Joe Calzaghe's thoughts on Roy Jones Jr throughout the ages

[uppercut83]

There was no bigger bum than Calzaghe.

what about your mumma

[Mr. Philadel]

joe calzaghe(the great) compared to some of his peers. rankings by ring magazine.

calzaghe 8 out of 21 title defenses against top 10 ranked opponents
ottke 9 out of 21 title defenses against top 10 ranked opponents
hopkins 16 out of 20 title defenses against top 10 ranked opponents

calzaghe 9 out of 22 title fights(at super-middle) against top 10 ranked opponents
ottke 10 out of 22 title fights(at super-middle) against top 10 ranked opponents
hopkins 20 out of 24 title fights(at middle-weight) against top 10 ranked opponents

calzaghe 12 total fights against guys ranked in the top 10(all divisions)
ottke 12 total fights against guys ranked in the top 10(all divisions)
hopkins 26 total fights against guys ranked in the top 10(all divisions)

as floyd mayweather would say "women lie, men lie, calzaghe fanboys lie, but rankings don't lie!"

you are probably thinking to yourself but but ottke and calzaghe are undefeated and hopkins is a bum with several losses and draws. hopkins fought much tougher competition and has several controversial losses and draws while ottke and calzaghe have several controversial wins. records can be so deceiving.

when your flimsy swiss cheese resume is on par with sven ottke are you really an all time great?

when your best win is a gift decision over a 43 year old hopkins are you really an all time great? everyone should have seen the video evidence of this by now but i can show how hopkins outlanded calzaghe by a wide margin and landed the much harder punches in at least 6 rounds. but calzaghe did throw a lot...so....there's that.

when you never fight the best guy in the division you spent your career in are you an all time great? sven ottke and joe calzaghe somehow managed to defend their titles 21 times at the very same time in the very same division without ever fighting each other. how is that possible! fraud fest!

when you had to cheat to win a large majority of your fights are you really an all time great? calzaghe the early stoppage king had the refs hand him undeserved wins when opponents weren't even allowed a fair chance at winning. most of his "knockouts" were stopped when the opponent wasn't hurt at all, sometimes they weren't even being hit, and sometimes they were even hitting calzaghe and the fight was stopped! ever heard of earning your victory? watch out for the he would have won anyway people!

I think this post^^^^^^ is being ducked ....need a Calzaghe fan to defend this...as usual, nice post...green sent!!

[FloydNO1KO]

Joe is clever, he fought a washed up Jones and a washed up Hopkins.

Knew he could beat both and were both past their best but would still get a huge pay day and at the end of the day, its two great names on his record as beating.

But would Joe have beaten Jones in his prime, not a chance. Jones was that good. I hate to see fighters come back and fight just for the money when they know they are past their best. Not good for boxing or the fans its only good for their bank balance.

[El Jesus]

Calzaghe by UD. Posted on 15rounds.com years ago when I first began writing, preceded by a pretty lengthy article on how Joe was underrated. Anything else?

this place was whipped into a frenzy with every lacy knockout. i was very guilty of hoping and wishing lacy would knock joe into next week. it was hard to respect joe when he was rematching dudes like mario viet. its also easy to get caught up in the triangle theory when lacy was easily handling guys like robin reid.

joe is still a phaggot.