sven ottke, how good was he?

[dans]

You cannot compare Ottke in any way to fighters like Calzaghe and Mayweather.He was a European title level fighter.If you think decisions and referreeing is dodgy now,believe me it was a **** sight worse when Ottke was plying his trade.Watch the Reid fight and you will see exactly what I mean.

crust comes in and straightens us all out. Thanks man, you keep me honest.

[IMDAZED]

Admittedly I've only seen Ottke fight once but he looked maddeningly hard to penetrate. Very solid defense and movement. Good skills. Not sure about his power. I do know he was considered the world's best SMW up until his retirement - and his quality of opposition wasn't too shabby either.

[Roger Mellie]

crust comes in and straightens us all out. Thanks man, you keep me honest.

Its our mutual respect for Calz that binds us! lol. Seriously,that Reid fight was funny as f.uck.The ref kept warning Reid for punching Ottke in the face.Zelenoff would love to take that guy everywhere with him!

[dans]

Its our mutual respect for Calz that binds us! lol. Seriously,that Reid fight was funny as f.uck.The ref kept warning Reid for punching Ottke in the face.Zelenoff would love to take that guy everywhere with him!

Yeah ever since you called me a c.unt it's been smooth sailing.

[larryx]

ottke>>>calzaghe..lol..joe ducked him several times

this was a joke by the way

[HeartAttack]

Ottke was better than good but not close to great. Everyone knows he got a few blatant gift decisions and the only positive highlight of his entire career was a one punch KO of Anthony Mundine. you can catch it on boxen.com His defense was remarkable and his foot speed was very good to go along with his better than average handspeed. His power was basically non-existent (which makes the Mundine KO so damn funny tbh) and when he did get hit good, he responded poorly. A fight with him and Calzaghe should've happened, but the two of them at that time refused to fight the toughest out there. It was nice to see Joe take on Lacy, Kessler, and Hopkins later on though. Ottke was a solid contender and thats it.

[Roger Mellie]

Yeah ever since you called me a c.unt it's been smooth sailing.

Always one to break the ice.

[The Monk]

I rank him just behind Sugar Ray Robinson at number 2 on my all time p4p list, just ahead of Armstrong. Demolished fellow all time greats in Mundine and Nardiello and put boxing clinics on Reid, Mitchell, Larson and Johnson. They'll never be anyone else like Ottke ever again....



...thank **** for for that!

[dans]

I rank him just behind Sugar Ray Robinson at number 2 on my all time p4p list, just ahead of Armstrong. Demolished fellow all time greats in Mundine and Nardiello and put boxing clinics on Reid, Mitchell, Larson and Johnson. They'll never be anyone else like Ottke ever again....



...thank **** for for that!

End of thread.

[BattlingNelson]

Excellent defensive fighter. One of the best defenses the world has ever seen. Near impossible to hit with a clean shot. Long time no.1 rated SMW.

He was also one of the most boring fighters to watch. Countless are the saturday nights that I've been watching a snoozefest in the vain hope of getting to see him KTFO.

HOF'er.