I think the Woodhall win is under-rated for Calzaghe, Woodhall had pedigree (Woodhall won the Gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games). Woodhall came very close to stopping Keith Holmes with one arm (Bernard Hopkins didn't come close to stopping Holmes), and remember that he had been kept on the WBC mandatory spot for 20 months by a certain Mr King! Woodhall dislocated his shoulder in training and as soon as King heard this only then did he give Richie his shot.
Now no offence to Markus Beyer, but he was nowhere near Woodhall's class. Woodhall had been out of the ring nearly a year (due to falling out with Warren) and was clearly rusty at the start of the fight with Beyer due to inactivity, but Woodhall schooled Beyer in the second half of the fight and won the last six rounds easily. Beyer couldn't believe the decision went his way, he'd just been given a boxing lesson.
The only person to ever get the better of Woodhall fair and square like Calzaghe did was Roy Jones Jr at the Olympics.
Now no offence to Markus Beyer, but he was nowhere near Woodhall's class. Woodhall had been out of the ring nearly a year (due to falling out with Warren) and was clearly rusty at the start of the fight with Beyer due to inactivity, but Woodhall schooled Beyer in the second half of the fight and won the last six rounds easily. Beyer couldn't believe the decision went his way, he'd just been given a boxing lesson.
The only person to ever get the better of Woodhall fair and square like Calzaghe did was Roy Jones Jr at the Olympics.
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