why did roy jones an jc never fought in thier primes

Jones wouldn't fight Joe in Europe, like Joe would not in USA..it works both ways, but haters only see half truths and one side of things...they know DAMN well Joe could not fight Glen due to injuries, but the haters oh so conveniently lravr that out...fkn morons

 

Explain how these fighters A) Achived more and B) Are better.

:good

 

Maybe I am lost and off topic, but dude whats up with the avatar?

 

Calzaghe was high risk/low reward at the time for Jones. Its an annoying problem in boxing these days. I don't care if someone is high risk/low reward, a champion should fight them. Legacy should count more than money but unfortunatey it doesn't anymore.

Also, like has already been pointed out, Jones was hard to negotiate with, however that don't matter. Jones was the more recognised star fighter by far so Calzaghe should have gone to America and fought Jones for free if that was the only way of getting him into the ring.

Both are to blame.

For what its worth a prime Jones decisions Joe in a closer than most would think fight.

I find it funny when some people say with great certainty that Jones would knock out Joe. Anyone who knows boxing knows Joe has a great chin. Anyone who can take Kesslers uppercuts has a great chin. Joes only been down three times and all three were because Joe came in throwing punches with his chin high. Its easy to get floored in this way as you are of balance. However after all three knockdowns Joes head cleared pretty quick. He was down but definetly no where being knocked out.

Jones may floor Joe but he wouldn't knock him out.

 

amazing that anyone could see it any other way :good

 

Bottom of the top ten for Calzaghe at SMW is perfectly correct ... based upon his skills, ability and athleticism

 

Rubbish!!!

 

maybe not. If Jones won by decision it would have been very wide margin

 

No one wanted any part of Jones when he was in his prime, there was a time where even Jones was having problems finding opponents because no one wanted to fight him. If Calzaghe really wanted to fight him he should have come to US and fight the current champion. As far as I know Calzaghe never showed any signs of wanting to fight Jones, or at least never tried to force a fight with him.

 

It's a 2 way street

 

Calzaghe mentioned it a lot at the time. As you say there are things he could have done to raise his profile. However, as Jones has said recently, he had no desire to fight Calzaghe back then.

 

Because nobody heard the name Calzaghe outside Europe.

 

Did Cal made Jones an offer or something? Or did Cal was just calling him out from UK? I know Jones would never fight outside of US after what happened to him in Olympics.

 

Exactly. With all due respect to Calzaghe, he was close to a nobody back then.

 

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because nobody ever heard of calzaghe before except europeans, jones was a light heavyweight and is unifying the titles, its better DM than calzaghe. Calzaghe didn't do **** like fight Ottke for example to get recognition. If you think he had all 3 belts before at SMW plus the linear with his undefeated record, jones would take notice of that