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"Calzaghe ducked champions in their prime. He only fought nobody's and old men, therefore he's overrated": that's more or less what envious people like to say. Very similar to the "Marciano-is-a-bum" rhyme. Classic hater stuff.
I saw an interview in which Frank Warren explains that he tried the impossible to make him fight in USA, and that Roy Jones refused to fight Joe in his prime.
This is what haters don't seem to understand: big names ducked Calzaghe in his prime, because they were scared of his tremendous left hook: look at Calzaghe's pre-Lacy resume: 41 fights, 30 knockouts, and a mean, unpredictable left hook: what over-hyped, over-protected American champion would like to risk his own reputation against such a bloke? Let me tell you: no one. Big names have everything to lose. Joe had nothing to lose in his prime. That's why Calzaghe did't get the big fights until he past his prime. Frank Warren did everything to get him a fight overseas, but no one wanted to fight Joe. Only when his power began to decrease, big names accepted to fight him. When Jones and Hopkins accepted to fight him, they were both downhill and desperate for money, and both were ridiculed.
Joe Calzaghe: the biggest underachiever in boxing history, and the most ducked, feared and hated fighter in his own era.
I saw an interview in which Frank Warren explains that he tried the impossible to make him fight in USA, and that Roy Jones refused to fight Joe in his prime.
This is what haters don't seem to understand: big names ducked Calzaghe in his prime, because they were scared of his tremendous left hook: look at Calzaghe's pre-Lacy resume: 41 fights, 30 knockouts, and a mean, unpredictable left hook: what over-hyped, over-protected American champion would like to risk his own reputation against such a bloke? Let me tell you: no one. Big names have everything to lose. Joe had nothing to lose in his prime. That's why Calzaghe did't get the big fights until he past his prime. Frank Warren did everything to get him a fight overseas, but no one wanted to fight Joe. Only when his power began to decrease, big names accepted to fight him. When Jones and Hopkins accepted to fight him, they were both downhill and desperate for money, and both were ridiculed.
Joe Calzaghe: the biggest underachiever in boxing history, and the most ducked, feared and hated fighter in his own era.
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