Joe Calzaghe, here's the view of some...

[GEOFFHAYES]

"He's the best of us all," Chris Eubank said when walking back to the locker room after fighting Calzaghe

"No I don't feel sorry for him - he's world champion, he's undefeated, he's fought everyone, he's anihilated everyone, what have I got to feel sorry for him for?" - Nigel Benn, 2006

"If you criticize Calzaghe you need your head tested." - Roy Jones, 2006

"He's fought good people, and you'd have to be crazy to suggest otherwise." - Roy Jones, 2006

"I don't understand how people say 'Oh he doesn't do this, he doesn't do that'. He already proved himself against Charles Brewer and the kid from Alabama." - Roy Jones, 2006

"Joe Calzaghe is the best British fighter for years and years, better than Eubank, Benn, everyone. That's my call." - Glenn McCrory, 2004

"The sheer depth in Joe's resume is incredible. Before Lacy he already fought guys like Mario Veit who was supposed to be the 'next big thing' in Germany, and if you look at Veit's record he hasn't lost to anybody apart from Joe. And before Lacy he'd already beat all the best America had to offer in Omar Sheika, Charles Brewer and Byron Mitchell. He's even fought Chris Eubank and even Richie Woodhall, his resume reads like a Who's Who of boxing." - Jim Neilly

"It's never nice to go back and a bit disparaging to say he could beat these guys. I will say that Calzaghe is arguably the greatest British fighter there has ever been, so I don't need to compare him to a Collins or a Benn. But because he's a mysterious individual, because he doesn't behave like a star and lives a fairly arcane life in Newport he doesn't get the credit he deserves. Look at the names on his record - Richie Woodhall, Charles Brewer, Byron Mitchell, Robin Reid and of course Lacy. He's beaten all these guys and beaten them well. Look at Mger Mkrtcgian, who's now the European champion. He battered him, took him out in seven rounds. The job he did on Lacy was sensational. He's a remarkable fighter and it's just a shame that for whatever reason he hasn't had more career-defining fights." - Barry McGuigan

Three-weight world champion Duke McKenzie rates Calzaghe as the best British fighter of his lifetime.

BBC boxing's main pundit for 10 years (radio and TV, amateur and pro), Richie Woodhall, rates Calzaghe as the best British fighter he's seen fight live (including TV). Amir Khan says likewise.

Former world lightweight champion and respected commentator Jim Watt rates Calzaghe as the greatest post-war British fighter alongside Ken Buchanan.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/s...996634,00.html - 2003

"Joe Calzaghe is the proper article, a true warrior!" - Chris Eubank

[GEOFFHAYES]

"I knew the first time I saw Calzaghe that he really had something, he went in there completely unfazed against (Chris) Eubank which nobody else had done. Eubank was the guy who usually seemed to have control of everything around him but the way Calzaghe went in there and manhandled him like that...

"I was watching it in Italy, it was the same night England beat Italy to qualify for the soccer World Cup.

"Calzaghe showed and proved power, speed, strength, workrate, stamina, chin, heart and every tangible and intangible that night and that's why I'm not suprised that he's not lost since.

"Sometimes it's like watching a welterweight or junior-middleweight in a super-middleweight's body because he's so nimble and sharp handed. I would never bet against him."

- Marvin Hagler


And when you've got your all-time hero (Sugar Ray Leonard) coming up to you and saying that you have rocked the boxing establishment by beating a certain fighter and then telling you it was the most impressive performance they'd ever seen and on that form you'd beat anybody, it must be pretty satisfying..

[The Surgeon]

"He's the best of us all," Chris Eubank said when walking back to the locker room after fighting Calzaghe

"No I don't feel sorry for him - he's world champion, he's undefeated, he's fought everyone, he's anihilated everyone, what have I got to feel sorry for him for?" - Nigel Benn, 2006

"If you criticize Calzaghe you need your head tested." - Roy Jones, 2006

"He's fought good people, and you'd have to be crazy to suggest otherwise." - Roy Jones, 2006

"I don't understand how people say 'Oh he doesn't do this, he doesn't do that'. He already proved himself against Charles Brewer and the kid from Alabama." - Roy Jones, 2006

"Joe Calzaghe is the best British fighter for years and years, better than Eubank, Benn, everyone. That's my call." - Glenn McCrory, 2004

"The sheer depth in Joe's resume is incredible. Before Lacy he already fought guys like Mario Veit who was supposed to be the 'next big thing' in Germany, and if you look at Veit's record he hasn't lost to anybody apart from Joe. And before Lacy he'd already beat all the best America had to offer in Omar Sheika, Charles Brewer and Byron Mitchell. He's even fought Chris Eubank and even Richie Woodhall, his resume reads like a Who's Who of boxing." - Jim Neilly

"It's never nice to go back and a bit disparaging to say he could beat these guys. I will say that Calzaghe is arguably the greatest British fighter there has ever been, so I don't need to compare him to a Collins or a Benn. But because he's a mysterious individual, because he doesn't behave like a star and lives a fairly arcane life in Newport he doesn't get the credit he deserves. Look at the names on his record - Richie Woodhall, Charles Brewer, Byron Mitchell, Robin Reid and of course Lacy. He's beaten all these guys and beaten them well. Look at Mger Mkrtcgian, who's now the European champion. He battered him, took him out in seven rounds. The job he did on Lacy was sensational. He's a remarkable fighter and it's just a shame that for whatever reason he hasn't had more career-defining fights." - Barry McGuigan

Three-weight world champion Duke McKenzie rates Calzaghe as the best British fighter of his lifetime.

