Joe Calzaghe Would Continue if Knocked Out Like Hatton

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Combine that in your sentence and quit being so insecure. It's always the biased Americans with some posters.

What the **** you on about?

[Vivid Intent]

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.

Move down to MW? That wasn't an option. Move up to LHW? To chase a man who had a track record of ducking legit threats? Calzaghe's ambition was always to unify 168 before moving up but said he'd move up for the right fight. As soon as he did unify what did he do? Stepped up and fought the lineal LHW in his backyard.

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

Exactly

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.

Calzaghe talks **** sometimes and contradicts himself, I'm not going to lie about it. But the fact of the matter is the offer was a real offer in 2001...just like the offer to fight Hopkins in '02 was.

Calzaghe wasn't as confident in his abilites before he got his recognition as he should have been, because he was clearly always a great fighter.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I don't care either, i hope Calzaghe has a good life out of boxing. He was very talented i'll give him that but he doesn't have the legacy to match IMO. I enjoyed the Kessler and Lacy performances though.

I posted way back in this thread that Hatton fought and lost to better fighters then Calzaghe has ever faced and the Calzaghe fans stepped in and it went from there like it usually does. Everyone then goes on to think they're right and these Calzaghe threads seem to go on forever.

All in good fun though.

Actually its always the same. Any old thread which mentions Calzaghe.......even if its "Joe Calzaghe just farted"..........and even threads about Ricky Hatton. The same people are present with the same tired arguments (see Wess' post)

[Technical_Skill]

Calzaghe wasn't as confident in his abilites before he got his recognition as he should have been, because he was clearly always a great fighter.

Yes, against bums and 40 year olds.





















(nah, he was very talented)

[WESS]

90's Joes prime?

I would highly disagree

When was Joe prime?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

100% agreed. Reason I have A LOT of RESPECT for Hatton.

I take it you ignored my post.

[Dubious-Dutch]

What the **** you on about?

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

Jones was American like Bernard and still didn't have the same opportunities, you said it yourself. Nationality has nothing to do with it. You are right about Jones having more options than Joe because of his relationship with HBO tho.

[WESS]

I don't care either, i hope Calzaghe has a good life out of boxing. He was very talented i'll give him that but he doesn't have the legacy to match IMO. I enjoyed the Kessler and Lacy performances though.

I posted way back in this thread that Hatton fought and lost to better fighters then Calzaghe has ever faced and the Calzaghe fans stepped in and it went from there like it usually does. Everyone then goes on to think they're right and these Calzaghe threads seem to go on forever.

All in good fun though.

100% agreed. Reason I have A LOT of RESPECT for Hatton.

[Technical_Skill]

When was Joe prime?

The Tocker Pudwill fight.

[IMDAZED]

Move down to MW? That wasn't an option.

So moving down wasn't an option...ok.

Move up to LHW? To chase a man who had a track record of ducking legit threats?

I see...so he shouldn't have moved up because he wouldn't have gotten the fight against the man who ducked legit threats yet somehow managed to attain a better resume than him. Got it.

Calzaghe's ambition was always to unify 168 before moving up but said he'd move up for the right fight. As soon as he did unify what did he do? Stepped up and fought the lineal LHW in his backyard.

That's true. Only took ten years...by the way, in between facing Kessler and Eubank, did Calzaghe face some "legit threats?" (Hint: Lacy?)

Calzaghe talks **** sometimes and contradicts himself, I'm not going to lie about it. But the fact of the matter is the offer was a real offer in 2001.

I'm confused. Did Showtime make an offer? Or did Calzaghe make an offer? And how do you decipher when Calzaghe's just talking ****?

Calzaghe wasn't as confident in his abilites before he got his recognition as he should have been, because he was clearly always a great fighter.

How do you know he wasn't as confident?