Calzaghe a great of his era - Jones

[DuttyBadBoyx]

Still free on setanna and on that note

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[sparked_85]

Let me put this simply for you. What do you think will do more PPV buys? Jones saying Calzaghe is nothing and that it will be a total slaughter, or Jones saying that it will be a closely fought bout? Remember Calzaghe hasn't come anywhere close to achieving the ridiculous god-like status in America that he obviously has over there, so to a casual boxing fan who has heard the name Calzaghe once or twice, hearing an American legend like Jones talk about the skill of the other man is obviously profitable. After all, do people want to pay $50 for a PPV of a first round knockout, or a hard and evenly fought long match, I'll let you decide?

A prime Roy Jones could fight this ALSO old version of Calzaghe every single day for a million year and never knock him out in the first round. Get a grip.

[IMDAZED]

Didnt Mayweather do that with Hatton? And it ended up being the highest grossing non-Heavyweight, non-Oscar PPV ever?

Yeah. It's called 24/7. And it's called Floyd Mayweather's image. Roy Jones has NEVER been like that.

[bsrizpac]

Didnt Mayweather do that with Hatton? And it ended up being the highest grossing non-Heavyweight, non-Oscar PPV ever?

Clearly you failed to see 24/7. That whole show was designed to pump up Hatton and make it look like he had a chance.

****** irrelevant point-as usual.

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A prime Roy Jones could fight this ALSO old version of Calzaghe every single day for a million year and never knock him out in the first round. Get a grip.

I know that, and you know that, but what im saying is that if he were to hype the fight in a manner as to suggest this, it would not be as profitable. People don't want to see a big name knock out a little name with ease, they want to see a hard fought bout, and they will buy a PPV easier if they believe they are getting this.

[emurgencee]

Seriously. You guys are digging WAY too deep with this calzaghe ****. but floyd mayweather gets hated to pieces here at boxingscene. calzaghe beat a washed up chris eubank, then he beats lacy, kessler, manfredo and finally an aged hopkins(and even that win was highly questionable). granted, joe calzaghe is damn good fighter and though i've never met him, i'm sure that he's also a good sport. but damn, y'all hate on floyd mayweather tremendously, when the level of opposition that he's fought is extremely better than calzaghe's, not only that, he moved up in weight on several ocassions to beat champions and win championships!!!

[Truth]

Calzaghe is a great of this era.

[Sir_Joe]

Calzaghe will finish 47-0 (34) after he confirmed he will fight Pavlik too

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Clearly you failed to see 24/7. That whole show was designed to pump up Hatton and make it look like he had a chance.

****** irrelevant point-as usual.

I didnt say anything about 24/7. Are you ok? You dont read too well. Are you still sore over being put in your place on the other thread?

Some guy said that it wouldnt sell if ROY layed into Calzaghe and said he was nothing etc etc.

FLOYD did that to Hatton and it still sold huge.

I said nothing about HBO hyping up the fight which is completely irrelevent. HBO will hype it up no matter what Roy says about Joe.

[poeticlsykuac]

I didnt say anything about 24/7. Are you ok? You dont read too well. Are you still sore over being put in your place on the other thread?

Some guy said that it wouldnt sell if ROY layed into Calzaghe and said he was nothing etc etc.

FLOYD did that to Hatton and it still sold huge.

I said nothing about HBO hyping up the fight which is completely irrelevent. HBO will hype it up no matter what Roy says about Joe.

I have little respect for a champ that avoided fight two of the best pound for pound fighters till they are past their prime. He had one ahead a weight division and one behind a weight division. He was so admissible, that when they talked about good fights from 160 to 175 Cal was not brought up. Hopkins and RJJ were, two guys that put offers out to Cal. Cal wouldn't fight them for price when in reality you have to take the risk and show confidence in your ability to become a superstar. Instead he waited till they were past prime and had losses. Cal is a solid fighter and a good man but an overrated fighter, hard to swallow but you have to some day.