How Great Was Joe Calzaghe?

[Tedkidlewis]

Okay I just touched on this in another topic.

I honestly was never a big Calzaghe fan but ya gotta call it honest in boxing. Kovalev is one of my favorite fighters but ill be honest, if Calzaghe was around in the light heavy division my boy Krusher would get whupped.

A lot of us American fans only got to know Joe against Lacy, Kessler, Hopkins and Jones.

HONESTLY I've since then studied Calzaghe, let the haters roll in but I think he was just as good as Roy Jones, James Toney, Bernard Hopkins any of those guys. There I said it.

I think guys like Eubank and Benn are incredibly underrated, especially Benn who has the greatest victory of them all against the GMan, which is unfortunately tarnished because of the aftermath.

Benn-Eubank is actually one of my favorite fights, I advise you watch it if you haven't....those guys were great but Calzaghe was on another level in my opinion.....never seen a guy that could fight like him.

Anyway how highly do you regard Joe Calzaghe?

[Scott9945]

Okay I just touched on this in another topic.

I honestly was never a big Calzaghe fan but ya gotta call it honest in boxing. Kovalev is one of my favorite fighters but ill be honest, if Calzaghe was around in the light heavy division my boy Krusher would get whupped.

A lot of us American fans only got to know Joe against Lacy, Kessler, Hopkins and Jones.

HONESTLY I've since then studied Calzaghe, let the haters roll in but I think he was just as good as Roy Jones, James Toney, Bernard Hopkins any of those guys. There I said it.

I think guys like Eubank and Benn are incredibly underrated, especially Benn who has the greatest victory of them all against the GMan, which is unfortunately tarnished because of the aftermath.

Benn-Eubank is actually one of my favorite fights, I advise you watch it if you haven't....those guys were great but Calzaghe was on another level in my opinion.....never seen a guy that could fight like him.

Anyway how highly do you regard Joe Calzaghe?

You're going to get buried in this thread.

And it does seem a bit curious that you say your American, yet your user name and your favorite fighters (Calzaghe, Benn, Eubanks) are all from the UK. Just a coincidence I'm sure.

[Sparked_26]

He was a great fighter. The problem with him was injuries and the fact he stunk the joint out multiple times when he was then verge of big fights earlier in his career.

It would have been better for him if his career started a decade previous.

[Tedkidlewis]

You're going to get buried in this thread.

And it does seem a bit curious that you say your American, yet your user name and your favorite fighters (Calzaghe, Benn, Eubanks) are all from the UK. Just a coincidence I'm sure.

I never said they are my favorite fighters, I'm talking about an era. My username is Ted kid Lewis coz I was studying his fights against Jack Briton at the time I signed up to this website. They fought over 20 times, the longest rivalry in history. I like fighters from all over the world, should I change my username to Ray Robinson to please you?

[Evil_Meat]

What in the hell did he do at 75 to suggest he could beat Kovalev and Stevenson. Lol this thread is a joke.

[daggum]

He was a great fighter. The problem with him was injuries and the fact he stunk the joint out multiple times when he was then verge of big fights earlier in his career.

It would have been better for him if his career started a decade previous.

but he didn't want it to start earlier. he was scared of flying thats why he couldn't fight in the usa(although he was caught flying to go on vacation) and he also said "I don't want tough fights, I just want big money."

[daggum]

What in the hell did he do at 75 to suggest he could beat Kovalev and Stevenson. Lol this thread is a joke.

easily outboxed by hopkins and dropped by shot jones jr=beat kovalev

[Tedkidlewis]

What in the hell did he do at 75 to suggest he could beat Kovalev and Stevenson. Lol this thread is a joke.

As I've previously said, I've never been a fan of Calzaghe and I'm a fan of Kovalev but in boxing you have to call it honestly.

[daggum]

also eubank and benn weren't in the same era as calzaghe. saying he's better is like saying canelo is better than mosley because he beat mosley. eubank and benn both have better resumes than calzaghe. the only thing calzaghe has is an undefeated record which shouldn't even be undefeated.

[daggum]

As I've previously said, I've never been a fan of Calzaghe and I'm a fan of Kovalev but in boxing you have to call it honestly.

and you honestly think the guy who fought completely square and who was wide open to power shots would beat kovalev? a guy who has shown he can outbox people from long range, beat them up on the inside, and time them when they come forward and has huge power beats calzaghe's one dimensional get close and try to rattle off combos style.