Why does Joe Calzaghe get so much hate?

[Haglerwins]

for me it's the slapping.I ****in hate his style

It's also illegal with the part of the glove that lands and he should've been DQ'd in multiple fights for non stop punching to the back of the head.

It's criminal what he was getting away with fighting at home. Subduing your opponents with a lot of illegal punching? Crazy.

I can understand if it was here and there to gain advantage, like how a Cotto will low blow you if you're way too fast or a Floyd sticking a forearm in your face, but this dude was ****ing dudes up throughout a whole fight with illegal ****.

He's smart, determined, has good agility and shows some power with punches to the body, I'll give him that.. but that undefeated record is smoke and mirrors.

[BillyBoxing]

simple, padded record. Boxing is about heart, taking on the best. You fight bums most of the time you get hate. His style of slapping doesn't help either.

Yet Hopkins fought about the same amount of bums in his middelweight reign but is a semi god in the US.

Kessler, Eubank>>any Hopkins win in his middleweight rein.

[Mister Wolf]

Yet Hopkins fought about the same amount of bums in his middelweight reign but is a semi god in the US.

Kessler, Eubank>>any Hopkins win in his middleweight rein.

I think Bernard stopping a young prime undefeated Glen Johnson is much more impressive and a better win than Joe beating Kessler.

[Alx.]

Yet Hopkins fought about the same amount of bums in his middelweight reign but is a semi god in the US.

Kessler, Eubank>>any Hopkins win in his middleweight rein.

to be fair hopkins fought more notable competition during his career, his mw reign was indeed weaker than calzaghes smw though