Can Americans even understand WTF Joe Calzaghe is saying?

[lefthook2daliva]

I probably could if I made an effort, but why would I?

[The_One77]

all the joe haters coming in full force LOL
The lazy fat americans are terrified of this guy, their best fighter not only lost but got his ass savagely torn in the process! hahaha
Even the great Roy Jones got outclassed, his cut was so large you could fit a tennis ball in there. Its only natural for the best to recieve the most haters, jealously at its finest.

Joe Calzaghe
Undisputed Light Heavyweight and Supermiddle Champion
Longest Reigning champion of our era
Undefeated 46-0-0
Dont fkin forget it

[_Hunter_]

He speaks like he has some type of mental illness. Im from England and I find it difficult to understand his broken, sloppy english so I was wondering if you yanks can understand what he's saying.

His interviews consist mostly of "....BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH COULD YOU BEAT KESSSLAAAAAAA...IM A LEGEND MAN IM A LEGEND"

must be the simple people that dont understand him

[Clegg]

sven ottke retired undefeated fighting basically the same opposition as joe.

With the main difference that Calzaghe scored knockouts or wide decisions over the guys that Ottke needed controversial decisions to beat. The only exception is Reid, when Calzaghe scored a close decision over a guy Ottke needed the help of the ref and judges to beat.

Calzaghe also beat Lacy, Kessler, and past-prime versions of Eubank and Hopkins. Those four wins are better than anything on Ottke's resume. Sure, Ottke beat Johnson by disputed decision, but so did several others (Johnson lost 5 of his next 7 fights). Hell, considering that Sheika beat Johnson, and Calzaghe TKO'D Sheika, it could be said that Calzaghe has 5 wins better than anything Ottke managed.

ricky fought kostya tszyu to get his belt. joe fought for a vacant belt.

Roy Jones fought for a vacant belt a MW. It's debatable how meaningful things like that are when you consider who the opponent was.

If we're looking at it from the point of view of who took a harder fight, then Calzaghe, despite never having gone 12 rounds before, challenged Steve Collins (who had never been KO'D). Collins pulled out less than 2 weeks beforehand, and Calzaghe agreed to fight Eubank (who had also never been KO'D). Both guys had gone the distance many times, and though past prime, had a lot of advantages over a young, inexperienced, untested prospect.

Calzaghe had been a pro for 4 years when he fought for a belt. Hatton had been a pro for 8 years. Tszyu was better than Eubank, sure. But Calzaghe had a lot less experience, and took 4 years less than Hatton to step up.

ricky challenged another beltholder in his next fight. it took joe 9 years to challenge another beltholder.

Sure, Ricky fought Maussa (rather than Cotto, who KTFO Maussa), and credit to him for that. Who cares if Maussa never won another fight? Hatton deserves credit for taking on the guy rated 7th best in the division. However Calzaghe beat guys who were rated higher than 7th on multiple occasions.

ricky went up to fight the #1 p4p fighter in the world and will fight another #1 p4p guy next year. joe could have done that against bernard and roy but he didn't.

I'm not sure that those fights were as reachable for Calzaghe as you make out. Certainly, I don't remember either approaching Calzaghe for a fight and him turning them down, as Hatton allegedly did to Mayweather when they were both at 140.

Fighting the best and losing is admirable, so yes, I can give credit to Hatton and Judah. But Calzaghe's best win is better than Hatton's. Calzaghe stepped up sooner, has fought more top 10 rated opposition, unified more times, won more Ring belts, more ABC belts, beaten a guy on the P4P list etc.

[Naz Fan]

all the joe haters coming in full force LOL
The lazy fat americans are terrified of this guy, their best fighter not only lost but got his ass savagely torn in the process! hahaha
Even the great Roy Jones got outclassed, his cut was so large you could fit a tennis ball in there. Its only natural for the best to recieve the most haters, jealously at its finest.

Joe Calzaghe
Undisputed Light Heavyweight and Supermiddle Champion
Longest Reigning champion of our era
Undefeated 46-0-0
Dont fkin forget it

Im from England and Im telling you Joe Calzaghe aint **** compared to the other champions of his era.

[Sir Tom Jones]

He speaks like he has some type of mental illness. Im from England and I find it difficult to understand his broken, sloppy english so I was wondering if you yanks can understand what he's saying.

His interviews consist mostly of "....BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH COULD YOU BEAT KESSSLAAAAAAA...IM A LEGEND MAN IM A LEGEND"

They can't even hear David Haye

[Check]

Sometimes its really hard to understand him. That HBO special thing with that fat supposed to be funny guy who interviewed both fighters was especially difficult to understand Joe.

[DrewWoodside]

He speaks like he has some type of mental illness. Im from England and I find it difficult to understand his broken, sloppy english so I was wondering if you yanks can understand what he's saying.

His interviews consist mostly of "....BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH COULD YOU BEAT KESSSLAAAAAAA...IM A LEGEND MAN IM A LEGEND"

Most real fans have memorized the sentences he usually speaks. So we can sort of fill in any difficult to hear gaps from memory.

[DrewWoodside]

must be the simple people that dont understand him

Do British people understand when Zab Judah speaks? I don't even know if Zab understands when Zab Judah speaks.

[The Great Shark]

I don't like to give credit to protected fighters, despite their records. Calslappy knows he can still fight, but rather bask in his little glory until everyone forgets about him. Good for him....*****.