I keep hearing about Ward is the best at 168, but Calzaghe would absolutely murder this guy who comes in with head like a billy goat, it wouldn't quite be a Lacy type beating but he would box Wards billy goat ears off to a UD12.
I miss the slapster for this reason. I'm measuring all the 168lbers against Calzaghe and none of them could beat him IMO....... Only maybe Bad Chad coming down to 168 would give him a really competitive fight.
Ward is in his prime. Add to the Hopkins-esque style and you have a win over Calslappy.
Prime vs. Prime might be a different story but Calzaghe's best days are past him. Ward is too hungery to lose to a past prime fighter, period. The only people that have the best chance to beat him have to be at their physical and mental peak, like Dirrell.
Calzaghe rubs black supremacists the wrong way, always has and now that he's retired, always will. Because they know, he was THAT FUKCING GOOD.
Old Calzaghe would toy with Ward, Young Super Joe knocks him out.
Ward would win against Joe.
Joe never faced anyone who was nearly as good as Ward when they were primed.
Prime Ward easily wins a very dominant UD against Joe.
Easily
I do like both calzaghe and ward, but i would have to say wards style i think would be difficult for calzaghe to handle,
calzaghe likes his room and likes to move, ward presses forward and ties up, i dont think calzaghe would be able to get off against ward and i think that ward is physically stronger, so it would be a dirty one, but ward would pull it out
is this the same prime calzaghe who got a gift decision over robin reid? or maybe prime calzaghe is the guy who got nearly ko'd vs kabary salem(bute knocked him out in his next fight)? when was calzaghe prime? when he was picking apart bums that no one heard of?
You bring up every single name except for the guy who's actually fighting in the tournament. Calzaghe was able to beat a PRIME Kessler without cheating or head-butting.
Ward does not have the ability to win on skills alone and needs a lenient ref to do his dirty work.
Calzaghe is a joke. His resume is shit. He never fought anybody and he'll probably make a claim like. "I called Ward out for his first pro fight and he ducked me" The funny thing is he probably did.
yea he is a demented liar. he says he called out pavlik like 2 or 3 years before pavlik even fought taylor. so you wanted to make a fight with a middleweight prospect no one had ever heard of? typical calzaghe.
this thread pretty much consists of americans saying "lol cokezaghe's a eurobum ward owns him" and brits saying the opposite.
it's way too early to say. as of right now, calzaghe is the tried and tested guy so he's the obvious choice. but i'm not a big calzaghe fan, and i wouldn't be surprised if ward eventually proved himself to be the better fighter.
I'm an American.
this thread pretty much consists of americans saying "lol cokezaghe's a eurobum ward owns him" and brits saying the opposite.
it's way too early to say. as of right now, calzaghe is the tried and tested guy so he's the obvious choice. but i'm not a big calzaghe fan, and i wouldn't be surprised if ward eventually proved himself to be the better fighter.
pretty much. imagine if prime ward had got a gift decision over a middling contender like jesse brinkley. then imagine people saying that same ward could beat the best fighter in the division today. prime calzaghe couldn't even beat robin reid and now that same guy is beating today's best fighters who are ten times better than robin reid ever was?
oh luckily calzaghe has so many other great fights to fall back on as evidence he would beat them. like............will mcyintyre, tocker pudwill, mario veit, omar sheika, juan carlos giminez ferrari, mger mtchikian, branko sobot, evans ashira, kabary salem. if andre ward racks up 20 bum defenses only then will he be in calzaghe's league.
this thread pretty much consists of americans saying "lol cokezaghe's a eurobum ward owns him" and brits saying the opposite.
it's way too early to say. as of right now, calzaghe is the tried and tested guy so he's the obvious choice. but i'm not a big calzaghe fan, and i wouldn't be surprised if ward eventually proved himself to be the better fighter.
LOL A prime Calzaghe would rip through this entire tournament unscathed with a clean face.
Calzaghe was able to neutralize Bernard Hopkins head butts, and injury fakes quite well so I have no doubt he would school both Ward and Dirrell pretty soundly.
Abraham is short and can not deal with activity well as we saw in the Direll fight. He would get UD'd by Joe.
Kessler and Froch fought life and death with each other, but Joe easily handled a prime Kessler with no sweat.
Joe beats everyone in the tournament, and eats Bute for lunch when hes finished.
is this the same prime calzaghe who got a gift decision over robin reid? or maybe prime calzaghe is the guy who got nearly ko'd vs kabary salem(bute knocked him out in his next fight)? when was calzaghe prime? when he was picking apart bums that no one heard of?
Come on guys, I'm not calzaghe fan but give credit where credit is due. Calzaghe could walk into the super six tournament and beat everyone in it! No doubt it my mind.
LOL A prime Calzaghe would rip through this entire tournament unscathed with a clean face.
Calzaghe was able to neutralize Bernard Hopkins head butts, and injury fakes quite well so I have no doubt he would school both Ward and Dirrell pretty soundly.
Abraham is short and can not deal with activity well as we saw in the Direll fight. He would get UD'd by Joe.
Kessler and Froch fought life and death with each other, but Joe easily handled a prime Kessler with no sweat.
Joe beats everyone in the tournament, and eats Bute for lunch when hes finished.
Agreeed ..........:boxing:
LOL A prime Calzaghe would rip through this entire tournament unscathed with a clean face.
Calzaghe was able to neutralize Bernard Hopkins head butts, and injury fakes quite well so I have no doubt he would school both Ward and Dirrell pretty soundly.
Abraham is short and can not deal with activity well as we saw in the Direll fight. He would get UD'd by Joe.
Kessler and Froch fought life and death with each other, but Joe easily handled a prime Kessler with no sweat.
Joe beats everyone in the tournament, and eats Bute for lunch when hes finished.