Why Joe Calzaghe's Career is a Joke

[mitch12]

what a joke

so what have you done in your carreer then

[Xplosivo]

so what have you done in your carreer then

its career not carreerr.

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[x-PeROxiDE-x]

its career not carreerr.

buy calslappy fans are just like joke calslappy himself

Way to dodge a question you can't answer, chump.

[Xplosivo]

Way to dodge a question you can't answer, chump.

what question? joe calslappy being compared to me? obviously calslappy is better than me, atleast he is better than someone who doesn't box as a pro...

[Tuggers1986]

Turned pro in 1993

Went 22-0 against mediocre opposition and in 1997 faced a Shot eubank who way past his best after his wars with nigel benn and watson (twice each) and Eubank lost to Collins twice before those fights showed he was shot to pieces. Calzaghe won the vacant WBO (Warren Boxing Organisation) Title in the process beating a shot Eubank claiming till this day "It was one the toughest fights of my career".

Then Calzaghe went on facing bums to pad his record and in the process faced 2 or 3 mandatories in his whole career.

two fights after the Eubank bout he faced Robin Reid, who wasnt rated at all back then, and didnt win ONE significant fight, Reid's biggest win was against Hacine Cherifi a guy who got KO'd by a Welterweight Trinidad and feather fisted Felix Sturm. Not to mention Reid struggled against this guy...Calzaghe got a GIFT decision against Reid, No way in ****ing black hell Calzaghe won more than 4 rounds in that fight, he used a injured hand as an excuse, those people who watched this fight can tell you Reid won it but was robbed, ill upload it on youtube and post it here soon.

After getting the gift decision against Reid, Calzaghe was 26-0 and fought bums of the month till he was 40-0, thats 14 opponents to pad calzaghe record in the process, most people picked lacy to beat him because a 40-0 calzaghe who has been boxing for 13 years was known to be one of the most protected fighters as in 13 years he hadnt done **** in boxing except defend against hand picked opponents while defending his Warren Boxing Organisation belt. He was pretty much an unknown, He beat Lacy who was overhyped to the max, Lacy IMO lost to Omar Sheikha, and his biggest was before that was probably the same **** fighter in Reid who calzaghe got a gift against. So stay at home calzaghe after padding his record to the most and beating a fighter who biggest win was a shot **** reid. Now the best win was against Kessler, and Kessler's biggest win is Anthony Mundine, Yes unfortunately this is the same Anthony Mundine who is a victim of the feather fisted Sven Ottke's 5 KO's. Its sad to see that kessler is his best win when kessler hasnt done **** yet and is considering retirement.

The best name on his resume is Bernard Hopkins, who calzaghe got knocked down against and struggled to beat, I mean it was a 44 year old senior citizen past his prime Bernard Hopkins and Calzaghe struggled to beat him, thats another gift. Unfortunately this wasn't the bernard who was more aggresive, threw more punches, and had some power, yet he still dropped Calzaghe.

Bare in mind Calzaghe also got hurt against nobodies called Byron Mitchell and Kabary Salem.

So to sum it up Calzaghe's career is pretty much a joke and he padded his record, Warren is more to blame as he protected his fighter, I mean a guy is pro since 1993 and you havent heard of him until he beats Lacy in 2006, thats 13 years, defenses against bums while protecting the WBO belt, and maybe 2 or 3 mandatories. Cherry picking at its finest...

I know the truth will hurt his fans but in a few years from when calzaghe retires it will be the way it is...a joke of a career

I agree with all of this except him losing to Hopkins. He did beat Hopkins but he got **** all out of it. If he'd have lost....he lost to a 43yr old past prime Hopkins. He won.... He beat a 43 yr old past prime Hopkins. Pointless fight.

He is obviously a good fighter but beating a far from best Eubank and then fighting bums for over 10 years before beating a massively over hyped Lacy, A good win over Kessler and then beating a 43 yr old hopkins just isn't enough for me to give him this legendary status that alot of people seem to have given him. I don't like his style at all so I doubt i'll ever be a fan. I like to watch clean, crisp, sharp accurate punches i.e JMM, Raphael Marquez. Not a man wildly swinging his arms and praying he hits something and then even winning rounds when he hits nothing but gloves.

If Hopkins throws 30 punches in a round and cleanly lands 20, but Calzaghe throws 100 but 90% of them hit nothing but gloves or air, Hopkins wins the round. I dont care about all of this bollocks about pressing the fight. Boxing is to hit and not be hit!!.... not be hit, throw A LOT of punches and not hit. that strategy shouldn't win **** in my eyes.

The SMW division hasn't been going long enough for it to have any legendary fighters, but..... put Calzaghe up against any all time great 160lbers or 175lbers and he loses 9 times out of 10.

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I agree with all of this except him losing to Hopkins. He did beat Hopkins but he got **** all out of it. If he'd have lost....he lost to a 43yr old past prime Hopkins. He won.... He beat a 43 yr old past prime Hopkins. Pointless fight.

He is obviously a good fighter but beating a far from best Eubank and then fighting bums for over 10 years before beating a massively over hyped Lacy, A good win over Kessler and then beating a 43 yr old hopkins just isn't enough for me to give him this legendary status that alot of people seem to have given him. I don't like his style at all so I doubt i'll ever be a fan. I like to watch clean, crisp, sharp accurate punches i.e JMM, Raphael Marquez. Not a man wildly swinging his arms and praying he hits something and then even winning rounds when he hits nothing but gloves.

If Hopkins throws 30 punches in a round and cleanly lands 20, but Calzaghe throws 100 but 90% of them hit nothing but gloves or air, Hopkins wins the round. I dont care about all of this bollocks about pressing the fight. Boxing is to hit and not be hit!!.... not be hit, throw A LOT of punches and not hit. tat strategy shouldn't win **** in my eyes.

Sir I agree with everything on your post, but I had Hopkins winning. Throwing wild punches in the air doesnt score points then throwing accurate punches, that lead right was on calzaghe all night, which even knocked him down...either way it was a close fight, but when a 44 year old less active hopkins but ****ter stamina than before gives you a close fight then you know there is something wrong. jermain taylor beat hopkins more convincingly IMO.


calzaghe = decent fighter who is top 10 today, but he wouldnt make it top 25 in the last 30 years alone, yet his die hard fans claim he is top 20 atg

[Xplosivo]

This **** just gets tiring, where do these inbreds pop up from ?

so did you disagree with anything i said?

[Xplosivo]

so did you disagree with anything i said?

thought not....

[bsrizpac]

he wouldnt..

he's autistic.

And yet you don't know what "to couch" means. ****ing douchebag.

[bsrizpac]

so did you disagree with anything i said?

Broffy doesn't understand real boxing anyway. He thinks any boxer is a track runner that does not stand "toe to toe"