I'm a Calzaghe fan... But I would be dissappointed in Joe. Winky Wright is a Light-middleweight, (One fight at 160lbs doesn't make him a middleweight).
One fighter I've really disliked over the last decade is Bernard Hopkins for the reason, he shys away from a challenge... But more importantly, he's a bully who seeks out little guys to beat on.
If Calzaghe fights Wright, he'll be just as pathetic as Hopkins.
I don't think Joe Calzaghe really would fight Wright though.
I'm a Calzaghe fan... But I would be dissappointed in Joe. Winky Wright is a Light-middleweight, (One fight at 160lbs doesn't make him a middleweight).
One fighter I've really disliked over the last decade is Bernard Hopkins for the reason, he shys away from a challenge... But more importantly, he's a bully who seeks out little guys to beat on.
If Calzaghe fights Wright, he'll be just as pathetic as Hopkins.
I don't think Joe Calzaghe really would fight Wright though.
I know what you mean but if the American fans think Winky will win isnt it Calzaghe job to try to prove them wrong. I dont really rate Hopkins win over a small De La Hoya but i dont blame him for taking the fight, a lot of people picked DLH to win. Plus the size comparison between Hopkins who started his career at light heavy and De La Hoya who started his career at super feather is far greater than Calzaghe and Winky.
i think it's funny that whatever american Calzaghe wants to fight, if he does, almost any US boxing fan will be like Winky Wright vs. who?, Jeff Lacy vs. who?, etc..
i think it's funny that whatever american Calzaghe wants to fight, if he does, almost any US boxing fan will be like Winky Wright vs. who?, Jeff Lacy vs. who?, etc..
Well, Joe has himself to blame. No one made him stay in England or stay with Frank Warren.
However, Joe can change all that if he fights in the U.S. or just beats a top U.S. guy on American T.V. (uhhhh LACY). It's up to him.
Do you have Ricky Hatton ranked higher than Winky Wright?
I dont really do P4P but....
Thats tough because i like my P4P to be on recent fights. on a who beats who basis, with good recent win playing a big part.
Tszyu is better than both Tito and Mosley but Winky did beat Mosley twice and shut Tito out.
I'd probably say Winky was slighty ahead on the P4P rankings but without recent wins into consideration and only based on a who beat who i'd say Hatton.
I know what you mean but if the American fans think Winky will win isnt it Calzaghe job to try to prove them wrong. I dont really rate Hopkins win over a small De La Hoya but i dont blame him for taking the fight, a lot of people picked DLH to win. Plus the size comparison between Hopkins who started his career at light heavy and De La Hoya who started his career at super feather is far greater than Calzaghe and Winky.
Maybe the size difference isn't as great as Hopkins/DLH, but it's still a big difference.
The size difference between Wright and Calzaghe is a big deal to me, it's an unfair advantage and doesn't make for very competitve fight.
I'm tired of listening to Americans that just don't get boxing... (It's not all Americans just the majority). I think we're losing sight of what we want from fighters... GREAT MATCH UPS AND COMPETITIVE FIGHTS!
If they wanna watch Bernard Hopkins fight De La Hoya then they should start up there own fight league... Where everyone has to fight like Mayweather and Judah... No one's allowed to get rough the other guy up... and so on... so on...
Bit like how they took rugby, put on protective clothing and called it American Football.
Or how they couldn't get to grips with the rules of Cricket so they started up rounders/baseball.
Or how they were uncompetitve at F1 so they started up Indy500
Americans want to see an American fight another American for the World title in America... And that's about the size of it... Even if it is a total missmatch like DLH/Hopkins.
Maybe the size difference isn't as great as Hopkins/DLH, but it's still a big difference.
The size difference between Wright and Calzaghe is a big deal to me, it's an unfair advantage and doesn't make for very competitve fight.
I'm tired of listening to Americans that just don't get boxing... (It's not all Americans just the majority). I think we're losing sight of what we want from fighters... GREAT MATCH UPS AND COMPETITIVE FIGHTS!
If they wanna watch Bernard Hopkins fight De La Hoya then they should start up there own fight league... Where everyone has to fight like Mayweather and Judah... No one's allowed to get rough the other guy up... and so on... so on...
Bit like how they took rugby, put on protective clothing and called it American Football.
Or how they couldn't get to grips with the rules of Cricket so they started up rounders/baseball.
Or how they were uncompetitve at F1 so they started up Indy500
Americans want to see an American fight another American for the World title in America... And that's about the size of it... Even if it is a total missmatch like DLH/Hopkins.
Yeah, totally true. I'm sick of uneducated American fans assuming everyone who doesnt fight in the US as bums. It wasnt long ago when Vitali Klitschko, Jean-Marc Mormeck, Clinton Woods, Roman Karmazin and Ricky Hatton were being called bums!!
I agree that Calzaghe is too big for Winky but if people are willing to watch it you cant blame Calzaghe for cashing in, its not like he has any other options.
Bit like how they took rugby, put on protective clothing and called it American Football.
1) Ahem. Our football players would crush yours. Understand this. All we did was take rugby and make it better. You do realize our sport has more deaths per 100 than boxing and "your" rugby, right? I guess not.
2) Generalizations are not your friend. Hardly any hardcore boxing fan or expert gave DLH a chance to win, nor were there that many people even excited about the fight (except die-hard DLH groupies who hoped without hope for a lucky win). So no, DLH-Hopkins was not a fight that was in high demand by Americans anymore than any other DLH fight. It had little to do with Hopkins.
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