Joe Calzaghe Appreciation Thread

[BattlingNelson]

youre idding me, Jo would have won every round.

If anything, Ottke gets severely underrated on this board. Just saying.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

And on that note not much else really needs to be said.

Paul Williams hero worshipped Calzaghe and tried to mimic his style. Failed miserably but it was a good try.

[DreamFighter]

If anything, Ottke gets severely underrated on this board. Just saying.

Ottke, good enough to just sc**** a title defence or two in a young division before needing a corrupt ref to keep him from losing.

no offensive ability, totally defensive cardio strong, that's all.

[SouthPawHitman]

I agree with Battling Nelson,Sven was actually pretty good. He is fairly underrated.

[BattlingNelson]

Ottke, good enough to just sc**** a title defence or two in a young division before needing a corrupt ref to keep him from losing.

no offensive ability, totally defensive cardio strong, that's all.

He clearly beat Glen Johnson years before Johnson KTFO Jones. So defensive cardio was enough apparently.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

He clearly beat Glen Johnson years before Johnson KTFO Jones. So defensive cardio was enough apparently.

That's why it makes me laugh when people say Sir Joseph ducked Johnson. The guy was literally considered a journeyman who was one of the few foreign fighters who had a legitimate loss to Sven Ottke

[DreamFighter]

That's why it makes me laugh when people say Sir Joseph ducked Johnson. The guy was literally considered a journeyman who was one of the few foreign fighters who had a legitimate loss to Sven Ottke

yet he did duck the fight repeatedly, remember this was at a time when Joe was a nobody with the wborthless title and only one good opponent on his titleside resume.

Joe was prone to attempting to duck whenever he thought he was outmatched, so its actually very likely to be true, and not laughable at all.

[DreamFighter]

He clearly beat Glen Johnson years before Johnson KTFO Jones. So defensive cardio was enough apparently.

then its one of his few real defences.

[LoadedWraps]

I assume you're trolling but some of the excuses you come up with for Kessler getting bashed up lead me to believe that you might not be.

He's trolling.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

yet he did duck the fight repeatedly, remember this was at a time when Joe was a nobody with the wborthless title and only one good opponent on his titleside resume.

Joe was prone to attempting to duck whenever he thought he was outmatched, so its actually very likely to be true, and not laughable at all.

Johnson was a journeyman, there was no reason to duck him. Johnson was supposed to fight Calzaghe in 1998 or something but Johnson got knocked down and lost to Omar Sheika