*19 YR old Calzaghe* Short documentary

[Degsy]

I'm being won over by Setanta's coverage, it looks like all of Warrens fight will be exclusive to them, which they will probably sell on to ITV or BBC at a later date

[hitmanhatton]

how come joes still in wales in that vid

[Rkicards]

how come joes still in wales in that vid

He's always lived in Wales bar the first few months of his life.

[RichCCFC]

Good video joes looking very young there tho he would want to up his training for b-hop

Yeah 'cause every 19 year old boxer trains like a top 10 P4p pro.

[hitmanhatton]

shouldnt he be in las vegas tho

[Jolly Roger]

shouldnt he be in las vegas tho

I take it you didn't watch the video, or read the thread title, or read any messages in this thread.

[sparked_85]

wow that video is ****in bleak.

I'm thoroughly depressed now. lol.

[Degsy]

wow that video is ****in bleak.

I'm thoroughly depressed now. lol.

It was a typical valleys mining town which went down hill when the pits closed leaving a type of town not unlike Youngstown Ohio after the steel industry collapsed in the USA . When a town has its main employer taken away, its like tearing the soul from a place, heavy industry was, in many ways, the community, once it fell, those businesses that thrived of of it went down like dominos......****ing depressing but a spur for the right type of characters, excellence generally rises to the top, especially in boxing.

[abadger]

Incredible. What impressed me most was how humble and intelligent he semed even at what, 18, 19. Not a trace of the agressive chav in him, and this from some kid from Cardiff who by the sound of it had every amateur title going at the time.

He still seems the same now too.
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[FRKO]

They were if you were Welsh, with recession, Mining dissappearing from the area, unemployment....Boxing would seem the ideal way to break out of the area (although Joe still lives there). Enzo's had a bit more hair as well!!

The wierdest thing is that a year after that film was made Joe knocked out the 1992 Olympic Silver medalist and future HW champ Chris Byrd in a middleweight tournament!! How the **** did he not go to Barcelona!!! I think the Telegraph online has a piece about Enzo saying it was down to politics in the Welsh ABA at the time, they must be looking like a proper bunch of ****s now

The reason Joe didn't go to Barcelona is because they wouldn't allow Enzo in his corner.