primes after initially agreeing the deal.

So now both Joe and Warren realise what they have got in Joe Calzaghe. You can see it in they way they talk in interviews. Over the last few years the way they talk shows their confidence (especially on Frank's part)

Joe did try to fight some big names but they didn't end up happening. Who cares? It doesn't matter now.

What matters is that finally Joe has made it to centre stage. And within 4 fights that the majority of fight fans have seen, he has entered the top 5 pound for pound list.

Lets all just be happy that he is now getting a wider audience and we get to see some great fights.

According to the ring Hokpins is one place ahead of Calzaghe in the pound for pound club. If he didn't step up before he definitely is now.

 

Errrmm........Hopkins was the one who ducked Calzaghe 5 years ago.