Really, Why Was Manfredo Fighting Calzaghe?

[Perfect Plex]

Calzaghe was 42-0 and rated #1 SMW in the world.

Manfredo cound't win the contender at 158lb. In the competition he was beaten by the much smaller 12-2 Alfonso Gomez and Sergio Mora. And he could only beat novie Joey Gilbert on a close fight.

Manfredo wasn't even ranked in the top 10 in the Ring at the time.

His best wins were Alfonso Gomez, Scott Pemberton & Joe Spina. He was also really small for 168lb. But yet he was expected to have a chance against the best 168lb'er of all time?

Shortly after the Calzaghe fight, a shot Jeff Lacy beat him and Sakio Bika stopped him in 3.

Really why was this ever made? Whu didn't Cazlaghe fight a ranked unbeaten contender etc Jean Pascal, Carl Froch, etc.

Discuss

[RichCCFC]

Because HBO wanted it.

[catalinul]

Neither Pascal nor Froch were ranked at the time either.

Prolly would have been better options thpough.

[Sparked_1985]

Baffles me still.

It was a terrible fight. Truly embarrassing.

As soon as they faced-off in the ring I knew it was going to be stopped early. Calzaghe looked 3 weight-classes bigger in addition to being levels about Manfredo anyway.

[Perfect Plex]

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[Drunk Punch]

It was for you, America. Seriously no-one in the UK even knew who Manfedo was.