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Joe Calzaghe's Greatness
I often hear him called a ATG & argubaly Britians best ever fighter.
But the one thing that hurts Calzaghe is this.
For 8 years Calzaghe defended the paper WBO title in homeland, leaving just once. Against extremly sub par fighters etc Branko Sobot, Will McIntyre, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Tocker Pudwill, Mger Mkrtchyan, Kabary Salem, Evans Ashira.
Come on for the most part, these fighters were never heard of again. This tell's me there IS ALOT of padding on that record.
His win over Lacy was impressive, but again Jeff never went on to do anything, and now has just been used as a punching pag for a washed Roy Jones.
He beat washed up versions of Eubank, Jones Jr & Hopkins. And yet was still dropped in all 3 fights, even when all 3 were shells of themselves.
His most impressive win is most likely Kessler, who although is a good fighter, is saying alot.
His record is impressive, but if he would of took more risks, fought great prime fighters and fought more out of his homeland, it is highly unlikely that record would be intact.
For 90% of his career he always fought in his homeland, and for the most part continued to defend that paper title. It hurts his legacy.
He was a damn good fighter, but Joe Calzaghe ATG? Come on now, tags like that should just be left for fighters lile Robinson, Armstrong, Langford, Louis, Ali, Greb, Walker, etc.
But the one thing that hurts Calzaghe is this.
For 8 years Calzaghe defended the paper WBO title in homeland, leaving just once. Against extremly sub par fighters etc Branko Sobot, Will McIntyre, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Tocker Pudwill, Mger Mkrtchyan, Kabary Salem, Evans Ashira.
Come on for the most part, these fighters were never heard of again. This tell's me there IS ALOT of padding on that record.
His win over Lacy was impressive, but again Jeff never went on to do anything, and now has just been used as a punching pag for a washed Roy Jones.
He beat washed up versions of Eubank, Jones Jr & Hopkins. And yet was still dropped in all 3 fights, even when all 3 were shells of themselves.
His most impressive win is most likely Kessler, who although is a good fighter, is saying alot.
His record is impressive, but if he would of took more risks, fought great prime fighters and fought more out of his homeland, it is highly unlikely that record would be intact.
For 90% of his career he always fought in his homeland, and for the most part continued to defend that paper title. It hurts his legacy.
He was a damn good fighter, but Joe Calzaghe ATG? Come on now, tags like that should just be left for fighters lile Robinson, Armstrong, Langford, Louis, Ali, Greb, Walker, etc.
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