Is Calzaghe getting hated on because he is white and boxers ducked him?

[abadger]

Most people on these boards who know what they're talking about don't hate on Calzaghe at all, they respect him even if they're not a fan.

As for the haters, I really don't think it's colour or his standard of opposition that causes it, it's just that they don't really know him as a fighter, and that they already have their own favourite, often Hopkins at the moment.

I've made the same mistake myself in the past, before I made myself learn so I'd know what i was talking about.
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[GodOfWar]

Calzaghe is not even hated, the people who don't like him are Americans who are mostly Hopkins fans and have probably never seen Joe fight before.
His personality might come across as little arrogant for some people especially when he keeps talking about the names he beat. Most Americans are not familiar with those names.

Calzaghe was not ducked unless you think that Americans should have gone to the UK to fight him.

I'm not sure if hbo changed it, but like a year ago on hbos website on Joe Calzaghes profile it clearly said that Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr both asked for ridiculous amounts of cash to fight Calzaghe in the past before Calzaghe was a big name. So, clearly he was being ducked. I'm not making any of that up

[abadger]

I'm not sure if hbo changed it, but like a year ago on hbos website on Joe Calzaghes profile it clearly said that Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr both asked for ridiculous amounts of cash to fight Calzaghe in the past before Calzaghe was a big name. So, clearly he was being ducked. I'm not making any of that up

I don't know if anyone ducked anyone or not, but it would hardly be surprising if they had, would it? Why on earth would they want to fight an undefeated southpaw with an iron chin, (at the time) excellent punching power, second to none workrate and who earlier in his career had beaten Chris Eubank, a fighter RJJ even said he was reluctant to face.

Throw in Calzaghe's absolute lack of profile and the fight becomes the very opposite of decent risk/ reward.
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[robjr]

who ducked calzaghe?? I thought if anything warren protected him from the big names.. And always kept him fighting in the UK

[abadger]

who ducked calzaghe?? I thought if anything warren protected him from the big names.. And always kept him fighting in the UK

Some people think RJJ and Hopkins ducked him. I'm not so sure. There was supposed to be a Hopkins fight in 2002 that Bernard priced himself out of, but who knows the full story?
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[Bhopreign]

Nobody ducked Joe, if anything Joe ducked an entire country.

[SupremeElectron]

Nobody ducked frickin Calzaghe... I'm sure his fights with the legendary Mario Veit struck fear into every Supermiddleweight out there.

[TommyGunn.]

Calzaghe is hated on because he's british and he's fighting an american fighter. Us brits are guilty of doing the exact same thing to Hopkins though.

Britain and America have a boxing rivalry, it cant be denied. I think its healthy and keeps the sport interesting.

[C'MONMANG']

Is this the **** I'm seeing on this forum or is it just me?

Kelly Pavlik doesnt get hated on like Joe....

has nothing to do with color,.

[Dr.Dre]

Kelly Pavlik doesnt get hated on like Joe....

has nothing to do with color,.

true................