Was Calzaghe-Kessler a superfight?

[abadger]

I disagree. Just because the US didn't know how good the fighters were doesn't disqualify it away from being a superfight.

It was two boxers, both undefeated, relatively in their primes, in the same weight class going up against each other. It was a HARDCORE boxing fan's SUPERFIGHT.

I agree with that, plus its one of my favourite ever fights, but its not in the league of the Leonard - Hagler and Tyson - Lewis type fights, is it?

[Flawless.]

Superfight isn't about hardcore fans, but how many causl fans watch.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Define "Superfight"

[KnockoutTheFat]

Define "Superfight"

This is your own personal opinion. There's no real set rules of what has to be a superfight. It entirely depends on what you think.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

This is your own personal opinion. There's no real set rules of what has to be a superfight. It entirely depends on what you think.

Well I wouldve thought it depends what the guy who wrote the thread defined it as.

As a boxing fan seeing two prime world champions - the two best in the division - and two skilled fighters go at it to decide the best in the division is a superfight to me.

To a casual fan, the Oscar vs Pacquaio farce is a superfight.

[ImAhUstlEBS]

If Kessler would have fought a few big USA fights before thi one, say "against the likes of glen Johnson, or some one of meaning in the US".. It could have been close to a superfight, but instead it was just a fight Joe calzaghe won! I mean its all about the adds when a fight is built to be a war.. And the promo reads: Calzaghe v Kessler the reigning SMW king meets... Mikkel Kessler a young and up and comer with wins over... see just arent any maquee nMES TO FIT IN THAT BILL! kESSLER IS NICE BUT HE HASNT MEET ANYONE OF SUBSTANCE BEFORE OR AFTER CALZAGHE1

[Zocalo]

No it wasn't.

[ReadyUp]

I agree with that, plus its one of my favourite ever fights, but its not in the league of the Leonard - Hagler and Tyson - Lewis type fights, is it?

Superfight isn't about hardcore fans, but how many causl fans watch.

In that case that would make De La Hoya/Mayweather the BEST SUPERFIGHT OF ALL TIME....which it obviously wasn't. Just a fight that was built of tremendous hype and little fireworks. It wasn't life or death.

Calzaghe/Kessler meant more than DLH/Floyd really to their respective careers. If Zags lost he was over-hyped and protected, if Kessler lost he wasn't the top guy from the UK (which sometimes you have to be to get that recognition in the States).

If DLH lost, he's over the hill. If Floyd lost, DLH was too big. Whoop-de-doo. It was a great promotion. But Calzgaghe/Kessler mattered more to their careers. That to many and hard-core fans is what qualfies as a super-fight.

When you know it's going to be hard to pickup the pieces after the fight if you lose.

[Fox McCloud]

I can't believe this poll is so ****ing close...

This was OBVIOUSLY a superfight.

Listen... there was NO ONE else in the division that could even pretend to be relevant at this point.

Two undefeated fighters (and not young, untested, undefeated fighters, but... good, veteran champion undefeated fighters) squaring off for 3 ABC belts and The Ring title. The only reason the 4th ABC belt wasn't included was because one of the participants vacated it.

This was far and away the most signficant single boxing match of 2007... hands down, not even close.

It is shocking that so many people didn't think this fight was important or significant or whatever... whatever their motivation was to say that this fight wasn't a superfight is completely beyond me.

[BattlingNelson]

I can't believe this poll is so ****ing close...

This was OBVIOUSLY a superfight.

Listen... there was NO ONE else in the division that could even pretend to be relevant at this point.

Two undefeated fighters (and not young, untested, undefeated fighters, but... good, veteran champion undefeated fighters) squaring off for 3 ABC belts and The Ring title. The only reason the 4th ABC belt wasn't included was because one of the participants vacated it.

This was far and away the most signficant single boxing match of 2007... hands down, not even close.

It is shocking that so many people didn't think this fight was important or significant or whatever... whatever their motivation was to say that this fight wasn't a superfight is completely beyond me.

It all depends on the definition. IMO it wasn't a superfight as a true superfight must capture the casual fans attention as well as a remote fans. Fights involving Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran did that as they were all house-hold names.

However the fight was a fight-fans superfight. Perhaps the biggest fight at all in 2007 from a hard-core fan perspective.