What Should Calzaghe's Resume Have Looked Like?!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Oh yes he pulls out THREE times through injury? He got injured during the Jones Jr fight, but rescheduled. He should had rescheduled against Johnson.


You guys really make me laugh. How can a fighter get injured 3 times.

Twice actually. And he tried to reschedule but Johnson said he wasnt interested anymore and landed a fight with Jones. The rest is history.

Calzaghe rescheduled the fight again but Johnson unexpectedly lost to Clinton Woods

How can a fighter get injured 3 times? Well ****, thats a scientific impossibility isnt it? I mean they only work out intensely for weeks and get punched in the head a lot...........god only knows!

[Ishy Aytan]

By saying he wanted the "crown ***els" he was saying that he would want a good payday, right? Is there something wrong with that? That doesn't mean he wouldnt have fought, it just means he'd want to make it worth his while because it was a risky fight. Pretty obvious.

Just contradicted yourself here buddy. Hopkins does the same and its ducking, Calzaghe does it and its not?

Really makes sense.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

yeh you keep doubting.... it was the first undisputed middleweight championship match in like 100 years. It sold big time.

$2million fighting Pavlik....? You continue making me laugh.

You really do have comprehension difficulties.

I suppose you can break down Hopkins paydays one by one with written evidence like you asked me for before.

Yeah......didnt think so. You are a continual laughing stock on this thread.

[Ishy Aytan]

Twice actually. And he tried to reschedule but Johnson said he wasnt interested anymore and landed a fight with Jones. The rest is history.

Calzaghe rescheduled the fight again but Johnson unexpectedly lost to Clinton Woods

How can a fighter get injured 3 times? Well ****, thats a scientific impossibility isnt it? I mean they only work out intensely for weeks and get punched in the head a lot...........god only knows!

hahahaha... okay he got injured THREE times when training for Johnson but miraculously didnt get injured when training for Bika and co.

Haha.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Just contradicted yourself here buddy. Hopkins does the same and its ducking, Calzaghe does it and its not?

Really makes sense.

Calzaghe was never offered any price to fight Jones. So no, its not really the same at all.

Do you ever make sense?

[Ishy Aytan]

You really do have comprehension difficulties.

I suppose you can break down Hopkins paydays one by one with written evidence like you asked me for before.

Yeah......didnt think so. You are a continual laughing stock on this thread.

Yeh, because everyone who has half a brain cell knows that the Trinidad fight got Hopkins over $6 million.

Please just stick to watching British fighters as your knowldge is severly limited.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

hahahaha... okay he got injured THREE times when training for Johnson but miraculously didnt get injured when training for Bika and co.

Haha.

It was twice. Putting three times in bold doesnt make it a fact. Good try though.

He got injured before, during and after several fights including the Lacy fight and almost pulled out of that one too.

[Chunk..]

By saying he wanted the "crown ***els" he was saying that he would want a good payday, right? Is there something wrong with that? That doesn't mean he wouldnt have fought, it just means he'd want to make it worth his while because it was a risky fight. Pretty obvious.

Maybe you're right, or maybe Joe didn't fancy it? Joe didn't clarify what he meant by the 'Crown ***els' comment. So we'll never know really.

To be fair, Roy never talked about Joe much at all.

I'm sticking with my Frank Warren theory though.

[dans]

dude don't act like Jones' resume is the example all should follow. People DO ask those questions about Roy

fact is, elite fighters in general these days have weaker resumes in comparison to the old timers..... Politics, money, over-adundance of weight classes and titles etc. has made it infeasible to expect fighters to be retiring with Ray Robinson-esque records

Maybe Roy isn't the greatest example but remember Roy fought and beat James Toney and Bernard Hopkins. It's just an example though.

You're right fighters generally do have weaker resumes nowadays, but the way people talk about Calzaghe is like he was some dominating force who no one even wanted to fight. Let's just face the facts, Joe Calzaghe was a great fighter who did not fight the fights that would make him an ATG. And if he is an ATG, he's on the bottom of that list. This whole "Calzaghe is the GOAT" crap I hear makes me think his fans never watched any other fighter.

[Ishy Aytan]

Calzaghe was never offered any price to fight Jones. So no, its not really the same at all.

Do you ever make sense?

What the hell are you talking about?