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

[archiemoore1]

You're hurting right now. Go to the pub and have a beer and eat some b_ang_ers. You'll be alright. But you definitely don't know sh..t about boxing

[IronDanHamza]

You're hurting right now. Go to the pub and have a beer and eat some b_ang_ers. You'll be alright. But you definitely don't know sh..t about boxing

When you can answer the simple question then let me know, you clown.

[Monty Fisto]

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

As I said, it's difficult to compare across eras. I used to love watching Lloyd Honeyghan as a kid and he had a few solid gold performances. I remember watching live when he bum rushed Bumphus, for instance. But that doesn't match what Calzaghe did over his career -- or the level of superiority of skill that Calzaghe used to demonstrate over his opponents. Prince Naseem had great reflexes and great punching power for his weight. It's more for how he got found out at the technique level or for his unwillingness to train properly that "people forget how good he was" rather than just for how much of a tit he was. As for Hatton, yes, he had a great win against Tszyu. And then was found subsequently wanting in a succession of fights within a few years in a way that we never saw with Calzaghe. If the discussion was who had the better individual win I could see why you were bringing this fight to the table. Not quite sure why a single fight should skew things so much though.

As for Buchanan, the better part of his career was more than 50 years ago. Didn't I cover that in what I said? How many times did you watch Buchanan fight when he was active?