Calzaghe - the numbers don't lie

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  • lfc19titles
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    #91
    why did he had to travel? he was the champ, people refused to come over, when they did come over (lacy) he destroyed them, by the end it did harm his career, but imo it was not his fault, america has no divine right to boxing, if guys want the title, they should be willinf to travel, why is it always european fighters traveling?

    calzaghe did nothing wrong, yes he got desperate in the end and did travel but he tried his best to get them to come to wales which they never did

    hopkins himself admitted years before they fought, he agreed to come to wales to fight the champ, in the end he changed his mind, a lot of guys did that vs calzaghe

    challengers who have less status should travel and beat the champ, not force the champion to come to them

    I think it is american fans in general, they are happy for their guy to sit at home and wait for guys to come to them, but if a european does it, they make bs threads like these

    the reason calzaghe never had bigger fights is because american based fighters ducked him

    when he did go over to america, he made two legends his b....especially the racist hopkins, he outboxed him, hopkins and his fans relied on a gift decision, when it never came, they keep making excuses till this day

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    • daggum
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      #92
      Originally posted by lfc19titles
      why did he had to travel? he was the champ, people refused to come over, when they did come over (lacy) he destroyed them, by the end it did harm his career, but imo it was not his fault america has no divine right to boxing, if guys want the title, they should be willinf to travel, why is it always european fighters traveling?

      calzaghe did nothing wrong, yes he got desperate in the end and did travel but he tried his best to get them to come to wales which they never did

      hopkins himself admitted years before they fought, he agreed to come to wales to fight the champ, in the end he changed his mind, a lot of guys did that vs calzaghe

      challengers who have less status should travel and beat the champ, not force the champion to come to them

      I think it is american fans in general, they are happy for their guy to sit at home and wait for guys to come to them, but if a european does it, they make bs threads like these

      the reason calzaghe never had bigger fights is because american based fighters ducked him

      when he did go over to america, he made two legends his b....especially the racist hopkins, he outboxed him, hopkins and his fans relied on a gift decision, when it never came, they keep making excuses till this day
      calzaghe's dream was fighting in america so what are you talking about? he was too scared to fulfill his own dream because he didn't want to lose and couldn't get away with his early slap stoppages in america. why do you think golovking is fighting in america and not in kazakhstan? martinez, pacquiao, marquez, khan, alvarez, eric crumble, etc...they all fight here because it's the center of boxing. that's called reality. why don't you like reality?
      Last edited by daggum; 07-07-2013, 05:23 PM.

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