Why is Calzaghe scared to fight in America?

He isn't scared to fight in america dumbass. Noone worthwhile is willing to fight him in america, exept maybe Hopkins. At least in the Europe there are people with the balls to fight him. Calzaghe fights wherever the fight will make most money.

 

What doubts are there?

He smashed the US's best super middleweight so badly it wouldn't have mattered if they fought in Antarctica.

He beat Kessler, the best the rest of the world has to offer.

So - after proving to the US, Europe and by that, presumably the rest of the world - what more does he need to prove? Seriously?

That's pretty fair to be honest.

 

Did you watch Bernard's last fight?

Did you watch Joe's?


Need I ask more?

 

I dont recall mentioning Joe vs Hopkins.

Joe vs anyone at MSG or Vegas on the WORLD Boxing stage would have done him wonders.

 

Fight in the states in a hostile environment.

 

Why should Joe be in a rush for such a fight.

Seven or eight years ago, it wold hve been competitive.

Today, it's a mismatch.

What does Joe gain from this victory?

The scalp of a once-great fighter who is well past his best?

He should be fighting the best of the current crop: Dawson, or the victor of Pavlik Taylor.

 

Well, if the fight is such a mismatch, there's no reason for Calzaghe not to fight Hopkins in the states, right?

 

All I have to say is... Look at Lennox Lewis.. He wasn't afraid to come to America... and now he has as many fans in the US as he does around the rest of the world, because he put his legacy on the line...

 

Um, you serious?

The bigger fights from a money and exposure standpoint are in the US.

Hell, go watch the lead up to the Manfredo fight and hear Joe say it with his OWN MOUTH...something along the lines of wanting to fight a BIG NAME for BIG MONEY on the BIG STAGE!

Why do people suddenly forget this???

:verysad

 

It would only be good for his legacy among those who think Bernard is still a top notch boxer at 168 or 175. He isn't, and he never was.

He's an ATG, even a legend, at 160.

I don't care if he fights BHop at this stage. I just believe that Dawson, Pavlik and Taylor are all better, more credible opponents at this time.

(Remember, Bernard couldn't beat the weakest of those three, in two tries)

On the other hand, legacy-wise, some future observers won't realize that it was not the PRIME version of the executioner that Joe faced and they might feel it will be a great accomplishment for Joe.


But I don't put much stock in Marciano's defeat of Louis, Holmes' defeat of Ali, Tyson's defeat of Holmes or Holyfiield's defeat of Foreman.

(Nor Norris over Sugar Ray, nor, for that matter, Taylor over Bernard)

 

Sad to remember the day Holyfield beat my compatriot Adilson "Maguila" Rodrigues. Holy put Maguila to sleep in the second round. I think Maguila is still spleeping after that KO.
Maguila is a living-legend here in Brazil, some steps behind Popo. Popo is respect by the media, but Maguila is the clown of TV because his lack of inteligence.

 

Because he'll be too old to box by the time he makes it pass the airport security check.