Calzaghe pulling out of Manfredo fight!

[gixxer]

MANFREDO WOULD HAVE WHOOPED THAT ASS THATS WHY

[FeelTheA-Force]

Sakio Bika isnt in manfredo's league and he went 12 rounds with calzaghe in a close fight. '

I dont want too take anything away from joe he's as tough as nails and wont go down with out a fight but Bika isnt a contender Joe should of got rid of him early Bika has fought no bodies he is a no body

the oponants a fighter fights doesnt make the fighter..

the fighter makes the fighter himself..

[me2007]

bika makes everyone looks bad, he has that kind of spoiling style.

Everyone rags on Calzaghe because he isn`t American.

He wants to prove he is the best but boxing politics and avoidance tactics by others have somewhat spoiled an otherwise glittering career.

I dont know where all the hate comes from. Out of all the people who have ever stepped into the ring, he is one of the best...

people need to stop hating him for no reason....he hasn`t fought that much outside of the UK but one can say the same for any US fighter about the US.

i think we should hold fire until we know the facts....

[DavidPayne]

I like Calzaghe as a fighter. However, he cannot be completely exonerated from the catalogue of mediocrity he's faced between the better fighters over the past decade.

Eric Lucas, Glen Catley, Christian Sanavia, Markus Beyer, Sven Ottke, Mikkell Kessler, Anthony Mundine and Vanderpool are some of the fighters that have held belts during his reign and fights never materialised.

Robin Reid II, Carl Froch, Howard Eastman and Antwun Echols are fights that would have been infinitely preferable to some of the fights he made.

Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones, Antonio Tarver, Dariusz Michelsweski and Glen Johnson have all been pound for pound entrants within 7 or 8 pounds of him during the same decade.

Jermaine Taylor, Winky Wright, Felix Trinidad have also been active in the division beneath him.

Clinton Woods is another fight that was all but made and Calzaghe pulled out of, of the opponents of merit he did face - Mitchell and Brewer were only considered once beaten, however contentiously, by Ottke. Woodhall and Eubank were both veterans and never fought again in the division (Eubank) or retired afterward.

Lacy was arguably far too green, and he was within a whisker of losing to Rob Reid, got dropped by the Kabery Salem, a very limited spoiler.

He's a greater fighter in desperate need of elite opponents before his brittle hands give up forever.

[plhare]

They have, it was just at the turn of the century. Now, they are just inventing **** and making money. That sucks, don't it?