Joe Calzaghe Would Continue if Knocked Out Like Hatton

[IMDAZED]

Calzaghe seeked unification fights is whole career. I've went into this before but I can't be arsed today. In a nutshell Calzaghe seeked the big fights while Jones avoided them.

That's quite odd considering Jones' lengthy resume and Calzaghe's lesser one, don't you think? How did Joe seek the big fights during his prime, if I may ask? Other than lip service? Did he move up? Did he move down? Just curious.

[IMDAZED]

Lol...........I see you're still on that too. I remember you tried to say I was biased against black americans. You're still not fooling anyone.

Sure, Dirk.

[Chunk..]

That's quite odd considering Jones' lengthy resume and Calzaghe's lesser one, don't you think? How did Joe seek the big fights during his prime, if I may ask? Other than lip service? Did he move up? Did he move down? Just curious.

You got to remember Calzaghe was a Frank Warren fighter. That played its part IMO.

Ricky Hatton and Naseem Hamed's biggest fights came when they left Frank Warren. I could be putting 2 and 2 together and making a 169 but i don't think i am?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Its also funny how revisionist historians compare Jones and Calzaghe as if they were in the same position. Jones was American, HBO golden boy on PPV every fight and could have picked anyone in the world to fight. Calzaghe, like Bernard Hopkins, was in obscurity for years

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Where's Krissilver?

Don't invoke the bloke, pleeeeeeeeeeease. We've seen enough of his ****e.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Sure, Dirk.

Calzaghes legacy is what it is......... but you feel you have to keep having to try to convince us lol

Sure, IMDAZED

[Technical_Skill]

Calzaghe seeked unification fights is whole career. I've went into this before but I can't be arsed today. In a nutshell Calzaghe seeked the big fights while Jones avoided them.



You've posted that 5 times because you don't know what esle to say. The offer is documented so are you saying Showtime are lieing and you know the real truth?

Mate what you on about?

Your so called offer saying nothing about an actual offer to fight jones in the US.

Its in 2001 when ive got a quote from calz in 2003 saying he dont wana risk it against jones.

Then you use calzaghe saying he will go to america and fight jones as some kind of proof of an offer....

Then you say "Calzaghe talks ****"

Where is this roundabout your on? seems like your having a good time.

[IMDAZED]

Don't invoke the bloke, pleeeeeeeeeeease. We've seen enough of his ****e.

Kris combines his passion with reasoning. And he's open to debate. Plus, he posts on other fighters. Not a bad bloke these days IMO.

[Technical_Skill]

I love these Calzaghe threads. It's the usual faces that posts in them.

Where's Krissilver?

Dunno, he normally comes up with some good stuff.

[Vivid Intent]

What's your point? That while Jones was renegotiating with HBO that he ducked Calzaghe?

You know something? The proof is in the pudding. When you go back a few years to Mayweather-Margarito, you find articles talking about how Floyd should fight the unknown guy. When you go to other guys being ducked, you find similar articles. You look up Roy Jones - once dubbed Reluctant Roy - and you'll find a host of old articles claiming he avoided Benn, Eubank, Michalczewskki, etc. Whether it's true or not depends on who you ask. One name NEVER pops among in those old articles...Joe Calzaghe. It's amazing how, years later, revisionist historians want to pretend this was the case. I DID follow boxing at the time so it's a little strange to me. But regardless, would've, should've, could've. Calzaghe's legacy is what it is.

It's because American's were ignorant to Calzaghe and assumed he was just an overrated Euro fighter. Please don't try and tell me Jones didn't duck Benn...I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on Eubank because he's recently lost to Collins...but Benn? He was called out by Benn several times. The first time he was offered to fight him was when he fought Hopkins for a vacant title for a 5 figure fee. He was offered a big purse to fight Benn but dropped down to 160 instead to make alot less. Bear in mind Jones was young but not green. He can be gave the benfit of the doubt there again because of his age (reaching) but he flat out ducked him when Benn destroyed G-Man. Benn called him out and offered to give all his purse to the G-Man fund just to try to get Jones' cowardly ass in the ring, but it still didn't work.