Comments Thread For: Joe Calzaghe named as the greatest fighter in British boxing history

[TheProudLunatic]

Lennox represented Canada at the Olympics. Maybe that's why he didn't get this honor. I rank Hatton way higher than Joe C.

Yeesh !
No disrespect to the dead, but
Kostya and......

[Liondw]

Excellent to great boxer. He beat Roy and Bernard, although debatable decision with Hopkins.

Of course, Roy was way past his prime then, and still knocked him down. I think Lennox Lewis is Great Britain's best ever boxer. That is, putting aside that Lennox spent some years in Canada and won a gold medal with that country.

[Monty Fisto]

I think it's very hard to compare across eras. It's not hard to say that Calzaghe was great to watch. Fish eyes definitely took an overly conservative approach to his matchups, but regardless, Calzaghe's boxing skills were top notch and he always came through in a dominant fashion even when he met top tier opponents.

Not as popular as Hatton, but Calzaghe was a much better boxer. I think Lennox Lewis is the only real challenger for best British Boxer of the last 50 (and I say 50 years and not all time because I think it's even harder to compare fighters the further back you go) and I can see why Calazaghe might get the nod ahead of him. Yes, Lennox avenged those losses, but why did he get the losses against fighters who were little more than journeymen in the first place? Plus, Lennox was not particularly British...

[daggum]

I think it's very hard to compare across eras. It's not hard to say that Calzaghe was great to watch. Fish eyes definitely took an overly conservative approach to his matchups, but regardless, Calzaghe's boxing skills were top notch and he always came through in a dominant fashion even when he met top tier opponents.

Not as popular as Hatton, but Calzaghe was a much better boxer. I think Lennox Lewis is the only real challenger for best British Boxer of the last 50 (and I say 50 years and not all time because I think it's even harder to compare fighters the further back you go) and I can see why Calazaghe might get the nod ahead of him. Yes, Lennox avenged those losses, but why did he get the losses against fighters who were little more than journeymen in the first place? Plus, Lennox was not particularly British...

dominant fashion against hopkins whiffing and hitting air while running face first into punches? definition of a slight of hand performance. look at this guy throwing a ton of punches that dont land! lacy wasnt very good and kessler wasnt dominant either. had him winning 7-5. i actually had bika beating calzaghe as he landed the much cleaner punches as well as calzaghe flurried away ineffectively.

[daggum]

Excellent to great boxer. He beat Roy and Bernard, although debatable decision with Hopkins.

Of course, Roy was way past his prime then, and still knocked him down. I think Lennox Lewis is Great Britain's best ever boxer. That is, putting aside that Lennox spent some years in Canada and won a gold medal with that country.

danny green beat roy jones...so? when people mention beating a shot jones jr as if that proves someones greatness...mind bobbling.

[1Eriugenus]

Should have just said the British Boxing Board are a bunch of dumb ignorant MoFos who would not know greatness if it kneed them up the crotch. I literally could not care less what they think about anything

[1Eriugenus]

Daggum, in fairness, while I think the elevation of Calzaghe is ludicrous, RJJ was past his peak but not shot when he fought Joe whereas he was shot to pieces when he fought Danny Green. I am trying to be fair here

[1Eriugenus]

I think it's very hard to compare across eras. It's not hard to say that Calzaghe was great to watch. Fish eyes definitely took an overly conservative approach to his matchups, but regardless, Calzaghe's boxing skills were top notch and he always came through in a dominant fashion even when he met top tier opponents.

Not as popular as Hatton, but Calzaghe was a much better boxer. I think Lennox Lewis is the only real challenger for best British Boxer of the last 50 (and I say 50 years and not all time because I think it's even harder to compare fighters the further back you go) and I can see why Calazaghe might get the nod ahead of him. Yes, Lennox avenged those losses, but why did he get the losses against fighters who were little more than journeymen in the first place? Plus, Lennox was not particularly British...

How was he obviously much better than Hatton when Hatton’s best win, Tszyu, eclipses anything Joe achieved? You have, presumably, either forgotten or never heard of Ken Buchanan, Lloyd Honeyghan and Prince Naseem. I can say any of them, at their peak, were better P4P than Joe. Ken and Lloyd had very short periods when they were at their best, but their performances in those brief periods absolutely eclipse anything Joe ever did. As for Prince Naseem, people forget how good he was and remember only how much of a complete **** he came over as

[daggum]

Daggum, in fairness, while I think the elevation of Calzaghe is ludicrous, RJJ was past his peak but not shot when he fought Joe whereas he was shot to pieces when he fought Danny Green. I am trying to be fair here

he had no chance against anyone good. he lost 3 fights in a row against legit guys. you mean because he beat a teeny tiny trinidad who had been retired for years and years? he clearly didnt look right in that fight either. trinidad came out blasting and roy shelled up the first 4 rounds doing nothing. only after that did roy take over and win the fight but he looked shell-shocked and scared even in that fight. the danny green loss was only a year after calzaghe so if he was good against calzaghe he probably was still pretty good against green? green just took him out easily because roy suc-ked, calzaghe didnt because calzaghe had no power

[super-x]

Hopkins isn't a notable win and was "well past it?"

He was still winning world title fights SIX YEARS after he lost to calzaghe

Hopkins beat two undefeated world champions AFTER losing to Calzaghe

F.k who hopkins beat AFTER, the dude was 43 when he boxed joe... just shows what a atg he is but he was faar from his prime and gave joe alot of trouble in a pick em fight.