Joe Calzaghe Appreciation Thread

[BattlingNelson]

then its one of his few real defences.

You obviously know very little.

[DreamFighter]

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

2004 is the year, Johnson's annus mirabilis, repeatedly called him out but Calzaghe was suddenly no longer interested.

I mean, I don't blame Joe, face it he wasn't brave for a fighter, he was always trying to escape dangerous opponents in favour of softies. But I would never disagree that he couldn't be edged out by Glen at SMW.

[DreamFighter]

You obviously know very little.

I have seen few of svens fights and the oens I have seen are frankly insulting to boxing, since they are hardly thrilling and abject cheating is rife in them.

so I prefer not to be forced into learning much about him. Its no fun.


I don't like knocking Joe too much, hes a Brit and I live in Britain,so I much prefer to be accurate about him, and hes a pretty good package all things considered. Cowardice is not the same thing at all as cheating.
I don't have such qualms about Sven cheating Ottke, he deserves all the crap he gets on these boards. A repeated cheat is a cheat by nature and deserves to be stripped of their titles.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

2004 is the year, Johnson's annus mirabilis, repeatedly called him out but Calzaghe was suddenly no longer interested.

I mean, I don't blame Joe, face it he wasn't brave for a fighter, he was always trying to escape dangerous opponents in favour of softies. But I would never disagree that he couldn't be edged out by Glen at SMW.

Calzaghe pulled out of the fight through injury and wanted to reschedule it but Johnson walked away and ended up fighting Jones instead.

[SouthPawHitman]

DreamFighter,why do you hate Joe Calzaghe so much?

[SouthPawHitman]

Bump for Sir Joe

[Jc8804]

Joe isnt top 65 alltime. Joe never beat a prime fighter .Joe beat has beens

Ill give this to joe , he had a cold chin like tito
And he is top 5 of most unorthodox fighters pioneers to their own style .
Joe has so much quality, wish he would have had heart like amir khan
And wanted to fight the best in mecca of boxing, the USA.

Fighters joe either avoided/missed/ducked prime or what have you

Roy jones
Bernard hopkins
James toney
Montell griffin
Virgil hill
Mike mcCallum
Michealzewski
Glen johnson
Antonio tarver
Chad dawson
Bika rematch
G man


To name a few.
Replace these fighters with better fighters and remember america is where the money an big fights and big stage is

[Humean]

Ill give this to joe , he had a cold chin like tito
And he is top 5 of most unorthodox fighters pioneers to their own style .
Joe has so much quality, wish he would have had heart like amir khan
And wanted to fight the best in mecca of boxing, the USA.

Fighters joe either avoided/missed/ducked prime or what have you

Roy jones
Bernard hopkins
James toney
Montell griffin
Virgil hill
Mike mcCallum
Michealzewski
Glen johnson
Antonio tarver
Chad dawson
Bika rematch
G man


To name a few.
Replace these fighters with better fighters and remember america is where the money an big fights and big stage is

Surely the 'duck' can go both ways, why was calzaghe ducking all these names but none of them were ducking Calzaghe? Anyone who talks about fighters ducking other fighters does not understand that boxing is a business.

This list is a joke, i'll only comment on one thing. McClellan was finished as a fighter on the 25th February, 1995. Calzaghe was less than a year and a half into his professional career at this point.

Do you really think anyone could possibly take your opinions seriously?

[Jc8804]

Joe stayed in the uk for a reason and faught cab drivers

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Ill give this to joe , he had a cold chin like tito
And he is top 5 of most unorthodox fighters pioneers to their own style .
Joe has so much quality, wish he would have had heart like amir khan
And wanted to fight the best in mecca of boxing, the USA.

Fighters joe either avoided/missed/ducked prime or what have you

Roy jones
Bernard hopkins
James toney
Montell griffin
Virgil hill
Mike mcCallum
Michealzewski
Glen johnson
Antonio tarver
Chad dawson
Bika rematch
G man


To name a few.
Replace these fighters with better fighters and remember america is where the money an big fights and big stage is

Oh dear. You were really reaching for names at the end, weren't you?