Joe Calzaghe: If I did lose, that one loss would destroy everything I’ve done

[Clint650]

Calzaghe would give anyone in the supersix a good fight. he's a boxer first. Ward and Abraham would be a challenge and with his mind out of the game and without being hungry it's hard to make him return just on Froch calling him out.

[Sweet Jesus]

He would... If Froch some how some way wins the tournament (which he wont) Joe will come back and school the fk out of him... If Ward wins... Hell no Calzaghe aint fighting him lol

Man, imagine a prime Ward vs. a prime Calz. That would be something.

[Mr. Philadel]

Once again, Joe Calzaghe has something to say about Carl Froch. It's not nice. It never is. And soon enough, Carl Froch will have something to say in return about Joe Calzaghe. It won't be complimentary.

In an interview with City A.M., Calzaghe had this to say about Froch:

"He won a title that I gave up and hasn’t stopped bitching about everybody. Because he’s not making as much money and not getting on TV I think he’s bitter against the whole world. He’s like a spoilt little bloody *****. I don’t mind saying that either, that’s OK, keep that in there. He’ll like that one."

Froch, of course, has been calling out Calzaghe for years. The two UK stars never even got close to arranging a fight, though it would have done a good house in Wales or England, even before Froch became the level of star he is now. Part of it would have been because I think Calzaghe-Froch would have generated a ton of casual buzz, at least in the UK.

When two fighters truly don't like each other, it's usually pretty obvious. And Calzaghe and Froch truly do not like each other.

They're also probably never going to shut up about it, because with Calzaghe seemingly comfortably retired and turning 38 next month, there's never going to be a fight, not unless the pair wind up on the white collar boxing circuit someday as a special attraction.

It's too bad, really. Maybe if they fought now, with Calzaghe old and rusty, Froch would even have a prayer of beating him. Maybe.

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One other thing I found very interesting about the interview, and have always found very interesting about Calzaghe, is his true obsession with not losing. Many will still criticize the level of opposition he faced, right until the very end when he decided to take on a shot Roy Jones Jr. in what turned out to be Calzaghe's final fight (at least for now).

About never losing, and about his hesitance to return, Calzaghe says this:

"It’s a big difference between 47-0 and 46-1. If I did lose, that one loss would destroy everything I’ve done; I’d never forgive myself. Why would I want another fight? It’d mainly be for money – that’s the wrong reason."

He also said this about his last loss:

"I tried to visualise, if I lost, how it would affect me. And it would really affect me. I remember my last loss, as an amateur, when I was about 17. It bugged me for months. I used to cry and I was really angry."

Joe Calzaghe was a unique, tremendous talent, and stands for now and the foreseeable future as the greatest super middleweight in that division's still-short history, but can you imagine if he'd have happened to lose a close fight at some point in his career, as happens to just about all fighters at some stage?

Would his fragile (and quite big) ego have even allowed him to become half as accomplished as he was?

Calzaghe's obsession over his "0" sometimes makes Floyd Mayweather Jr. look indifferent about his. To say that a single loss would "destroy everything [he's] done" in boxing is insane.

Then again, thinking that way is one of the reasons Calzaghe was so successful, I suppose.

so I was right about his EXCUSES for not giving Kessler and B.Hop rematches and for not wanting to fight Chad Dawson.......it all makes perfect sense now!!!

[SonOfCuba]

Well You never lost that ture, but you never did much either so the loss wouldn't have been anything big.

[SN!PER]

Calz man you've got it all wrong with this perfect record delusion. If Valero were to lose his next fight, I'll still think he's a great fighter if he gives his 100%. Calzaghe has the opportunity to really challenge himself by taking on a couple Super Six guys. So many boxers would love that chance, he shouldn't pass it up.

[SpinDoctor]

Calzaghe was very red when doing this interview for some reason, i dunno why.

[Frank Martin]

Now this sums everything up.

[Frank Martin]

So he meas if he lost, All that cherry picking would mean nothing?

I agree


SELLOUT + COWARD = JOE CALZAGHE

Is that you bobsinno?

[Ray*]

Calzaghe would beat Froch with ease but i would have still love to see a domestic grudge fight than a Bika fight, Sometimes been undefeated can be a burden for an established fighter because they dont know how to lose and when they do lose it affects them in a very negative way if they're not mentally strong.

[Schmerzen]

being undefeated is not easy, but i think if he had fought roy in the 90s, he would have 1loss now.