BBC boxing's main pundit for 10 years (radio and TV, amateur and pro), Richie Woodhall, rates Calzaghe as the best British fighter he's seen fight live (including TV). Amir Khan says likewise.

Former world lightweight champion and respected commentator Jim Watt rates Calzaghe as the greatest post-war British fighter alongside Ken Buchanan.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/s...996634,00.html - 2003

"Joe Calzaghe is the proper article, a true warrior!" - Chris Eubank

Never realised Jones said that stuff, thats intresting! Im not a Calzaghie fan but i think the Yanks are way too hard on him. Still Dont think he'd beat a Hopkins tho, who i dont like much either! Give him a real good shot over Taylor tho, He would just overwhelm him with his work rate imo

[ianwigley]

"He's the best of us all," Chris Eubank said when walking back to the locker room after fighting Calzaghe

"No I don't feel sorry for him - he's world champion, he's undefeated, he's fought everyone, he's anihilated everyone, what have I got to feel sorry for him for?" - Nigel Benn, 2006

"If you criticize Calzaghe you need your head tested." - Roy Jones, 2006

"He's fought good people, and you'd have to be crazy to suggest otherwise." - Roy Jones, 2006

"I don't understand how people say 'Oh he doesn't do this, he doesn't do that'. He already proved himself against Charles Brewer and the kid from Alabama." - Roy Jones, 2006

"Joe Calzaghe is the best British fighter for years and years, better than Eubank, Benn, everyone. That's my call." - Glenn McCrory, 2004

"The sheer depth in Joe's resume is incredible. Before Lacy he already fought guys like Mario Veit who was supposed to be the 'next big thing' in Germany, and if you look at Veit's record he hasn't lost to anybody apart from Joe. And before Lacy he'd already beat all the best America had to offer in Omar Sheika, Charles Brewer and Byron Mitchell. He's even fought Chris Eubank and even Richie Woodhall, his resume reads like a Who's Who of boxing." - Jim Neilly

"It's never nice to go back and a bit disparaging to say he could beat these guys. I will say that Calzaghe is arguably the greatest British fighter there has ever been, so I don't need to compare him to a Collins or a Benn. But because he's a mysterious individual, because he doesn't behave like a star and lives a fairly arcane life in Newport he doesn't get the credit he deserves. Look at the names on his record - Richie Woodhall, Charles Brewer, Byron Mitchell, Robin Reid and of course Lacy. He's beaten all these guys and beaten them well. Look at Mger Mkrtcgian, who's now the European champion. He battered him, took him out in seven rounds. The job he did on Lacy was sensational. He's a remarkable fighter and it's just a shame that for whatever reason he hasn't had more career-defining fights." - Barry McGuigan

Three-weight world champion Duke McKenzie rates Calzaghe as the best British fighter of his lifetime.

BBC boxing's main pundit for 10 years (radio and TV, amateur and pro), Richie Woodhall, rates Calzaghe as the best British fighter he's seen fight live (including TV). Amir Khan says likewise.

Former world lightweight champion and respected commentator Jim Watt rates Calzaghe as the greatest post-war British fighter alongside Ken Buchanan.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/s...996634,00.html - 2003

"Joe Calzaghe is the proper article, a true warrior!" - Chris Eubank

Dude

Get over yourself...

Joe C is an average fighter on the world scene, a great fighter on our domestic scene, that's all.

Why the hell do you champion British fighters so much, when all we have is Ricky Hatton? The British fight scene hasn't been so bad for so long.

Get the **** out of bigging up **** fighters. Next thing you'll be telling me Audley can be HW champion of the world...it wouldn't surprise me if you came out with that ****...

[GEOFFHAYES]

Man, he's not banned yet? He has to be the most blatant alt/troll.

[ianwigley]

Man, he's not banned yet? He has to be the most blatant alt/troll.

Geoff

Why don't you go and **** yourself?

You post messages which are available for discussion, and then whenever anyone disagrees with you, you flame them...

You have no clue whatsoever about anything outside of the UK boxing scene, keep your pro-British views to yourself, or tattoo a ****ing swastika to your forehead and start walking down the street like they did in Numerburg, you ****ing great fanny.

[Hydro]

Here's the view of some others:

Still Not Buying
What Calzaghe’s Selling By Bill Dettloff

So Joe Calzaghe wants Bernard Hopkins.

