Calzaghe haters need to STFU!!!

[CRESCENDOPOWER]

Didn't say it was, but he ran the show. Just like Bhop ran the show at a below par 160 divison for the same 12 years.

He got in the ring, won World Titles, fought at 2 weights, made over 20 defenses of a belt, traveled and fought outside his backyard. (Denmark, Germany and the US and Scotland and England, if you want to get technical)

He made alot of money and fought in front of some big crowds (50,000+ for the Kessler fight), he unified and defeated unbeaten fighters. He was universally recognised as the No.1 in his division for a long period of time. He fought through adversity and injury. (The fragile hands)

He retired unbeaten. I'd say that's a successful career.

A successful career is one thing. Being compared to two of the greatest boxers to ever walk the face of the earth is another.

[P4P GOAT]

calzaghe beat roy jones easily and thats why people dislike him

[WESS]

Even though he's retired, you guys still try and **** on him with your bull**** hate threads. The people on here who know me, know that i'm not the biggest Calzaghe going but this is bull****!

It's funny how much more i appreciated how good Calzaghe was until he retired, especially when you look at what's on show at 168-175. Calzaghe wold eat all of them, even this version of Calzaghe. Maybe Chad Dawson would give Calzaghe a tough fight but even that would end up a comfortable for the taff.

Calzaghe's super skilled and a one-off. Real boxing fans will appreciate how good Calzaghe was and what he has achieved. Nearly all fighters should have done this and done that sooner, blah blah, but you can't just pin on Calzaghe, fess up.

**** it! I want Calzaghe to come back. There, i said it!

Who???????

[Sir Tom Jones]

Prime B-Hop, and prime Roy run circles around that stay at home mom. Don't ever use Roy, or B-Hops name in the same sentence as this clown.

jog on you slag.

[WESS]

That's called a "" (a straw man argument is a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.)

Calzaghe is legendary in purely British terms but not in world terms. No credible boxing historian would rate him outside the top 5 or so British fighters of all time, so in purely UK terms it's not a stretch to call him legendary. But no one other than really extreme nuthuggers would call him legendary in world terms. Nevertheless, most serious boxing historians would rate him near the bottom (in the 80-100 range) of the ATG list - or a few would have him just outside the top 100 but only just outside it.

If you define ATG as meaning the top 100 fighters of all time, then the majority of boxing historians would rate him as an ATG, but only near the bottom of the list. He is lower than Roy Jones in the list, and a lot lower than Hopkins. He can't be even mentioned in the same breath as top 50 ATG fighters like Leonard, and isn't even on the same planet as top 10 fighters like Ali. But to pretend that he isn't in or at least close to the top 100 of all time is just delusional.

Legendary, though, implies being near the top of the list, and in those terms, he's only legendary in a purely UK context. No Calzaghe fan who knows anything about boxing would claim he's in the top 50 of the world ATG list or that he's legendary in world terms. So you're using a straw man argument.

Dave, "I LOVE YOU MAN"!

[Dave Rado]

Prime B-Hop, and prime Roy run circles around that stay at home mom. Don't ever use Roy, or B-Hops name in the same sentence as this clown.

They'd have almost certainly won, but they would not have run circles around him, they'd have been fairly competitive fights. He had a style that would trouble anyone and a really exceptional ability to adjust mid-fight to other people's styles. Your post shows you up as a hater who doesn't understand boxing - or at the least, who allows their hatred to override their rationality.

And as for "stay at home", how many times did Roy or Barnard fight outside their country?

[CRESCENDOPOWER]

And as for "stay at home", how many times did Roy or Barnard fight outside their country?

When you are pound for pound in the world you don't have to. Come get some back in 1998, ten plus years ago you ***** ***** when these guy were in their prime.

[Chunk..]

Prime B-Hop, and prime Roy run circles around that stay at home mom. Don't ever use Roy, or B-Hops name in the same sentence as this clown.

Prime B-Hop backed out of a fight with Prime Calzaghe.

[CRESCENDOPOWER]

Prime B-Hop backed out of a fight with Prime Calzaghe.

LOL, prime B-Hop pisses on Calzaghe's face.

[Chunk..]

LOL, prime B-Hop pisses on Calzaghe's face.

It's a shame B-Hop didn't share your optimism. Instead, he backed out of the proposed fight.