thoughts on calzaghe?

[BoloShot]

Im not giving no credit for that BS Jones Jr win though. Its comical how Calzaghe fans try to milk that shyt. Everyone knows Prime Roy wuda mopped the floor with Joe lol

Eh Jones wasnt completely gone but he certainly wasn't at his peak at that point.

[sunny31]

His resume feels kinda Rocky Marciano-ish in that the biggest name guys came in his last fights when they were old/past prime. He does got some nicer & wider distribution of wins & its hard to argue with a guy who's got ANY names on his record that never took an L & boxed til he was past prime too doe so fair play to him.

I guess as a US guy in a less UK-centric era it was hard to follow Joe to have a lot of respect for his accomplishments. If I was more in tune with UK boxing back then I think I'd probably have a better opinion of Joe.

Yeah his resume is underwhelming, but he still beat some solid guys that he doesn't get credit for. He beat Richie Woodhall who was a solid former champ, Byron Mitchell beat Sven Ottke but didn't get the decision, he was a bit like Randall Bailey I would say, solid fighter could punch like a mule but a bit limited. Eubank past prime was solid considering JC inexperience at the time...but those are all still c-level wins, I guess you could say at least he destroyed them.

His best wins came when he himself was maybe past best. Lacy, Bika, Kessler, Hopkins, Jones...apart from Hopkins which could have gone either way, again they were all clear and pretty one sided...its a shame he wasnt in som me more testing fights. Glen Johnson, Tarver, Jermain Taylor would have all been nice

[deathofaclown]

Great fighter but not a great because he never dared or had the drive to be great, or maybe he was a bit mismanaged earlier in his career too.

Shame really, he showed he was a really top fighter on the rare occasions he fought good fighters like undefeated Kessler. I think he could’ve and would’ve beaten a lot of top guys, almost all of them, but it means nothing unless you actually do it.

It’s quite strange really, he was a 2 weight champ, retired 46-0 and you could still actually say he underachieved in some ways.

We probably never even got to see the best of Calzaghe either. He was already mid 30’s with shot hands when he fought the likes of Kessler. He spent his prime beating fringe contenders.

[Larry the boss]

very good boxer,agile with a great motor