Why did people get mad bout Calzaghe clowing Roy?

[BKM-2010]

Roy Jones was "clowing" while knocking his opponents down or out. Calzaghe's "clowing" was him just being a prick. You get a free pass if you are being extremely effective with your clowing. No offense but dancing like a white person in a black and white video of the 50s while throwing grazing slaps doesn't give you a free pass.

[robertzimmerman]

People got mad, simply because, everybody knows that Joe had no intentions of fighting Roy at anywhere near his peak. He demanded the Crown ***els to face him in 2002, despite nobody outside of the U.K. not really knowing who he was. He claims he chased a fight with Roy for years, despite not fighting in Roy's country or weight class. In his own words "I could probably give Roy Jones the fight of his life, but I know what my capabilities are, and unless I got paid the Crown ***els, I wouldn't do it." Does that sound as though he was confident of beating Roy?

The guy's a joke. In 2006 he said Roy was washed up, and beating him at this point would be pointless after the knockout defeats. Then two years later, when Roy's two months away from his 40th birthday, all of a sudden Roy's back to his best and it's relevant fight again. That's why people are mad. He knows full well that he couldn't have beat Roy at his best.

He fought Roy FOUR YEARS AFTER he'd been knocked out twice. Then just 12 months after Joe beat him on points, Danny Green knocked him out in under three mins. Shall we give Joe a medal? The guy struggled with Reid and Kessler, what do you think a peak version of Roy would have done to him? Do you think he'd have stuck his face out and made faces at Roy when Roy was in his late 20's, early 30's? ****ing Enzo would have had to have carried him back to his dressing room.

Clowning a guy at 40, after you've stayed out of his way all of your career? Brilliant Joe. You were scared of flying, but you overcame your fear when Roy was 40? Ha!

The guy's a ****ing joke!

[Larry the boss]

buuuuuuuuuuuuump

[Left2theliver]

Because they hoped that Roy would somehow magically go back to his prime overnight and do what he use to do, when Calzaghe just came in and schooled him while messing around.

[Boxingwizard]

No one is mad at Calzaghe clowning Roy. What people are mad about is Calzaghe fighting Roy in the first place. Calzaghe didn't want to fight Dawson or Pavlik at the time, which would have enhanced his legacy.