Why Won't People Respect Joe Calzaghe?

[boxasmash]

I'm white and I don't respect Joe Calzaghe. The guy spent his whole career fighting bums and I use that in a nice way because they were lower than bums. Then the guy wants great respect for fighting two fighter way past their primes. Well, it doesnt work like that Joesph. You have to EARN respect, its not just given and earn you did not. I also hate his arrogance of him thinking he is just a bad mother f'er, when most of his fights are as boring as any I can remember. Exciting fights do not come by volume of punches, they are by punches with meaning, punches that are crisp and hurt your opponent. Then he disses boxing???? Saying its dying because he isn't getting the love of some great fighters. Hell, Naseem got more praise and love than this ***. Hello Joe! If you fights bums people see through that. Ricky Hatton is more respected than you! *******s may succeed in boxing but *******s that don't take on the best and entertain will always fail. LOL and you guys think people don't like him because its race.

*** hater alert!

[Bushbaby]

I honestly think JC is a good fighter,but his fanbase make it hard to show appreciation for him,because they say stuff like he is the greatest fighter of all time and crazy stuff of that nature.He is definately the best 168-pounder to fight in that division,but to call him better than the pioneers of the sport is not cool.I would love to have seen him fight a Chad Dawson or Glen Johnson!!

[bsrizpac]

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Moronic troll alert!

[Ray*]

I'm white and I don't respect Joe Calzaghe. The guy spent his whole career fighting bums and I use that in a nice way because they were lower than bums. Then the guy wants great respect for fighting two fighter way past their primes. Well, it doesnt work like that Joesph. You have to EARN respect, its not just given and earn you did not. I also hate his arrogance of him thinking he is just a bad mother f'er, when most of his fights are as boring as any I can remember. Exciting fights do not come by volume of punches, they are by punches with meaning, punches that are crisp and hurt your opponent. Then he disses boxing???? Saying its dying because he isn't getting the love of some great fighters. Hell, Naseem got more praise and love than this ***. Hello Joe! If you fights bums people see through that. Ricky Hatton is more respected than you! *******s may succeed in boxing but *******s that don't take on the best and entertain will always fail. LOL and you guys think people don't like him because its race.

Even though i dont agree with some of the thing you just posted i have to agree with the highlighted bit, race has nothing to do with this.

[MANGLER]

I respect him, I just don't like him. Lotta cats think it's 1 and the same, so they refuse to give him any props.

[KESSLER]

I respect him, I like him.

[S.G.]

good thread

some people just prefer to remain ignorant and dismiss anything foreign to them though

[hammerhiem]

Also, Bz might have something to do with it, alot of people don't like to get into flamefests with what appears to be angry people, I'm sure he isn't but his posts are extremely harsh with anyone who disagree's with him.

I don't mind in fatc I enjoy it, but i'm military so banter is a way for life for me and the harsher the better.

As i direct result of him and Daggum plus other unnamed posters it impossible to have a reasoned discussion about Calzaghe, and I think he likes it that way so people are scared to pick holes in his poorer arguements.

Also i get annoyd by the bum arguement, there are at least 10 out of the 21 defences by Calzaghe that would be considered reasonable on anyone elses resume, you can't call a guy who won and held on title and then won another later a bum, sorry you just cannot.

Rahman isn't anything special buy sny means but he's not a bum.

[Check]

good thread

some people just prefer to remain ignorant and dismiss anything foreign to them though

Not really. We all respect Lennox Lewis.

[bsrizpac]

Not really. We all respect Lennox Lewis.

Yup.

And as for the race baiting morons plenty of us like white and foreign fighters. Bringing up race is like calling someone a ****, it's a cheap debating tactic to try to make the point ad hominem instead of talking about the subject at hand...