Honestly why did Joe Calzaghe retire??

[flat1985]

he never could. we've already exposed this myth time and time again yet you keep repeating it. why do you continue to pretend he could punch? what good does it do? please come join the rest of us in reality.

What a suprise you commenting in here. You need to let it go boi.

[daggum]

What a suprise you commenting in here. You need to let it go boi.

let the truth that he couldn't punch go so people can spread false information? nah i'd rather not and call out liars.

[jaskieee]

I mean if your gonna be undefeated and end your career, it seems like 50 wins would be the thresh hold. There are plenty of fights out there that this guy could take and him retiring seems to be acceptable to many, yet Bernard Hopkins fights on and when FMJ talks of retirement is shunned! SO he beat an old RJJ and squeaked away with a close win over BH sorta like JT (look where he is now)beat Eubanks ages ago and brutalized a young guy in Kessler who since has been brutalized again(lost).

I mean really Calzaghe was, is defintely talented by ending his career like he did should bring a littler more distaste.. he could fight the winner of BH_JP 2 or Dawson in the mean-while and that winner fight for the title. Yet he retired, since has admitted to ******* use and well he has fell off the map, 12 yrs as SMW champ and unlike a RJJ, Hopkins even Dawson his reign doesnt seem like anything big, if i where him id be mad and trying to prove im great look at the Klitschkos!!

I guess im trying to say Calzaghe seems to be a scared ass ***** and quit while he was on the top (so he thought) to avoid the oncoming stampede of good fights, fighters arising at that class yay!?!

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[daggum]

if you look at press clippings and interviews throughout his career calzaghe strove to be at the top of boxing. then when he finally got there he abruptly retired! he couldn't handle the pressure of possibly losing and it shamed him into retirement. his record controlled him not vice versa.

[TOBYLEE1]

at 37 why not? There are always going to be another fighter comming up that he should had fought. Can't fight everybody

[GoogleMe]

Joe always had problems with his back, and his hands were totally smoked and done. Injuries ended Calzaghe's career.

[daggum]

Joe always had problems with his back, and his hands were totally smoked and done. Injuries ended Calzaghe's career.

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when you punch this hard your bones are bound to break.

[PACnPBFsuck]

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when you punch this hard your bones are bound to break.

He's slapping Manfredo Jr. which punch was hard?, Great stoppage ref how many QUIDS did they pay you.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

No real big fights left. The Dawson fight would've been good for us diehards but it wasnt appealing enough financially to stick around. Same reason Hopkins continues to duck Dawson

[daggum]

He's slapping Manfredo Jr. which punch was hard?, Great stoppage ref how many QUIDS did they pay you.

all of them. they had to transport manfredo back to the states in a pine box and the ref suffered a collapsed lung and internal bleeding.