Calzaghe To Scout Taylor in Memphis

[ben41193]

Not a chance. Taylor has a broader appeal than Spinks. Spinks can sell 20,000 tickets in his own back yard, but he will never be a PPV star. Calzaghe wants Taylor to dominate Spinks and knock him out. I don't think it is going to happen. There is a chance Taylor might even lose, and that really will screw up Calzaghe's plans!

I dont see why calzaghe would wan spinks.....No one would pay for that spinks would be way too small. Id be a waste of money. calzaghe defanatly wants taylor.

[BodyHead Banger]

Nah he wouldn't, we get to watch it for free here.

Except it's Sky Sports 1, but they're associated with HBO anyway, we get the same live feed except with different commentators.

Oh, so you don't get Larry 'Drunk on the Job' Merchant?

[Shanus]

Oh, so you don't get Larry 'Drunk on the Job' Merchant?

Actually we do get the post-fight interviews with him.

He's the man.

[BodyHead Banger]

Actually we do get the post-fight interviews with him.

He's the man.

Yeah, for the past two Floyd fights (Baldomir and Oscar), I thought the post-fight interviews were better than the fights themselves...

[Brother Blues]

Hey Ben41193...that picture is of you and your girl?

Damn...you both got sores on your lips?...hmmmm....

[Shanus]

Yeah, for the past two Floyd fights (Baldomir and Oscar), I thought the post-fight interviews were better than the fights themselves...

LOL, I agree, all he does is discredit Floyd, but it has to be said, he's the bigger entertainer out of the two.

[SHB]

I think Calzaghe wins this fight 116-112, 8-4, if he doesn't hurt his hands in the fight. However, thats not the problem with this thread. The problem is no one pointing out the extremely obvious differences between Taylor not leaving the US and Calzaghe not leaving his island. The US is 75 times the size of England. A fighter born and raised in Arkansas has no advantage fighting in NYC or Vegas. Also, with few exceptions, fighters here don't even have advantages in their home towns. The US mainstream doesn't follow boxing anymore. There is usually no advantage for a US fighter fighting in America, but there are usually obvious advantages for fighters from small countries fighting at home. You don't need to look further than the Manfredo stoppage or Sven Ottke's entire career to see that. Every now and then you get a fighter like Joe Mesi who gets super popular in an area in the US (Buffalo for him) and will have an advantage there, but its really rare. It doesn't seem very rare at all overseas.

Quite right. You sure don't get bull**** stoppages or downright biased judging in the good old US of A do you.

Calzaghe has fought in several other countries. The likes of Taylor, Hopkins and Jones haven't. How anyone could ***** about one and not the others is beyond me. They should all go somewhere neutral like the South Pole and fight amongst the penguins. That'll sort it out.

[Guest]

Quite right. You sure don't get bull**** stoppages or downright biased judging in the good old US of A do you.

Calzaghe has fought in several other countries. The likes of Taylor, Hopkins and Jones haven't. How anyone could ***** about one and not the others is beyond me. They should all go somewhere neutral like the South Pole and fight amongst the penguins. That'll sort it out.

Compare the competition Calzaghe fought in the UK to the competition Taylor, Hopkins, and Jones fought in their country. It's not even close...

[spinksjinx]

imagine if Spinks won Taylor and calls out Miranda

i think he is going to be p4p fighter if he did it and top of Winky and Pac

If Spinks wins watch out for a Winky vs Spinks clash..Or a rematch with Taylor.

Not a chance. Taylor has a broader appeal than Spinks. Spinks can sell 20,000 tickets in his own back yard, but he will never be a PPV star. Calzaghe wants Taylor to dominate Spinks and knock him out. I don't think it is going to happen. There is a chance Taylor might even lose, and that really will screw up Calzaghe's plans!

Broader appeal or not Calzaghe doesnt care about that crap. Calzaghe's career has never been about fighting a fighter with broader appeal...No matter how many times he rants about coming stateside he would do it against Manfredo in the Dunkin Donuts arena if he could get by with it because the crowd would be their....Calzaghe vs anybody in the U.S. with a pulse is going to be a big attraction....To bad he is coming off a tarnished victory.

[EliteSoldier]

I'm rooting for stinks, I mean spinks. I want him to beat taylor so, calzaghe can't try to pick a fight with a tiny many like spinks. And Calzaghe has to man up and fight Kessler. This ****** games getting old, I use to think Calzaghe would destroy kessler but if that was the case then he'd easily have taken a fight with a guy who has 2 belts in his own weight division.