Hatton all day. I never liked Calzaghe's style.
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who was the better british boxer to watch, calzaghe or hatton?
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easily hatton. dirty...but knew how to punch. And he challenged himself all the way up to ATG level. Theres nothing higher.
joe was all slapping on deliberately weakened opposition until his welsh ref stopped the fight for no real reason.
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Originally posted by future hendrixx View Post
calzaghe "slapped" the dog sht out of lacy.
lacy wasnt much, strong guy though and very brave.
Dnt get me wrong -it was a good win considering it was the first time 33/34 year old JC had challenged for a major world title. When your best win before that was arguably Mario Veit.... then anything world class is a much better win,.Last edited by DreamFighter; 02-05-2018, 03:28 PM.
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i think a lot of brits forget that hatton had a very mauling style and held a lot. aside from the shocker over tszyu, his better than expected performance against mayweather, and dying magnificently against pacquiao, his fights weren't particularly exciting. unless you're british. in which case they were
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Originally posted by DreamFighter View Postyeh but so did 43 year old shot2utter shyt roy jones.
lacy wasnt much, strong guy though and very brave.
Dnt get me wrong -it was a good win considering it was the first time 33/34 year old JC had challenged for a major world title. When your best win before that was arguably Mario Veit.... then anything world class is a much better win,.
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Originally posted by future hendrixx View Postmy point was that ppl call joe a slapper as if to say he has zero power. lacys face disagrees. and im of the opinion that the beating lacy
Joe couldnt seriously hurt someone who was stopped by other moderate hitters, lacy's face proves the opposite of what you intend.
And really no, he wasnt going to be anything great ever. Lacy was just a tough thumper who knew how to throw it well.
Again - I will reiterate, and I really mean it, it was a good win for 33/34 year old joe, his ever attempt to win a major title.
Bit late in the game, later than many other brits who achieved it earlier like froch, reid, benn, McCrory, Hatton and even old Stuart Hall as well as many other Brits, but still a good effort by joe. Several of these guys beat a tougher american without any big hoohaa necessary, earlier and better than joe did.
Joe Cal even defended that IBF title once, a dirty bustup against Bika - but again almost all the guys above made more defences of their majors than that.Last edited by DreamFighter; 02-05-2018, 07:06 PM.
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