Calzaghe: Taylor running scared

[Easy-E]

Spinks is a natural light welter/welterweight, not LMW, you don't see Calzaghe calling out Jr Middleweights, Manfredo is a natural 160, so was Bika.

So before you start pointing the finger, think rationally before hand.

Im thinking rationally, both Joe and Taylor have fought smaller fighters in their career so Joe calling out the smaller fighter and insulting him for fighting smaller guys makes no sense.
Also, Cory Spinks was the #1 rated light middleweight, so he was clearly comfortable there and came in at 169 pounds on fight night, so size wasnt really an issue.

[GunStar]

Joe should be last person on earth to question Taylor's resume, Joe's best career win is against a guy Like Lacy.

Joe just fought Peter Manfredo Jr. TV reality star, who fought at 147.

Joe can keep his paper belt and fight Alfonzo Gomez Jr. next for all I care, this guy has been a joke and he will continue to be a joke.

[GunStar]

Spinks is a natural light welter/welterweight, not LMW, you don't see Calzaghe calling out Jr Middleweights, Manfredo is a natural 160, so was Bika.

So before you start pointing the finger, think rationally before hand.

Manfredo is not a natural middleweight, you just yourself, isn't Joe just calling a smaller guy in Taylor, give me a ****ing break.

[drvooh]

Joe, you are 35.,........don't wait too long

[TheEvilSaint]

i dont care how big these fighters are or what their records are or whatever. i have no intrest in this fight and i seriously doubt it will happen.

1. calzaghe doesnt fight anywhere but the UK.
2. taylor doesnt fight anywhere but the US.
3. calzaghe offers to fight kessler, taylor offers to fight sturm, abraham etc. but no1 agrees on anything. expect nothing different.

calzaghe is a fragile fisted slapper and taylor is a reluctant boxer. this does not sound promising.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Hmmm, im not convinced on his Skills to be honest, i mean, he has skill, but does he have basic technical boxing skills?

I would like to see what Juy has to say on this (he will read this at some stage)

Juy info on calzaghe's amatuer background if any?

My problem with JC, is the way he strikes and his reliance on reflexes, cos relflexes dont last, ask Roy Jones.

Im not sure if his dad is a good trainer you know, this is why I'd give Kessler a small chance at beating JC (a small one mind you) he is skilled in the basics of boxing.

Joe used to punch properly until he was 15 when he had a chronic wrist injury and was told he'd never box again - so he had to work around that and that's the whole deal behind the slapping right there.

His dad basically tried to mould him into an Ali-Leonard-Hagler hybrid! He wanted Joe to work on jabbing like Ali, standing and positioning like Hagler (square in shoulders from southpaw), and throwing combinations like Leonard.

Calzaghe's amateur background? 121-9, lost six of his first 30 fights, Robbed against Romanian Adrian Opreda in Prague in Junior European's 1990 at 139 (Opreda had a fencers stance that Joe had never seen, but once Joe got to grips with him he beat him clearly) in what is his last-ever loss - he was 17 at the time, triple ABA champ at three different weights and four-times British Schools champ in the 80's, screwed out of Barcelona Olympics by politricks

[Easy-E]

Spinks is a natural light welter/welterweight, not LMW, you don't see Calzaghe calling out Jr Middleweights, Manfredo is a natural 160, so was Bika.

So before you start pointing the finger, think rationally before hand.

yeah manfredo started at 147.

[langshof]

So a guy who couldnt finish lacy despite hitting him with 1,000 punches,

A guy who couldnt finish Sakio Bika

Is gonna make a guy who went 24 rounds with Bernard Hopkins Quit?

lol.

I agree... JC has had the last KO win of his career. He might be able to pull a TKO against another Pretender like Manfredo, though.

[langshof]

Calzaghe hater, don't bring up the fact that Calzaghe throws more punches then Kessler and he's the old dog now isn't he?

Some ppl on this forum show some JC hatred. But stop being so paranoid when there's real critizism.

[..........]

That really makes me laugh, because I don't think Taylor would have a problem handling him, or anybody.