Did you like joe calzaghe?

[tonysoprano]

Never a huge fan, he laid the blueprint for holding a belt hostage while avoiding everyone. The list of his title defences is embarassing, Tocker Pudwill, Manfredo etc. For years he claimed he was afraid of flying so wouldn't travel outside the UK. Then miraculously once Hopkins and Jones were past it, he was happy to travel to Vegas to fight them.

A decent boxer tho and he had a successful career but i don't really class him as a great fighter because his CV is so abysmal for the amount of time he was boxing. He was in a pretty weak era for SMW as well.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

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

Eubank is an ATG entertainer himself.

I loved Eubank as a kid. Such a unique character and personality, I think he really missed a trick not going over to America after reaching superstar status in the UK, I think he could have became a massive star. Fan friendly style and a great talker- albeit in his own eccentric way.

[War Room]

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

Hated him at the time, but he made me a lot of money at the bookies. Looking back, Joe was an exceptional fighter against cherry picks in a dead division. He never dared to be great and hovered at 68. If he would have fought Hopkins or Jones in their primes he would have gotten starched.

History has already forgotten Joe, I know a alot of Brits IRL and many of them don't even know who he is.

[hugh grant]

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.

Ok, yes but I agree with everything you said about earlier in his career he was a hard hitter and I remember that also.

[hugh grant]

I loved Eubank as a kid. Such a unique character and personality, I think he really missed a trick not going over to America after reaching superstar status in the UK, I think he could have became a massive star. Fan friendly style and a great talker- albeit in his own eccentric way.

I got a love hate feeling with eubank. I wanted him to beat benn. I wanted Michael Watson to beat eubank. I wanted Calzaghe to beat eubank. But by the end I wanted eubanks to beat everyone like Carl thompson.
But I love eubanks now and I never hated him, rather he wasn't my favourite.

[Marchegiano]

I loved Eubank as a kid. Such a unique character and personality, I think he really missed a trick not going over to America after reaching superstar status in the UK, I think he could have became a massive star. Fan friendly style and a great talker- albeit in his own eccentric way.

Yup, yes he did. We would have ate his **** up. Hell, we are, we're just a bit late to the party. Eubank tries KFC was a pretty entertaining bit.

[IronDanHamza]

Decent fighter. Far from great.

Absolutely shocking resume.

[IronDanHamza]

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.

Almost positive that Calzaghe was never P4P #1.

[BattlingNelson]

Almost positive that Calzaghe was never P4P #1.

Ok.

P4p is subjective obviously, but, as I recall it, Boxingscenes Cliff Rold had him at the top when Floyd Maywether retired/was inactive in 2008.

[Curt Henning]

def didnt like him at first...but he grew on me a bit...although his wins over roy and hopkins meant very little to me and did nothing to make me dislike him less