Calzaghe vs Dawson at 175 lbs

[Toney616]

no point in explaining that to him. nate is a racist ******

I get the impression that Calzaghe isn't his favorite fighter

[RubenSonny]

What wars did Jones and Hopkins have?

The only decent mandatory Hopkins had was winky wright at 160. Hopkins refused to fight him and chose Jermain Taylor instead. As for Jones his best mandatories were:
Nunn(1998): Jones vacated the wbc lhw belt to avoid facing him
Tarver (2000):Jones wrote letters to the ibf to avoid having to face him
Tua(2003):


http://www.ea$tsideboxing.com/boxing-news/tua1006.php

Taylor fight was big at the time and most people were glad to see it get made, it clearly wasn't a duck, but it would of been a far better match-up then, than the fight that was made with Winky.

Nunn wasn't worthy of Jones at that point and did nothing to warrant a shot at him (the wbc rankings are absolute ****). Again, Tarver was inexperienced at that point and had done nothing to warrant a shot at a top fighter in Jones, in the end Jones faced the best version of Tarver, none of those instances should be considered ducks and none of them would be good wins had Jones beat them anyway.

At the end of the day Calzaghe isn't fit enough to wash the balls of Jones and Hopkins.

[Toney616]

Calzaghe is a fraud, i Cringe every time they say The Great Joe Calzaghe!

Dawson is a whatever fighter but he would have had a great shot at beating Joe....

It would of been a entertaining fight, its a shame it never happened

I cant get that GIF of him windmilling slaps that all Miss against Hopkins outta my head he's terrible!

Yeah that gif is kind of shocking

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[The Surgeon]

It would of been a entertaining fight, its a shame it never happened

Yeah that gif is kind of shocking

[IMG]http://i28.***********.com/albums/c217/natas206/hopcalz-1.gif[/IMG]

Lol yup thats the one dude, Yikes thats bad!

[Toney616]

Taylor fight was big at the time and most people were glad to see it get made, it clearly wasn't a duck, but it would of been a far better match-up then, than the fight that was made with Winky.

Taylor at that point was a green contender whose best win was over a washed up Joppy. That fight was only big news because of the whole Hopkins-Dibella feud

Nunn wasn't worthy of Jones at that point and did nothing to warrant a shot at him (the wbc rankings are absolute ****). .

After his debatable loss to Liles, Nunn and Arum would try to make a Jones-Nunn fight happen. Failing that, Nunn worked his way up to become his mandatory to force a fight and Jones vacated his wbc lhw belt instead. After Nunn had lost to Graciano Jones decided he wanted his belt back again. Nunn was past his best at lhw no doubt about that, but he was miles better than most of the guys Jones would fight at lhw

Again, Tarver was inexperienced at that point and had done nothing to warrant a shot at a top fighter in Jones,

HBO begged Jones not to fight guys like Frazier and Woods but Jones said he had to fight them because they were his mandos. Even a green Tarver was much better than Frazier, Woods and Glen Kelly

in the end Jones faced the best version of Tarver, none of those instances should be considered ducks and none of them would be good wins had Jones beat them anyway.

If you refuse to fight your mandos then it is a duck

At the end of the day Calzaghe isn't fit enough to wash the balls of Jones and Hopkins.

lol

[Toney616]

Lol yup thats the one dude, Yikes thats bad!

The problem I had with Calzaghe was the slapping. I wish that dude would have learned to "turn over" his punches.

[The Surgeon]

The problem I had with Calzaghe was the slapping. I wish that dude would have learned to "turn over" his punches.

Its the slapping that turned me off initially too, now its like his very exsistance offends me! I hate him more than anyone the sport has ever known, other than mabey Margarito for the loaded gloves scandal.

Shame as even i can see Joe had some great attributes, im not listing them tho - **** em! lol


Im a Hater and i hate the guy so much i dont even care.

[Toney616]

Its the slapping that turned me off initially too, now its like his very existence offends me! I hate him more than anyone the sport has ever known, other than maybe Margarito for the loaded gloves scandal.

Shame as even i can see Joe had some great attributes, im not listing them tho - **** em! lol

Im a Hater and i hate the guy so much i dont even care.

lol
I liked his ability to adapt and the fact that he never disgraced the sport by fouling or using drugs

[The Surgeon]

lol
I liked his ability to adapt and the fact that he never disgraced the sport by fouling or using drugs

Ok i'll agree with that but there will be No more Pro Calzaghe chat from me today!

[Toney616]

Ok i'll agree with that but there will be No more Pro Calzaghe chat from me today!

lol
off topic:
Is the Berto-Ortiz fight worth checking out?