If Calzaghe was American and Black how would he be received

[Wales08]

Joe would be the best american boxer ever. Prince of Wales though

[Porter's Dad]

If he was black and America, he wouldn't be unbeaten.

He'd have HAD to fight RJJ, Hopkins, Tarver, Toney, Griffin etc during the '90s/early '00s.

There would have been no need for his fear of flying to have cost him big fights.

Funny how his fear of flying subsided when Hopkins reached the age of 78.

[them_apples]

he'd be hated, black guys can't act that gay, i kno white peeps like to touch eachother and act gay with other guys most of their lives, but blacks are'nt like that, if he was black and did any of the dumb **** he does he'd have alot more haters than he has now

imagine jeff lacy doin the **** calzaghe did to b-hop, imagine his face

if he went around saying he was a legend killer when he beats up fighters way past their prime, and contradicting himself he would be hated even more. Or just thought of as ******, a la Zab Judah.

[Steak]

well, assuming he was pretty much exactly the same...same career, same style...dunno how that would have happened, but whatever...

he would gain a lot of black American fans.
he would lose a lot of British fans.
and he would lose a few white American fans.

thats all there is to it.

[Enemy/Friend]

if he went around saying he was a legend killer when he beats up fighters way past their prime, and contradicting himself he would be hated even more. Or just thought of as ******, a la Zab Judah.

Zab Judah and Calzaghe should never be mentioned in the same sentence. One fighter lost all of their big fights while the other won all of them.

[Joeyzagz]

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[egreezy]

The American media people love their black fighters. If he was black and American, Joe Calzaghe's name would be known even by every grandmother who's never seen a fight!!!

He would be more of a household name than Sugar Ray Leonard because he's never been defeated. He'd have been p4p #1 a long time ago!!

People would respect him and he wouldn't receive any hate, and very little criticism. His resume would be spoken of in a more positive way (the way Mayweather's is) his opponents would be considered better fighters.

Americans are afraid to say anything negative about a black fighter because in our culture of political correctness, it's okay to say something bad about a Hispanic or white person, but not about a black person.

Mayweather, Hopkins, Winky, Tyson?

[HeartAttack]

If Joe was a black American, he would have fought better fighters at an earlier stage of his career and depending on the results he would be praised or just respected. Its not that he a white european that robs him of respect over here, its that he hasn't made it a point to fight good or great fighters in their prime outside of Kessler and runs his mouth about being a champion forf so long when in reality he was just a protected titlist. I wish we could've seen the best of Calzaghe when he was younger fighting the better fighters, but he robbed us of that and ultimately robbed himself of the respect he thinks he has earned.