Joe Calzaghe is the real-life Rocky Balboa!

**!!! Beowulf !!!** · 10-23-2005, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by JUYJUY

He's a half-Italian Southpaw.

Chris Eubank = Apollo Creed

Chris who????????

**JUYJUY** · 10-23-2005, 05:43 PM

Or maybe you could say that Steve Collins was the real-life Rocky? Collins was very limited like Rocky but had a lot of heart like Rocky and a good chin like Rocky.

And Eubank was undefeated champion and the game's great showman at the time of Collins fighting him, just like Apollo was at the time of Rocky fighting him

**JUYJUY** · 10-23-2005, 05:46 PM

Balboa and Calzaghe might be both fighting Tarver soon

**trinidadpr87** · 10-23-2005, 05:48 PM

Rocky didn't sit on a title for 8 years and fight nobodies.

**Easy-E** · 10-23-2005, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by JUYJUY

He's a half-Italian Southpaw.

Chris Eubank = Apollo Creed

not a bad comparison except creed's nose was alot smaller the eubanks
and joe isnt a power puncher with no real form and tons of heart who fights great competition.
but other than that i guess its a good comparison

**!!! Beowulf !!!** · 10-23-2005, 05:50 PM

Originally posted by trinidadpr87

Rocky didn't sit on a title for 8 years and fight nobodies.

Well Rocky has been a touch inactive recently so some parallels could be made with Joe Calzaghe.

**JUYJUY** · 10-23-2005, 05:51 PM

Jeff Lacy = Clubber Lang??

**JUYJUY** · 10-23-2005, 05:52 PM

Originally posted by PBF34

and joe isnt a power puncher

You've got to be joking haven't you? Joe was knocking them over like skittles when he was climbing the rankings, he had a powerful left hook (and will have again when he moves up to 175, struggling to make 168 these last few years has weakened him).

**trinidadpr87** · 10-23-2005, 05:52 PM

Joe Calzaghe=The guy who turned down the Rocky Balboa fight.

Joe Calzaghe is the real-life Rocky Balboa!