I think I understand why Joe Calzaghe is still mocked.

[b00g13man]

He's the definition of a fraud.

[uppercut510]

what act started all this racial tension between blks n whts????? why is this such a deeply rooted issue?????

[Madison Boxing]

joe calzaghe makes a lot of the american posters on here very insecure. he was there worst nightmare- a european fighter who couldnt be beaten. They told us lacy would beat the hype job- joe took him to school, the best america had to offer. Then they said joe would get schooled by hopkins and jones jr- joe fought them both in there backyards, clearly beat hopkins by landing more punches on him than anyone in their career has, and then he beat up roy jones without getting out of 3rd gear. The butthurt is still evident on this site, i thought people would have got over the beatings joe inflicted on there guys by now but obviously not

[iamboxing]

The guy humiliated and battered Hopkins, making a mockery of his so called good defence by landing more punches than any man before him, how humiliating for Popkins.

Then he made Roy Jones look like a club fighter who barely knew how to box, bashing him up round after round, was a bit of a joke really.
Bullied and beat those 2 with ease and not to mention beating more americans like Peter Manfredo and beat Jeff Lacy so bad you'd think Joe was his daddy.

Hating is bad people, especially to the americans out there. Give Joe his props and realise hes easily the best fighter of this generation since Floyd should have lost to Castillo.

Roy was way past his prime and Bhop was old too. If he beat them that would have been fine, but it's his gloating that I hate. When Roy was spurting blood everywhere he was playing around and disrespecting him, and when he beat Eubank (another one past his prime) he openly said afterwards he doesn't feel sorry or respect him as a fighter. He always gets them when they're about to keel over and retire. Sorry, he should have crossed the Atlantic when they were in their prime and fought them. At least Naseem Hamed did that back then. That's why no one outside of England really knows who he is.

[SugarRayCurtain]

The butthurt and denial in this thread is strong
Joe Calzaghe slapped (literally lol) their heros and theyre still crying

#staysalty

[TheUptownKid]

This is silly calzaghe is not atg

[koolkc107]

The butthurt and denial in this thread is strong
Joe Calzaghe slapped (literally lol) their heros and theyre still crying

#staysalty

No one is crying.

Not one person I saw here denied that Calzaghe is a great champion.

But, with his signature wins being over the hill versions of RJJ and BHop, the glory only goes so far.

You are like those folks who call Marciano the greatest heavyweight of all time and cite his wins over Louis and Moore as proof- while ignoring the two of them were ancient by the time Rocky met them.

And yeah, there is also the guys HE DIDNT fight the last few years or the guys he avoided by retiring.

[j.razor]

Thought Floyd CLEARLY lost to Castillo but it doesn't detract too much from his resume for me. It was one fight against an excellent opponent. He did win fair and square in the return. FWIW I think they split 24 rounds about even.

Nah, watch it again in slow motion and on mute....focus on the punches landing and the time in the round....

[Rockybigblower]

I love Calzaghe he is one of my favorites but I can't agree with this. One of the best, but he did catch the two best names in their 40's and he went a few years treading water.

Jones, Hopkins, Holyfield, Chavez, Whitaker are the best of recent times with Mayweather, Pacquaio, Marquez right there just slightly behind and then the rest is Calzaghe, Trinidad, Morales, Lewis, Barrera etc just behind that trio;

In my opinion of course. I think Crawford and Lomachenko are the two current guys I expect to break into that list.

And no dela hoya?

[Combat Talk Radio]

I love Calzaghe he is one of my favorites but I can't agree with this. One of the best, but he did catch the two best names in their 40's and he went a few years treading water.

Jones, Hopkins, Holyfield, Chavez, Whitaker are the best of recent times with Mayweather, Pacquaio, Marquez right there just slightly behind and then the rest is Calzaghe, Trinidad, Morales, Lewis, Barrera etc just behind that trio;

In my opinion of course. I think Crawford and Lomachenko are the two current guys I expect to break into that list.

Agree with everything EXCEPT putting Calslappy ahead of Morales. I'm sorry, I can't abide by that at all.