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

[!!! Beowulf !!!]

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.

"Who did Hopkins ever duck? Who did Jones duck (outside Dariusz Michalczewski, and even that is debatable)?"


Did this guy seriously believe that Jones and Hopkins never ducked anyone?

[ianwigley]

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.

Geoff

I have two degrees (USheff 7/96 and KCLLondon 11/98) and a teaching certificate (6/001), therefore I can't be a psycho. I also have three A-levels and ten GCSEs, on top of that I teach 7/8 year olds how to read and ****ing write!!

On a night, I read about ****ing losers like you trying to tell intelligent folk like us (note us - that's not you) about boxing, when you have no idea whatsoever.

You're nothing but a ****ing *****...

[medium-deek]

Dude

Get over yourself...

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

Juy just quoted a whole host of world class boxers praising and acknowledging Calzaghe as one hell of a talented boxer. People who box for a living. Who know talent when they see it. Who the hell are you to call Joe an average fighter?

You're nothing but a ****ing *****...

You're just a newbie with 100 or post. What do you know about Juy to call him that?

Barry McGuigan, Three-weight world champion Duke McKenzie, Richie Woodhall, Jim Watt, Chris Eubank, Hagler, Robinson.

Thats a who's who of the boxing world praising Joe right there. Even Mayweather was impressed by Joe's win over Lacy.

Yet some are still not convinced. Crazies.

[Oasis_Lad]

exactly deeksy.

i would take the opinion of hagler over wigley anyday

[GEOFFHAYES]

"Man, Calzaghe has some serious skills. He impressed the hell out of me, and it takes a lot to impress me."

- Mayweather

[GEOFFHAYES]

Juy just quoted a whole host of world class boxers praising and acknowledging Calzaghe as one hell of a talented boxer. People who box for a living. Who know talent when they see it. Who the hell are you to call Joe an average fighter?



You're just a newbie with 100 or post. What do you know about Juy to call him that?



Thats a who's who of the boxing world praising Joe right there. Even Mayweather was impressed by Joe's win over Lacy.

Yet some are still not convinced. Crazies.

Don't give him the satisfaction of a reply.

[Shanus]

Hate him or love him, like him or loath him, you're still going to talk about him, you're still going to watch his fights, and after he still proves those of you wrong.. you're still going to critisize him.

[Nautilus]

....

"Calzone is the bestest puncher in British boxing... his punching power is ludicris" -- Mike Tyson

[Stromprophet]

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 ****...

I love how people that see something that goes against their views aren't even willing to consider it.

Let's see, a ton of people who know more about boxing than most of us ever will say "Calzaghe is a damn good fighter"

You say "those people don't know ****" He's a bum! A Bum!

LMAO. People are so closed minded all the time. Free yourself man, anything is possible.

[Stromprophet]

Don't give him the satisfaction of a reply.

Who is that in the sig man? Is that Jessica Simpson? Whish she would do that to my cone.