Joe Calzaghe Calls it Quits, Announces Retirement

[Roger Mellie]

One things for sure.We're up to page 13/14 already,so love him or hate him,I would say he has made his mark

[Two Clips]

He must have heard that Dawson was thinking about going to 168.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

He must have heard that Dawson was thinking about going to 168.

Joe fights at 175......

[5burowz]

He won't be missed. Funny thing is, the division will still suck with him gone.

[Roger Mellie]

Its a Calzaghe thread.........he was in there like a flash.

you can almost set your watch by the man with the highlighter pen and the boxing enclyclopedia under his arm! what a fcuking dork!

[Enemy/Friend]

One things for sure.We're up to page 13/14 already,so love him or hate him,I would say he has made his mark

A thread about Mike Tyson's Fleetfootedness got over 200 pages so I doubt this means anything of relevance.

[IMDAZED]

A fighter stopped due to cuts when leading the cards is less controversial?

ROFLMAO.

BTW I didn't know appearences had anything to do with it. You dont get busted up by slaps.... And if appearances had anything to do with it I could probably name countless fights where the winner looked like a loser yet still won in convincing fashion...

Right....

[Dave Rado]

I don't mind him preserving his '0', but I do have a problem him leaving with his best win being against Kessler. Hypejob Lacy had fought nobody and Hopkins/Jones were way too over the hill. Joe is not an ATG without more risky wins under his belt. So , I'm glad that gets to you.

He honestly didn't feel there was a meaningful fight available to him, given that he only wanted one more fight at most. I've already said why I think he didn't want to end his career with a rematch with Hopkins, and Dawson is unproven at the top level - he barely beat Johnson, and the version of Tarver that he beat was way past his prime, so beating Dawson wouldn't really have proved anything and wouldn't really have added to his legacy. As for Froch being meaningful, that's a joke. If there had been a truly meaningful fights available to him that would have added to his legacy, I honestly believe he'd have jumped at it. That's not excusing his being content with title defences against bums in his early career, I agree that's a shame. But he is where he is now, and at this stage in his career, ending with a Dawson win wouldn't really have added to his legacy, IMO.

[IMDAZED]

He honestly didn't feel there was a meaningful fight available to him, given that he only wanted one more fight at most. I've already said why I think he didn't want to end his career with a rematch with Hopkins, and Dawson is unproven at the top level - he barely beat Johnson, and the version of Tarver that he beat was way past his prime, so beating Dawson wouldn't really have proved anything and wouldn't really have added to his legacy. As for Froch being meaningful, that's a joke. If there had been a truly meaningful fights available to him that would have added to his legacy, I honestly believe he'd have jumped at it. That's not excusing his being content with title defences against bums in his early career, I agree that's a shame. But he is where he is now, and at this stage in his career, ending with a Dawson win wouldn't really have added to his legacy, IMO.

Beating Hopkins decisively would have.

And if beating Mikkel Kessler adds to his legacy, it's a little ludicrous to suggest beating Dawson wouldn't.

[dblaze9]

I have been saying it all along! Calzaghe HAS NOTHING TO PROVE! He is one of the best P4P fighters ever!

I even argue that Joe could have beat Roy Jones Jr. even in their PRIMES!
I may get killed on that last statement, but Calzaghe has TREMENDOUS skills!

God Bless you Joe! Enjoy Retirement as you deserve it!!!!!