The British boxer Joe Calzaghe

[Joe's left hook]

How does everyone rate him and his career?

I like him as a person because he is a great guy who does lots for charity (and he was born in London, which is where I was born) and I was impressed to see him beating young World Champions such as Jeff Lacy and Kessler when he was an old man (35).

However, I feel that his promoter has maybe protected him too much just to keep that amazing unbeaten record going.

[The_One77]

P4P boxer of the decade
That's the general consensus around here regarding his place in boxing history

[BritishFightFan]

I always say that he hasn't fought enough great fighters to be considered the greatest British boxer of all time, even though I love his style and speed.

[majestiC]

30 pages.....

[kevtwin]

How does everyone rate him and his career?

I like him as a person because he is a great guy who does lots for charity (and he was born in London, which is where I was born) and I was impressed to see him beating young World Champions such as Jeff Lacy and Kessler when he was an old man (35).

However, I feel that his promoter has maybe protected him too much just to keep that amazing unbeaten record going.

Either you dont know much (fair enough) or this is a troll. All the points highlighted are cause for the Americans to jump on the hate Calzaghe bandwagon and have been done to death...i claim my prize!

[ironjab]

greatest british boxer of all time and the greatest smw of all time

[Drunk Punch]

Thanks goodness! We so needed another thread about this.

[BritishFightFan]

Either you dont know much (fair enough) or this is a troll. All the points highlighted are cause for the Americans to jump on the hate Calzaghe bandwagon and have been done to death...i claim my prize!

Errr... to be fair to the bloke, Calzaghe was born in London (even though his mother is from a different part of Britain) and Lacy and Kessler were both young World Champions when an ageing Joe Calzaghe beat them, weren't they???

[TonyJ]

He is good looking and the best british fighter of all time.

[Joe's left hook]

I just felt that, despite being a very good boxer and a truly great guy, he was not deserving of this honour bestowed upon him by the Queen of the United Kingdom.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7750082.stm