Forget for the moment that Hopkins has said he’s retired, that he’s 41 years old, and that “The Executioner” doesn’t come cheap—ask Roy Jones.
You can bet Hopkins would come back for the right fight and the right money—there has been talk of him facing Oleg Maskaev, of all people—and as Bernard showed against Antonio Tarver, he still can fight. Or at least he still could last June when he handed Tarver’s head to him over 12 rounds in Atlantic City.

What’s interesting about Calzaghe calling out Hopkins after a fairly sloppy win over Sakio Bika Saturday night is that people believe he’s serious. When will we learn?

I know, I know, I was one of those silly, biased, American fight writers who thought Jeff Lacy would expose Calzaghe for the second-rater we suspected he was, and that’s not the way it turned out. I was wrong.

I’ll be happy now, as I was then, to say yes, Calzaghe can fight. He sure did a number on Lacy. But I believe he’s satisfied enough at having proved himself that night and is happy to return to fighting guys the caliber of Bika. I’ll be surprised if we see him in another big fight.

I’ll get e-mails from our friends in Europe accusing me of more bias. That’s okay. Because Calzaghe had his chances to face the stars of his era—Jones, Tarver, Hopkins—and he didn’t. And let me ask you: Who did Hopkins ever duck? Who did Jones duck (outside Dariusz Michalczewski, and even that is debatable)? Who can you say Tarver ducked? Anyone?

Those three guys all ended up, sooner or later, fighting one another. All three were recognized, at one time or another—and for long stretches—among the top fighters in the world.

You can see the fact Calzaghe never fought any of them in one of two ways: that he didn’t want to, or that they didn’t want to. Which possibility do you find more credible? (Bearing in mind that no one was surprised in the least when, just before signing to face Bika, Calzaghe pulled out of a fight with Glen Johnson.)

So now Calzaghe is calling out Hopkins. It won’t happen. Soon you’ll hear him calling out Jermain Taylor or Winky Wright, two more guys who have shown their willingness to fight anyone. That won’t happen either. Then you’ll hear Calzaghe is fighting Robin Reid again, or Victor Oganov, all the while complaining he has to get big fights.

Let’s see if he proves me wrong.

[ianwigley]

Here's the view of some others:

Still Not Buying
What Calzaghe’s Selling By Bill Dettloff

So Joe Calzaghe wants Bernard Hopkins.

Forget for the moment that Hopkins has said he’s retired, that he’s 41 years old, and that “The Executioner” doesn’t come cheap—ask Roy Jones.
You can bet Hopkins would come back for the right fight and the right money—there has been talk of him facing Oleg Maskaev, of all people—and as Bernard showed against Antonio Tarver, he still can fight. Or at least he still could last June when he handed Tarver’s head to him over 12 rounds in Atlantic City.

What’s interesting about Calzaghe calling out Hopkins after a fairly sloppy win over Sakio Bika Saturday night is that people believe he’s serious. When will we learn?

I know, I know, I was one of those silly, biased, American fight writers who thought Jeff Lacy would expose Calzaghe for the second-rater we suspected he was, and that’s not the way it turned out. I was wrong.

I’ll be happy now, as I was then, to say yes, Calzaghe can fight. He sure did a number on Lacy. But I believe he’s satisfied enough at having proved himself that night and is happy to return to fighting guys the caliber of Bika. I’ll be surprised if we see him in another big fight.

I’ll get e-mails from our friends in Europe accusing me of more bias. That’s okay. Because Calzaghe had his chances to face the stars of his era—Jones, Tarver, Hopkins—and he didn’t. And let me ask you: Who did Hopkins ever duck? Who did Jones duck (outside Dariusz Michalczewski, and even that is debatable)? Who can you say Tarver ducked? Anyone?

Those three guys all ended up, sooner or later, fighting one another. All three were recognized, at one time or another—and for long stretches—among the top fighters in the world.

You can see the fact Calzaghe never fought any of them in one of two ways: that he didn’t want to, or that they didn’t want to. Which possibility do you find more credible? (Bearing in mind that no one was surprised in the least when, just before signing to face Bika, Calzaghe pulled out of a fight with Glen Johnson.)

So now Calzaghe is calling out Hopkins. It won’t happen. Soon you’ll hear him calling out Jermain Taylor or Winky Wright, two more guys who have shown their willingness to fight anyone. That won’t happen either. Then you’ll hear Calzaghe is fighting Robin Reid again, or Victor Oganov, all the while complaining he has to get big fights.

Let’s see if he proves me wrong.

You are so on the money, dude. **** on post...

Ian

[GEOFFHAYES]

Geoff

Why don't you go and **** yourself?

You post messages which are available for discussion, and then whenever anyone disagrees with you, you flame them...

You have no clue whatsoever about anything outside of the UK boxing scene, keep your pro-British views to yourself, or tattoo a ****ing swastika to your forehead and start walking down the street like they did in Numerburg, you ****ing great fanny.

Ban this jerk and delete his posts from this thread, please (then I'll delete the replies to him).

Don't feed him, ignore him. Don't give him the satisfaction of a reply.

If you don't believe he's a psycho, simply read though his posts.

[Hydro]

You are so on the money, dude. **** on post...

Ian

I didn't write it.

It's an article from The Ring.