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

[ИATAS]

Hmmm love how you snuck that one in...leaving out the fact he signed to fight Hopkins?

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I don't know how much he should get criticized there, as hopkins was looking at bigger fish to fry at the time, but he could have taken what he could have got, even if it's for less money, etc.

[boxasmash]

Hopkins backed out of fighting Joe, why would Joe fight Jones for penuts knowing full well the risk of that fight? What would that get him? Go up to Light heavy vacating SMW belt, lose to Jones then go back down? He wouldn't even have a title then and even less people would fight nim, less money etc.

You guys got to be realistic.

[boxasmash]

And don't compare ODLH to Calzaghe, ODLH was an Olympic gold medalist american who could fight whoever he wanted when he wanted. Calzaghe never had such luxury.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Hopkins backed out of fighting Joe, why would Joe fight Jones for penuts knowing full well the risk of that fight? What would that get him? Go up to Light heavy vacating SMW belt, lose to Jones then go back down? He wouldn't even have a title then and even less people would fight nim, less money etc.

You guys got to be realistic.

Dont think the Jones fight was ever really on the table. Shame Hopkins backed out when it was proposed cos a win for Joe there would've propelled him straight into contention to fight a prime Roy and get a decent split.

[ИATAS]

And don't compare ODLH to Calzaghe, ODLH was an Olympic gold medalist american who could fight whoever he wanted when he wanted. Calzaghe never had such luxury.

he didn't have that luxury because he was fighting in obscurity against nobodies for 10 years.

The point is he COULD HAVE made more of an effort to fight better opposition throughout his career. I don't know how anyone can deny this.

Again, Calzaghe was a very talented fighter with a great career, but he could have had a better resume. That's all we (or I) am saying.

[Savino]

Joe had a fantastic career but it could of been an awful lot better than what it already is. We all know Hopkins pulled outta the fight etc but Joe still could of faced better fighters after the Hopkins fight. Frank Warren probaly had a huge part in that but even frank admitted Joe wouldn't take risks or promote himself to the public.


The greatest move Warren and Calzaghe did was make sure the Lacy fight was on ITV instead of Sky. That was probaly one of the best career decisions they made. After the Lacy fight, Calzaghe became an household name.

[Savino]

he didn't have that luxury because he was fighting in obscurity against nobodies for 10 years.

The point is he COULD HAVE made more of an effort to fight better opposition throughout his career. I don't know how anyone can deny this.

Again, Calzaghe was a very talented fighter with a great career, but he could have had a better resume. That's all we (or I) am saying.

Totally agree 100% with this.

[Mr. Philadel]

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

the pic takes it there!!

[Iceta Lives]

This just goes to show you that Calzaghe is the eptimome of a boxer who fights for himself and doesn't give the fans the fights they want. It's just such a shame he wasted all that talent fighting fights like a rematch with a guy who he KOd in the first round. Such a shame.

And when Calzaghe would do things like pull out of fights at the last minute because of some hand injury, how can you blame guys like Hopkins and Jones not wanting to touch him with a ten foot pole when they can go on to do things like fight Oscar De La Hoya for big money or go up to Heavyweight and win a world title? This is just something to think about. This is why Paul Williams is telling Kelly Pavlik to go piss up a rope because of jerking people around. So Joe isn't the only example. It's just that Calzaghe doesn't have anybody to blame for his pathetic resume but himself.