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When Jones and Hopkins had the leverage they never fought Calzaghe, Ottke or DM. When Calzaghe has the leverage the fights with Hopkins and Jones happen. So who was ducking who?
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His work at SMW. That was something special.Comment
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I think he'll be remembered more as the greatest super middleweight of all time more than anything.Comment
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He'll be remembered as the first great fighter out of the SMW division, the best boxer from Wales, and if he retires unbeaten then they have to keep him on the shelf somewhere for that.Comment
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I believe that most American fight fans will be all too eager to forget about him, especially should he end his career now.Comment
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He'll be remembered for how annoying his **** riding fan boys are!Comment
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I'd say Roy and Bernard to be honest, even though it probably isn't the better of the two achievements.
The bottom line is that in his run at SMW I don't think he beat a high enough quality of fighters to be remembered for it in the future. Despite Roy being way past prime and Bernard being a little past his best also, those guys are legend and therefore I think Joe will be best remembered for those wins.
Whether that is right or not is another story.Comment
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When Jones Jr won the title at 175lb, Calzaghe just won the vacant WBO 'world' title against an old Chris Eubank who had to lose a silly amount of weight to make 168. In Eubanks next fight, he fought at cruiserweight. Hopkins unified at middleweight, it took Calzaghe from 96 or 97 until 06 to even fight for the other titles (Lacy). No one was 'ducking' anyone. Fact is, Calzaghe was more than content in defending the WBO title against crap/past it 168 mandatories, rather than moving up to try to get a fight with Jones. Jones was the marquee name then, not Calzaghe. Calzaghe wasn't known much even in the UK. He had quite a few poor fights, which didn't excatly make him marketable to the US TV companies.Comment
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Joe beat a good fighter in Kessler, beat an overrated fighter in Lacy, beat a Hopkins who is out of his prime, but still a smart fighter who poses problems for any fighter...
now on to the Roy win, lets be honest with that... Roy is no where near the same fighter that he was in his prime, or what he was in 04, when he suffered the biggest losses of his career. he was FAR MORE ATHLETIC back then.
Joe never beat the best versions of Roy or B-HOP and when we look back @ Joes career when he's retired, there will be a big ass dark cloud over them 2 wins. and thats the truth..Comment
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it should be his reign at smw but it will prob be his wins over rjj and bhop.Comment
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