Comments Thread For: Calzaghe: Lost Hunger, Fading Skills Forced My Retirement

[Kris Silver]

Pretty humble respectable comments from Calzaghe.

I just find it pretty sad some people can't just say that, instead of saying whose better than him. He's pretty much said he was fading and would get beat now.

There's always a few fighters whom are hyped to be beat or be better than him. Whilst he was active they were proven wrong. Whilst in-active he can't prove them wrong so they'll keep on racking on about new guys now. It's sad some people can't just respect a retired champion and his years of input into the sport they claim to love.

[Cotto 54/10]

Calzaghe is considered as one of the best in boxing and he will still be remembered as one by others.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Course everyone knows. Calzaghe tried to justify fighting Jones Jr as legit.

The truth comes out now!

I dont ever recall him saying Jones was as good as he was in his prime when he fought him....

[Scary]

I dont ever recall him saying Jones was as good as he was in his prime when he fought him....

Right, it isn't excactly rocket science to know that Roy wasn't the same as in his prime. I think he expected Calzaghe to think so.

And seriously man, he was calming his son, come on man, haters gonna hate.

[RichCCFC]

I rememeber and interview he did before the Kessler fight and he was was clearly hinting towards slipping as a fighter. Saying stuff like "I'm not as fast as I used to be and I don't hit as hard but I still have enough to beat him".

[The Devil]

Nice spin doctoring

Joe....lets get it correct here. You did not retire because your skills and desire were eroding. You retired because your skills were starting to be exposed as the public and network demands forced you to face legitimate fighters. You did quit while you were ahead as they say, but you will always be remembered as a coward, a fraud, a duck...and now a Coke Feind. Good Riddance Joe Mesi I mean Joe Calzaghe.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Joe....lets get it correct here. You did not retire because your skills and desire were eroding. You retired because your skills were starting to be exposed as the public and network demands forced you to face legitimate fighters. You did quit while you were ahead as they say, but you will always be remembered as a coward, a fraud, a duck...and now a Coke Feind. Good Riddance Joe Mesi I mean Joe Calzaghe.

You have David Haye in your avatar

[deanrw]

Joe was becoming an old and brittle fighter. He was slowly losing his reflexes and they were a very important part of his game. He was already without power for a long time and did not want to end up like Jones.

I don't blame him for walking away. I do wish he could have fought Bernard and Jones a few years earlier, but it is what it is. I wish Jones would have walked away years earlier also as continuing on diminished our memories of how good he was at one time.

[Dempsey52]

I wasn't much of a Calzaghe fan but I do give the man his respect for going out on his own terms. Wasn't a big power puncher but he did have fast hands. Truly at the moment considered the best super middleweight to have put gloves on with the number of title defenses. Plus staying undefeated since the age of 16 is quite an achievement itself.

[BattlingNelson]

Joe was becoming an old and brittle fighter. He was slowly losing his reflexes and they were a very important part of his game. He was already without power for a long time and did not want to end up like Jones.

I don't blame him for walking away. I do wish he could have fought Bernard and Jones a few years earlier, but it is what it is. I wish Jones would have walked away years earlier also as continuing on diminished our memories of how good he was at one time.

Agreed.

The best thing about the Calzaghe story is that he knew when to quit. Undefeated and nothing left to prove. We can say that about precious few fighters.