Steve Collins laid into Joe Calzaghe today!

[.Mik.]

Didnt you read? He won 11 out of 12 rounds.

Evidently he must consider his mother's scorecard to be more legitimate than any other.

[Kayjay's Ghost]

This is not the first time I've read 'Calzaghe struggled with an aging Eubank'. He didn't struggle he knocked him around the ring all night.

[Super Cartel]

He didnt struggle but Eubank held his own..

Collins wouldnt have a chance.
What Bugs me about Collins is he fought both
Benn and Eubank when they were pretty much washed up fighters that
had been to the mill and back again..
Then claming he was better then both of them for beating both neither fight was a spectacular Knockout or a stoppage he just about got through himself lol
He would get creamed by all 3 in there prime would collins

[Hard Chaw]

He didnt struggle but Eubank held his own..

Collins wouldnt have a chance.
What Bugs me about Collins is he fought both
Benn and Eubank when they were pretty much washed up fighters that
had been to the mill and back again..
Then claming he was better then both of them for beating both neither fight was a spectacular Knockout or a stoppage he just about got through himself lol
He would get creamed by all 3 in there prime would collins

Yeah i agree, I thought Benn was gonna have Colins untill he hurt is leg in that fight as well.

[robjr]

From RTE


“I like Joe, he's a nice, shy guy and all that. But he still hasn't fought anybody. He just hasn't fought anyone!

“The fact that Robin Reid and Omar Sheika are considered two of his best wins says it all. I knew (Jeff) Lacy stood no chance having seen him at the MEN Arena struggling for his life with Don Wiggins.”


“Joe Calzaghe meant nothing. I came back from holiday and suddenly he was the challenger for my title, this guy who had hardly even been on TV.

“There was no way I could get motivated for a guy who meant nothing.”


“Joe wouldn't have been an easy fight but he only looks great against guys who charge at him.

“I'd have waited for him and that's where he struggles, where straight punches will get there before wide punches.

“He gets low and throws punches in the clinch and there's where I want him.

“I'm smarter than him, I'd have known when to release some punches, went to grab that left arm and when to wrestle my way out of clinches and release some more.

“I'd have got rounds in the bag, frustrated him, rallied late and stopped him.

“I was too strong for him but the case was that I could only get motivated for Roy Jones at that point - Joe wasn't a payday.

“He has that hard winging left hand of course, but if the Bodysnatcher's left hooks to the ribcage couldn't stop me alnight and Nigel Benn's best left hook couldn't blink my eyelid then what could Calzaghe do to tame me?

“To this day, he's still unproven and really didn't mean a lot until last year. But I like Joe, he's one of the nicer guys.”


“If you want to compare the Eubank fights, there's no comparison. Joe was struggling for his life against a Chris who took the fight and had to lose 20-lbs in a week.

“I thoroughly outboxed Chris at Millstreet and lost two or three rounds. Even when he knocked me down, I had a huge grin on my face before I even hit the deck and was looking over at Freddie King laughing.

“Remember this was Eubank at his physical peak, no complains of being weight drained with the Board of Control monitoring his weight and no excuses of having fought six weeks earlier on the 'World Tour' of Britain and Ireland.

“Of course I won 10 or 11 rounds by a landslide in the second (Eubank) fight, which is crystal clear proof that I can (/could) work more effectively on the offensive than Joe.

“Joe has fought some tough fights like Kabary Salem, Byron Mitchell, Evans Ashira and Sakio Bika but if Nigel Benn was in the opposite corner on those nights then I daren't think what might have happened!”

AMEN AMEN!!!

think about it.. Eubank is no great.. very contraversial win to robin reid.. and all he did was expose lacy for what he is.. good post!!

[The Noose]

He needs to beat Kessler to prove that.

I think its Kessler who needs to beat Joe.

[The Troll]

I think its Kessler who needs to beat Joe.

No. Because you can't claim Calzaghe as the undisputed best at 168 unless he beats Kessler.

[GEOFFHAYES]

No. Because you can't claim Calzaghe as the undisputed best at 168 unless he beats Kessler.

Don't be silly

They are leagues apart right now in terms of greatness, resume, everything

[GEOFFHAYES]

And yeah Collins is DELUDED - he thinks he deserved a draw with McCallum ('I was a 16-fight kid going in with one of the all-time greats at short notice and deserved atleast a draw'), also thinks he was robbed against Reggie Johnson and Kalambay.

[GEOFFHAYES]

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Watch all three of those losses and you see him get schooled and wonder what the hell is wrong with his mindset.