Joe Calzaghes 21 Title defenses

**andrewcuff** · 02-24-2009, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by Xplosivo

The opponents:

Mikkel Kessler
Peter Manfredo Jr - LMFAO...Seriously how do u defend this
Sakio Bika - still not a worthy fight and he made calzaghe look bad
Jeff Lacy
Evans Ashira - lmfao...
Mario Veit - ??? what was the point of fighting him again?
Kabary Salem - still got knocked down by this journeyman
Mger Mkrtchian bum
Byron Mitchell - bum
Tocker Pudwill - bum
Miguel Angel Jimenez - bum
Charles Brewer -bum
Will McIntyre - bum
Mario Veit - who what?
Richie Woodhall - ?
Omar Sheika - journeyman/bum
David Starie - bum
Rick Thornberry - bum
Robin Reid - robbery
Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra - bum
Branko Sobot - bum
Chris Eubank - past his prime

mark the ones in bold in what you think were credible opponents.

So out of 21 title defenses and 10 years ....i see 2 as credible wins.

What say you?

#1 The Manfredo fight was to gain some exposure in the US.

#2 Mario Veit had become the #1 Contender again. Joe publicly stated he would rather not fight him again.

#3 Robbery? No. Close fight? Yes. There is a diffference. Something tells me you haven't seen the fight.

This has been done to death, get over it.

**Sugar May Floyd** · 02-24-2009, 09:08 AM

Chris Eubank was weight drained for the fight. He was 6-2 in his previous bouts. He had to fights at 165 before Calzaghe fight. He was planning to fight for a title at 175 but took Calzaghe fight at short notice and had to entered a 2 week weight draining regime

**Left Hook Tua** · 02-24-2009, 09:10 AM

although i agree with the weakness of calzaghe's defenses......

omar sheika wasn't a bum! he was pretty good just nothing special.

he gave us some pretty entertaining fights.

**Chunk..** · 02-24-2009, 09:11 AM

The Robin Reid fight wasn't a robbery. Robin could however, gotten the decision?

**Xplosivo** · 02-24-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by andrewcuff

#1 The Manfredo fight was to gain some exposure in the US.

#2 Mario Veit had become the #1 Contender again. Joe publicly stated he would rather not fight him again.

#3 Robbery? No. Close fight? Yes. There is a diffference. Something tells me you haven't seen the fight.

This has been done to death, get over it.

make more excuses for your boyfriend... i dont knw how calzaghe nuthuggers make so many excuses to defend him even when hes in the wrong

belts dont mean ****, calzaghe could have easily vacated the title and fought someone credible rather than fighting a guy again who he already beat in a mismatch like 3 years ago

calzaghe padded his record and was well protected

and no, I BELIEVE U HAVENT seen the fight, watch it for urself kid and tell me that u honestly think calzaghe won this fight, go on:

**hammerhiem** · 02-24-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by Xplosivo

The opponents:

Mikkel Kessler
Peter Manfredo Jr - - must shame you that he was the best HBO could come up with in America...
Sakio Bika
Jeff Lacy
Evans Ashira - lmfao...
Mario Veit - mandetory coming off a KO of Brewer in eliminator
Kabary Salem - still got knocked down by this journeyman
Mger Mkrtchian Mandetory
Byron Mitchell
Tocker Pudwill - last minute replacement for Thomas Tate
Miguel Angel Jimenez - mandetory
Charles Brewer
Will McIntyre - mandetory
Mario Veit - was 30-0
Richie Woodhall
Omar Sheika
David Starie - british title holder, he was cleaning up the home scene, think how much flack hatton gets for not facing Witter.
Rick Thornberry - bum
Robin Reid - huge Reid fan but clearly not a robbery
Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra - Mandetory
Branko Sobot - bum
Chris Eubank - past his prime but still very very good

mark the ones in bold in what you think were credible opponents.

So out of 21 title defenses and 10 years ....i see 2 as credible wins.

What say you?

I see 9, not great by any means but I put that down to a poor division which included two other champions who would never fight outside Germany and recieved gift after gift.

**Left Hook Tua** · 02-24-2009, 09:21 AM

reid , brewer , lacy , mitchell and kessler were all good wins. that's about it though.

hopkins was a great win. jones was a good win also , just for the name recognition and the money involved.

**Xplosivo** · 02-24-2009, 09:22 AM

**andrewcuff** · 02-24-2009, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by Xplosivo

make more excuses for your boyfriend... i dont knw how calzaghe nuthuggers make so many excuses to defend him even when hes in the wrong

belts dont mean ****, calzaghe could have easily vacated the title and fought someone credible rather than fighting a guy again who he already beat in a mismatch like 3 years ago

calzaghe padded his record and was well protected

and no, I BELIEVE U HAVENT seen the fight, watch it for urself kid and tell me that u honestly think calzaghe won this fight, go on:

You just lost the last shred of credibility you might have had. Look at my previous posts, I am a fan of Joe but most certainly not a nuthugger.

The fight with Reid was close. That is very different to a robbery. Whitaker vs Chavez was a robbery, Calzaghe vs Reid was not.

Joe Calzaghes 21 Title defenses