JERMAIN TAYLOR is BETTER then CALZAGHE

[Clegg]

I feel that prior to the Calzaghe B-Hop Fight Joe was percieved as invincible. I actaully thought he would crush B-hop to smithereens.

After watching that fight his credibility went to ****.

why?? He actually fought a fighter with SKILL. An over the hill fighter who is 43! a prime B-Hop would give Calzaghe the beating of his life.

so it is safe to say Taylor wins over Calzaghe.

There were a lot of posters who predicted a Hopkins KO win and then were never seen again. Your posting style seems familiar, is this your first account?

[El Dominicano]

I feel that prior to the Calzaghe B-Hop Fight Joe was percieved as invincible. I actaully thought he would crush B-hop to smithereens.

After watching that fight his credibility went to ****.

why?? He actually fought a fighter with SKILL. An over the hill fighter who is 43! a prime B-Hop would give Calzaghe the beating of his life.

so it is safe to say Taylor wins over Calzaghe.

Maybe too bad not many people see it the way we do. I've said this b4 B-Hop in his prime beats this guy easy but w/e not much I can see now Cal fans are happy with the victory of beating a 43 y/o man.

[Del Coqui]

I guess I'll get a lot of flack for this, but it think Taylor is undeniably the more talented fighter, and if they were ever to fight, i dont see how you could pick Calzaghe.

Taylor has a great jab and Calzaghe literally does nothing to overcome a good jab. He just runs in there.

Jab, Straight right hand, all night for Taylor. He avoided the ropes brilliantly against Pavlik in that rematch. No doubt he is terrible fighting off the ropes, he is no james toney, but he has become very good at avoiding them.

So in the center of the ring, i think Taylor outclasses Calzaghe with Calzaghe floundering around like a ****** for the much of the fight.

Does anybody honestly believe that Calzaghe would have beaten HOpkins if HOpkins had the legs to avoid the ropes???

I still get a chuckle when people call Calzaghe a good boxer. He is a good FIGHTER. He has very limited boxing ability, and it'll take a guy like Taylor with his quick jab to expose that.

Calzaghe-Pavlik is a much more even and close fight. Id pick Taylor by stoppage over Calzaghe in the late rounds.

Theres a good reason why BHop fought two great competitive fights and nearly KOd Taylor in one of them, and then fought like a total biatch against Calzague. Think about it. Calzague would make easy work of Taylor.

[bsrizpac]

Even funnier than Kballs prediction is this:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3557573#post3557573

[Kball15]

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[Kball15]

Theres a good reason why BHop fought two great competitive fights and nearly KOd Taylor in one of them, and then fought like a total biatch against Calzague. Think about it. Calzague would make easy work of Taylor.

wtf are u talking about... Taylor beat a better version of Hopkins, in Hopkins's best division (middleweight) and in the 2nd fight i thought he beat him more convincingly then Calzaghe did. Not to mention, he didnt look HORRIBLE doing it like Calzaghe did

[Dorian]

I agree that his is the more talented fighter, however, his desire/heart is no match for Calzaghe's which makes Calzaghe the better fighter, imo.

I completly agree with this statement

[Dorian]

wtf are u talking about... Taylor beat a better version of Hopkins, in Hopkins's best division (middleweight) and in the 2nd fight i thought he beat him more convincingly then Calzaghe did. Not to mention, he didnt look HORRIBLE doing it like Calzaghe did

Either way Joe humiliates Pavlik

[Del Coqui]

wtf are u talking about... Taylor beat a better version of Hopkins, in Hopkins's best division (middleweight) and in the 2nd fight i thought he beat him more convincingly then Calzaghe did. Not to mention, he didnt look HORRIBLE doing it like Calzaghe did

How was it a better version when he was killing himself to make weight? He gave away the first 4 or 5 rounds of their first fight, then took over and on the second was pretty much the same. He threw a lot more punches and combinations against Tarver, he's obviously more comfortable putting on some weight.

[Chase8400]

I agree. The second fight vs Pav was very close and if Taylor was still champ they would prolly give it to him, or not doesn't matter. I think Pavlik would hand Calzaghe his ass, it wouldn't even be close. The only way Calzaghe can win another big fight is if he fights another +40 year old..

This point is not too relevant here, but Pavlik-Taylor II was not even close to being close. See the scorecards for proof. It was close until about the 8th round when Taylor's Stamina suffered. From then forward was all Kelly P. I just watched the fight again last night, not knowing this conversation came up at all.