Would Chris Eubank Go Through Joe Calzaghe's Resume Undefeated?

Joe Calazaghe >>>>> Chris Eubank

Young Joe really beat the crap out of him.. Granted, there are weight excuses this and that, kind of like Toney's excuses for Jones, but as professionals I hold them fully accountable for the weight they are getting paid to fight at. Eubank and Toney both would move up in weight and be formidable opponents.

atberry has boxing knowledge I wish I had, but I know enough to know, some of his opinions are not from this planet...

Serge, you have totally exposed that in this thread.

 

Awesome highlights of Joe there.

It's incredible how great timing he had with his left.

He stayed in the pocket with Chris and beat him up from there.

 

"In my last fight against Joe Calzaghe, I lost 20lbs in seven days because I underestimated him and thought I could beat him on heart alone." - Eubank

 

Reported for trolling. Expect to be banned.

 

atsch

 

:roflatsch

 

Now we know why Hopkins absolutely refused to stand and trade with Joe; he saw the Eubank tape.

 

We all know Eubank cut weight and took the fight on short notice..

But he wasn't the ICU patient you are making him out to be, Joe still gets credit for tapping that ass in my book.:yep

 

His knees were in terrible condition and he took the Calzaghe fight on a few days notice, having had no southpaw sparring since Ray Webb in South Africa three years prior.

 

Aint pro boxing a *****?:smoke

 

Wrong. Eubanks is certainly no Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins is 2x the fighter that Eubanks ever was.
Had Joe not run into retirement and rematched Hopkins, this is exactly what you would have seen in the strategy Hopkins would employ.: aggressive offense, versus safety first defence as used in their first fight.
In fight #1, Calzaghe had the advantage because no fighter can adequately prepare for a fighter whose style is as unorthodox as CalSlappy's. Following their first fight, Hopkins had the key to beating Calzaghe's one-of-a-kind, slapping, whirling windmill slappy style.
Fight #1 was razor close, but #2 would have been decisively Hopkins.

 

Never mind kid the sunshine bus will be along in a minute to take you back to the ******s home.

Next time you want to talk boxing, try taking a tip from the basics they teach all would be Ama judges.

Look at the space between both fighters, and see what happens when they engage, as opposed to the one you are obsessed with.

If you can grasp that you might end up having a slight clue of what you are talking about.

"Eubanks feet were gliding and sliding whilst Watson just plodded forewards indeed."

Mind you it is easy to see why morons would be impressed by Eubank doing a poor mans imitation of Ali.

Its called conserving energy and walking the other guy down on Watsons part. However I don't expect you to grasp that, as you are so obsessed with Eubank.

Next you'll be claiming Steve Collins was a more skillful fighter than Watson, as he beat your hero comfortably twice.

Oh yeah wasn't the first fight the one where Eubank made himself look a bigger tit than his fans by claiming Collins cheated him because he used a hypnotist?:rofl:rofl

 

He made his own bed ; he can't complain to sleep bad in it.

History will simply remember Calzone got up from a knockdown and pressed a reluctant target for 12 rds.
Hopkins was forced to take a break from the energetic pace by faking an injury.

If Bernard might/ could have won, then he screwed himself of the opportunity.
He can't blame anyone else, certainly not the judges.

 

And let's not forget his appropriate remark of Watson needing to be "tested for something" because " no man can be that strong" , in the post fight interview of their second fight, while Michael laid flat on the floor with an oxygen mask...

 

Fight #1; many people had Hopkins winning. I had him down by 1 point, that's how close it was. This was due to the style Hopkins grew into with age, safety-first defence, which is not the style Hopkins fought with during his middle-weight reign. There his style was more offensive with defence mix.
Had Calzaghe-Hopkins fought in their primes, Calzaghe would have lost be KO, because this was the period Hopkins looked for KOs or TKOs. :yep

No other fighter has the slapping style of Calzaghe. Any fighter who gets in the ring with him will be surprised by his unorthodox style. Joe has a way of slashing down with his slaps where the strings and tape on his wrists rake your face. His punches are so unorthodox it presents problems for any professional who has learned to punch correctly. Joe never had Hopkins hurt in the fight and never even hit him with a clean punch. Joe barely won the fight due to his activity level due to Hopkins deploying a defensive strategy from the middle of the fight, on. A rematch would have seen Hopkins deploy the same strategy he used in his next fight; Hopkins Vs Pavlilk.
This strategy would have seen Hopkins beat Joe by a wider margin then Joe beat Hopkins in fight #1.