Joe Calzaghe - Master of millennium

[C.Y.]

Lmao, obvious hater, prepare to get owned, ok, read on.

Calzaghe's first 12 rounder (having previously only fought 8 rounds MAX) was against former world champion and British icon Chris Eubank who was only 31 at the time.

Calzaghe who went into the ring later in the night than expected, dehydrated after about 1:30 hrs warm up wnet into the ring already pumped, knocking Eubank down in the first 20 seconds, went all out in the next 4 rounds to take him out. Eubank stood, and took Calzaghe the distance, giving him his toughest fight to date.


So yea, Calzaghes toughest fights were against old guys.

LMAO u call that ownage?
ok so i was correct his toughest fights were against old guys.. im just saying that because thats basically what joe himself has said because he said those 2 fights were his toughest fights and both guys were old.. btw u dont have to be old in age to be old in boxing.. ex going thru many wars, going up and down in weight classes, etc..

so against eubank joe essentially made the fight tough for himself by spending so much energy in trying to knock eubank out

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First of all idiot, age doesn't determine if you are prime or not. You know Eubank took this fight at short notice and entered 2 weeks of a weight draining regime. You call a weight drained past his prime fighter Joe hardest win.

First of all wanker, I was replying to a post stating that all of Calzaghes toughest fights were over old guys, not past prime, but old. Eubank was already training for a fight on the undercard, so what he had to lose a few pounds what fighter ****ing doesn't, Calzaghe does it for nearly every fight, a day before the jones weigh in he was 6 pound over.

"You call a weight drained past his prime fighter Joe hardest win."

How can I determin that now ****head? Calzaghe has stated this himself, saying "Not the best opposition, but because of the circumstances, it was my toughest fight"

[Flawless 2]

Joes toughest fight of his career was against Eubank.

He says this time and time again.

This is after he fought Hopkins

"I know I won. I fought a really hard fight. I had to let the punches go as the fight wore on. He was very defensive. I was only hurt once. It was the hardest fight of my career.

He said himself that Hopkins was his hardest fight and that he was hurt against old man Hopkins. Calzaghe changes his view now as he does not give Hopkins any credit, doesn't want a rematch as Hopkins is a racist

[C.Y.]

i personally think joe's toughest fights were against sakio bika and bhop.. sakio made it a real slopppy rough fight with his antics and headbutts and i think he made it uncomfortable for joe.. bhop made it hard for joe to do anything for the early parts of the fight and i think bhop had joe confused in some parts of the fight

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This is after he fought Hopkins




He said himself that Hopkins was his hardest fight and that he was hurt against old man Hopkins. Calzaghe changes his view now as he does not give Hopkins any credit, doesn't want a rematch as Hopkins is a racist

Calzaghe only said that being respectful to Hopkins in the Post fight press conference (even though Hopkins was a prick afterwards), same as Mayweather did to Hatton.

http://www.calzaghe.com/pages/vs_jones/news/eubank_was_my_toughest_fight.html

'Eubank was my toughest fight'

Oct 28, 2008

HE may have beaten everyone that has been put before him over the past decade, but Joe Calzaghe still winces when he recalls the day he first won the WBO super-middleweight crown.

The then 25-year-old rising Welsh star may have knocked over all 22 opponents in quickfire fashion, but at the Sheffield Arena he went into the ring with a champion of real quality, Chris Eubank.

It was his third fight under the management of Frank Warren and his big chance. He didn’t waste it and has successfully defended his crown 20 times since that thrilling victory on October 11, 1997.

“That title fight with Eubank remains my hardest fight to date. I won the world title and beat a legend like Chris Eubank – nobody can ever take that away from me,” said Calzaghe.

“It’s scary because I still remember that fight. I was nervous as hell walking into the ring.“

“I should have fought Steve Collins, but he pulled out. That meant Eubank, a real legend, stepping in at the last minute.“

“It wasn’t that I was fighting Eubank, but the fact it was the chance to fight for a world title for the first time. I’d always dreamed of getting a shot at a world title and I knew that if I didn’t win I would have had to go back to the drawing board.“

“Normally I weigh 12st 10lbs, but I remember being down to 12st 4lbs for that fight because I was so dehydrated. I had so much nervous energy burning up.“

“And it didn’t help when I knocked him down in the first round. I was knackered after three rounds. By the seventh round I was on the floor – it was sheer will alone that dragged me through that fight.“

“I’d never felt exhaustion like it before or felt that nervous energy before. The pressure was really intense.”

[Flawless 2]

He said Eubank because he will never give Hopkins his credit. FACT

You know Eubank took Calzaghe fight in short notice, right
You know he entered a 2 weeks weight draining to make weight right
You know he was going to fight for the WBC intercontinental light-heavyweight title, right

[RichCCFC]

Get the **** out of my thread *****.

[Pullcounter]

a source tells me he's fighting mccain next in cardiff......

really? I heard he was calling out ali... then he could be the master of the billineum.

[-Boxzilla-]

imo what he did in smw especially in the last couple years with big wins over lacy and the huge win over kessler, unifying is what he should be remembered for and is most impressive. his wins at lhw really are not much to brag about about, the bhop fight was a very close sd and sloppy fight where he was down. the rjj fight he was down again and after there is no denying the level of rjj shotness.

fighter of the millennium maybe . . . but i think he needs to fight again to seal his legacy. beating down rjj just doesnt cut it imo.

[WhoreUs]

really? I heard he was calling out ali... then he could be the master of the billineum.

joe calzaghe sd12 over laila ali!!!!!