Did you like joe calzaghe?

[cace]

Were you a fan of his boxing style and think he was a good boxer?

no i was not

[Apollo7]

Very much so.

[Marchegiano]

I liked Slappy Joe but if I'm honest what turns most off about Joe...the slappin'...was something I appreciated because there's this olden LHW from the early 30s called Maxie Rosenbloom who'd done very well, but, I an't never actually seen no film of the dude. Maybe now some has surfaced, it'd been a very long time since I've looked.

Anyway, Maxie was a ballerina and fought with his gloves open, earned him the nickname Slapsie Maxie.

Slappy Joe come out and bam, there you go, best analog for Slapsie has to be Slappy. You can't be like "dat how Maxie fought" but you can at least appreciate what being a slappy prick can bring in boxing and get elements of Maxie out of Joe.

[STREET CLEANER]

I liked watching Joe fight. He made his style work for him and was able to adjust. I think his best fight was against Kessler. A fight that he was losing the first few rounds, he kicked another gear and adjusted to get the win.

[deathofaclown]

I liked Slappy Joe but if I'm honest what turns most off about Joe...the slappin'...was something I appreciated because there's this olden LHW from the early 30s called Maxie Rosenbloom who'd done very well, but, I an't never actually seen no film of the dude. Maybe now some has surfaced, it'd been a very long time since I've looked.

Anyway, Maxie was a ballerina and fought with his gloves open, earned him the nickname Slapsie Maxie.

Slappy Joe come out and bam, there you go, best analog for Slapsie has to be Slappy. You can't be like "dat how Maxie fought" but you can at least appreciate what being a slappy prick can bring in boxing and get elements of Maxie out of Joe.

Sadly it was down hand injuries, the slapping

Here in England he was known as a hard puncher for his first 20 fights or so. He wants something like 18 or 19 of his first 20 fights by KO.

Eubank had an iron chin and he said he’d never been hit as hard as when Joe hit him in the first round and dropped him. Sent him across the ring.

Sadly his hands deteriorated not long after that and he developed a more slapping style.

[Marchegiano]

Sadly it was down hand injuries, the slapping

Here in England he was known as a hard puncture for his first 20 fights or so. He wants something like 18 or 19 of his first 20 fights by KO.

Eubank had an iron chin and he said he’d never been hit as hard as when Joe hit him in the first round and dropped him. Sent him across the ring.

Sadly his hands deteriorated not long after that and he developed a more slapping style.

I didn't realize, seen that fight and all so I probably should have.

Eubank is an ATG entertainer himself.

[BattlingNelson]

He was superprotected during most of his reign. Imagine how he and Ottke where champions at the same time. Racking up roughly the same number of defenses and yet they failed to meet. That's a damn shame.

The thing about Calzaghe is that promotor Warren protected Joe far to much and it wasn't untill Jeff Lacy was dominated that they realized Calzaghe was something special. Lacy was probably Calzaghe's best win considering Kessler fought with a broken hand and entered the ring without sparring. The Hopkins fight was also quite controversial and quite a few (not me) felt Joe got a gift. Roy Jones was just a moneygrab.

I first took note of him when he fought on the Nielsen-Tyson undercard in Copenhagen and thought that this was a potential superstar and why the hell was he a hidden object. Oh well.

Great fighter though. Was p4p no. 1 a short time. He made it to the IBHOF.

[hugh grant]

Sadly it was down hand injuries, the slapping

Here in England he was known as a hard puncher for his first 20 fights or so. He wants something like 18 or 19 of his first 20 fights by KO.

Eubank had an iron chin and he said he’d never been hit as hard as when Joe hit him in the first round and dropped him. Sent him across the ring.

Sadly his hands deteriorated not long after that and he developed a more slapping style.

Never heard eubanks say it was hardest he'd been hit I thought he was more off balance.?
but he's been nailed by Benn.

[deathofaclown]

Never heard eubanks say it was hardest he'd been hit I thought he was more off balance.?
but he's been nailed by Benn.

He said it

If I can find the interview, I will post it. He said it was the heaviest he had been hit and it put him on his back.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Yes, was my favourite Boxer of the 00s. I got banned off ESB the night he beat Jeff Lacy, I was legit the only person on there who picked him to win. That place was 99% American in them days.

Yeah people forget how hyped up Lacy was at the time. Lacy was nearly a 1/2 favourite in UK bookies, was probably even shorter over in the states. I had a few quid on Joe always felt he was capable of beating the very best in the division despite fighting sub-par opposition for so many years.