Calzaghes injury excuses

[Bozo_no no]

I don't think Anybody could have an easy UD over Eubank, if Eubank was at his best.

You seem to think a lot of things...

[Easy-E]

And if he loses, it just proves that he was a fraud

it proves that joe was a "champ" who never stepped up to the plate and when he did, he got beat

[Easy-E]

I don't think Anybody could have an easy UD over Eubank, if Eubank was at his best.

of course not
eubank was the best ever

[JUYJUY]

it proves that joe was a "champ" who never stepped up to the plate and when he did, he got beat

I give up...

[JUYJUY]

of course not
eubank was the best ever

No he wasn't, Joe Gans was the best ever.

[Xol]

I like Calzaghe and all, but... Jones would have killed him. Mid to late round stoppage. As for why that never happened? Probably because Roy didn't like to fight outside the states the same way Calzaghe seems to only fight within his home country. Roy was the champ at the time if I remember correctly, so why go over to a country where the judges will be biased against you and risk your title if the fights goes all the way?

As for Hopkins? He most likely ducked Calzaghe... meh, never liked Hopkins all that much.

[JUYJUY]

I like Calzaghe and all, but... Jones would have killed him. Mid to late round stoppage. As for why that never happened? Probably because Roy didn't like to fight outside the states the same way Calzaghe seems to only fight within his home country. Roy was the champ at the time if I remember correctly, so why go over to a country where the judges will be biased against you and risk your title if the fights goes all the way?

As for Hopkins? He most likely ducked Calzaghe... meh, never liked Hopkins all that much.

I actually think, based on particular styles, it's just difficult for me to picture Calzaghe getting the better of Jones Jr.

However, Calzaghe would of beaten Hopkins convincingly.

[Easy-E]

No he wasn't, Joe Gans was the best ever.

but eubank, on a good day, would have got the best of him

[Xol]

To put it in the simplest terms:

If Calzaghe beats Lacy he garners a lot of respect he hasn't had from American fans for a long time. Then, and ONLY then, should he move to the States and start taking in more of the bigger names. Face it. The sad truth is, if you don't have the support of American boxing fans you're nothing. You can be the greatest talent in the world in Britain for 20 years straight, but if you're not knocking people out on HBO or SHO PPV's then you most likely won't be remembered in the record books. Case in point: Hatton signing with HBO. He knows that if he doesn't come over to America then he'll never be as big as he can get.

Now... if Lacy beats Calzaghe... then Calzaghe is pretty much dead on the American front. No ifs, ands or buts about is because it will cement him as a guy who fought in his home country all his life and when he finally fought a big name American fighter he got put in his place. THAT, is how 99% of boxing fans will see if it he loses. Sad, but true.

[JUYJUY]

but eubank, on a good day, would have got the best of him

Probably, seeing as Eubank was a natural light-heavyweight and Gans was a lightweight.