Nigel Benn: "Calzaghe Beats Me, Hagler, Hearns, Sugar"

[Testdead]

Benns right and far better than equiped to make that statement than forum slack baggers.

Nest of his generation.

[Edward Hitler]

and as for calzaghe beating hearns,hagler,tyson,ali.mayweather and anyone else its never gonna happen so who cares there all great boxers and deserve at least i tiny bit of respect from the minority of spotty gimps on here who are to scared to get in a ring and fight. like them or not every fighter deserves respect i hate amir kahn but as a fighter i respect him some ppl on here are like hes **** all he wud die but i bet they couldnt even stand up to a slap of a crackhead nevermind a pro boxer. anyman with the balls to get in the ring and let someone smash him over and over putting his life at risk in the name of emtertainment deserves respect and anyone who thinks otherwise is a total ***ing idiot

[Edward Hitler]

Benns right and far better than equiped to make that statement than forum slack baggers.

Nest of his generation.

i said the exact same thing m8 an xboxers opinion is way more valid than a fans

[Edward Hitler]

You overlooked something.

lol whats that then ?

[Arka]

lol whats that then ?

I'm assuming Marciano was never defeated in his professional career.

[Edward Hitler]

There is no need to take things to the extreme. Nobody said he is invincible. Nobody is ****ing invincible! BUT... he hasn't lost. That's a fact. So how can I, and WHY should I, start imagining scenarios where he could lose? I have absolutely nothing to go on. Again, it COULD just be that he wouldn't lose to anyone who doesn't possess a cruiser or heavyweight punch.

Dude, forget it anyway. It's very difficult trying to have a conversation with people like you who bite onto something and don't let go. It's impossible to converse with people like this. You blow things out of proportion, put words into people's mouths, and then try to grill them on things they haven't said. Really, just forget it.

honestly that was a great lol post i no what you mean it comes to something when ppl tell you your own opinions are wrong its like debating with a record player u just hear the same old thing over an over lol

[donray]

Joe was not in a league with leonard in terms of boxing skill at MW, hagler dominated duran the only announcer who was calling that fight right was al bernstein who repeatedly stated that hagler was completely outboxing and out****ing duran after the fight the announcer asked duran if he wanted a rematch and he avoided the question like the ebola virus. Haglers change in strategy was the only thing that prevented duran from getting knocked out the plan was to outbox and out**** duran not to go for the knockout because duran is to elusive for that, you saw what happened to leonard in the first fight and davey moore when they tried to go in there and take durans head off they were dissected and taken apart, hagler knew that strategy wouldn't work so he adopted a different strategy which was not as exciting and decisive as hagler destruct destroy approach which many fans had grown accustomed to, but nevertheless just as effective and it got the job done. The hagler who fought leonard was just a shell of himself due to all the battles he had been through and his long road to the title the man didn't get his first title shot until his 49th fight that is unheard of in boxing today and would be considered a travesty, but that faded version gave leonard hell and many believe that he still won that fight, a prime hagler would have koed leonard in 7-8 rds im sure of it, and that's why leonard decided to challenge hagler only after he had noticed considerable decline in haglers skills but even that faded version of hagler would have outworked calzaghe and possibly stopped him late a a prime hagler would have punished joe without question.

[donray]

Joe was not in a league with leonard in terms of boxing skill at MW, hagler dominated duran despite the comments of the biased announcers and scores of the biased judges, that fight wasn't nearly as close as the biased judges, fight commentators and biased fans would have you believe, the only announcer who was calling that fight right was al bernstein who repeatedly stated that hagler was completely outboxing and out****ing duran after the fight the announcer asked duran 3 tiimes if he wanted a rematch with hagler and he avoided the question like the ebola virus he wanted nothing else to do with hagler after that quiet beating he took. Haglers change in strategy was the only thing that prevented duran from getting knocked out the plan was to outbox and out**** duran not to go for the knockout because duran is to elusive for that, you saw what happened to leonard in the first fight and davey moore when they tried to go in there and take durans head off they were dissected and taken apart, hagler knew that strategy wouldn't work so he adopted a different strategy which was not as exciting and decisive as hagler destruct destroy approach which many fans had grown accustomed to, but nevertheless just as effective and it got the job done.

The hagler who fought leonard was just a shell of himself due to all the battles he had been through and his long road to the title the man didn't get his first title shot until his 49th fight that is unheard of in boxing today and would be considered a travesty, but that faded version gave leonard hell and many believe that he still won that fight, a prime hagler would have koed leonard in 7-8 rds im sure of it, and that's why leonard decided to challenge hagler only after he had noticed considerable decline in haglers skills but even that faded version of hagler would have outworked calzaghe and possibly stopped him late a a prime hagler would have battered,punished, and koed joe without question in my opinion.

[Arka]

Oh well...we'll have a more realistic appraisal of Joe's career a few years down the line.

I think what we are seeing here is a variation of "Do not speak ill of the dead."
Retirement ,after all, being a form of death for the professional athlete.

[Roger Mellie]

And as the praise starts to come in from the respected voices of the boxing world,you know,former and current fighters managers and trainers,Joes detractors start to look like spoilt little girls hopping up and down cos they cant get what they want.I am going to love this week end!