prime for prime Nigel Benn vs Joe Calzaghe

[Left Hook Tua]

Who cares? They're both overrated Euro bums.

speaking of overrated.

i like the sig. bernard is not worthy to be on there though.

[ßringer]

speaking of overrated.

i like the sig. bernard is not worthy to be on there though.

First off, it was a joke. Secondly, like it or not Bernard is a future hall of famer and on everybody top 50 list of all time greats. Hard to argue with that kind of resume.

[abadger]

Calzaghe is much better than Benn. If you're looking for a reason Calzaghe beats him, look no further than Benn's tendency to go all out for the KO in the early rounds at the cost of his energy in the later ones. The fight would be close for the first half with both guys quite recklessly trading shots, in the second half Calzaghe's stamina would tell and he would box out the fight landing the better more accurate shots in the face of a tired Benn's wild swings.

[Flawless]

Calzaghe is much better than Benn. If you're looking for a reason Calzaghe beats him, look no further than Benn's tendency to go all out for the KO in the early rounds at the cost of his energy in the later ones. The fight would be close for the first half with both guys quite recklessly trading shots, in the second half Calzaghe's stamina would tell and he would box out the fight landing the better more accurate shots in the face of a tired Benn's wild swings.

Didn’t you say Benn would beat a prime RJJ?? So now both Benn Eubank and Calzaghe and Watson will beat a prime RJJ

[Left Hook Tua]

First off, it was a joke. Secondly, like it or not Bernard is a future hall of famer and on everybody top 50 list of all time greats. Hard to argue with that kind of resume.

the greatest super welterweight of all time imo.

[Left Hook Tua]

Didn’t you say Benn would beat a prime RJJ?? So now both Benn Eubank and Calzaghe and Watson will beat a prime RJJ

the only way those 4 beat roy , is if roy fights all 4 at the same time.

[Clegg]

First off, it was a joke. Secondly, like it or not Bernard is a future hall of famer and on everybody top 50 list of all time greats. Hard to argue with that kind of resume.

You have to be retired for 5 years to get into the HOF, so he won't be in there for another 25 years or so, maybe more.

[ßringer]

the greatest super welterweight of all time imo.

Coming from a guy who idolizes the failure that was David Tua, that doesn't mean much. Tua got beat up by Chris Byrd for Christ's sake.

[ßringer]

You have to be retired for 5 years to get into the HOF, so he won't be in there for another 25 years or so, maybe more.

Yeah, but he'll be in. That's the point. You won't see David Tua in there.

[abadger]

Didn’t you say Benn would beat a prime RJJ?? So now both Benn Eubank and Calzaghe and Watson will beat a prime RJJ

I like Benn's power against RJJ's possibly suspect chin, and also his relentless aggression against a fighter who when under pressure would go backwards and wait for the pressure to end. RJJ is a much better boxer than Benn but the style matchup and the relative flaws of the fighters means I could see Benn beating RJJ more easily than I could see him beating Calzaghe.