Comments Thread For: Joe Calzaghe Can Rebuild Nathan Clevery, Says Dad

[MDPopescu]

Before the Kovalev fight, Calzaghe said Clev would easily win that one...
... Now he wants to "rebuilt" Clev? OK.

[Hesh Rabkin]

Before the Kovalev fight, Calzaghe said Clev would easily win that one...
... Now he wants to "rebuilt" Clev? OK.

Read the article, it doesn't contain a single quote from Calzaghe.

[Citizen Koba]

While Kovalev's best win is Cleverly, you can't really compare him to Calzaghe....

I don't see any evidence that Calzaghe is even able to train people, his dad maybe.

Wasn't Lennox Lewis helping to 'train' David Price before he got knocked out the 2nd time? Floyd Mayweather could train Nathan Cleverly but he's not going to be able to fight like Floyd. The basic fact of the Kovalev fight was Cleverly fought a ****** fight, he stood there to be hit. Movement, movement, movement! you're in with a big puncher you don't just stand in front of him. He doesn't need Joe Calzaghe to tell him that. Cleverly's got a good chin, isnt a bad boxer, if just smartens up he will be 25% better already.

White's trainers had the same game plan; boxing and movement, that was supposed to be what Clev was going to do too. I ain't quite sure if these fighters lacked the skill to carry out the plan or if Kovalevs style makes it difficult.

He is deceptively mobile and rangy for a big guy, and his punches seem to come from everywhere without him loading up like a traditional big -hitter. Could be that people always seem to be standing in front of him 'cos he positions himself so that they are.

[kafkod]

Joe would have Ud'd him... tested his chin??? as in hurt him with slaps???

haha Joe would have outclassed him but no way he's testing any elite chin

How do you know Kovalev has an elite chin? He's never been hit hard as a pro.

Calzaghe, btw, KO'd 69% of his opponents in a career which included 24 world title fights. If he could teach Cleverley how to "slap" like that, Nathan would test Kovalev's chin himself in a rematch.

[richardt]

The words "rematch with Kovalev" should never be spoken or written. I have seen a short clip called Bambi vs Godzilla and I don't need to see a rematch of that anymore than this. This is a case of physics. I don't care anymore to see what happens to cars when they are hit by Mac Trucks. I already know.

[Grimmer]

How do you know Kovalev has an elite chin? He's never been hit hard as a pro.

Calzaghe, btw, KO'd 69% of his opponents in a career which included 24 world title fights. If he could teach Cleverley how to "slap" like that, Nathan would test Kovalev's chin himself in a rematch.

MASSIVE PUNCHER!

[JamesEarl]

rebuild Cleverly my butt

all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put that worthless dimwit Cleverly back together again.

[King_]

Cleverly will be fine. They're looking at this all wrong. He would be fine against the Clouds of the division. Kovalev was the single absolute worst matchup for him and they can fight 100 times and it will be the same result. IMO Cleverly beats most LHW's besides Kovalev, Adonis and Hopkins. He's a top 10 LHW IMO.

[AURIDE]

For sure King. definitely top ten IMO

[SN!PER]

Enzo and Joe Calzaghe plan to tie fly swatters to Cleverly's hands and lock him in a room with a hornet's nest every day. At the end of twelve weeks, he'll be able to throw 200 punches a round.