How good was Joe Calzaghe?

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ill remember lacy as he should be remembered

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The next mike tyson
 

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Joe was actually past his prime when he started getting mainstream success in the US. You would have had to really pay attention to his wbo defenses in the uk to know how good he was.

I think he should have stepped up earlier. He’s definitely the type of guy that would elevate his game on the big stages.
 

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Joe was actually past his prime when he started getting mainstream success in the US. You would have had to really pay attention to his wbo defenses in the uk to know how good he was.

I think he should have stepped up earlier. He’s definitely the type of guy that would elevate his game on the big stages.
But he beats nobody elite at his best..not Roy, Toney, Ward.
 

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Overrated imo, best wins were against a permanently damaged Lacy and a past it Jones and Hopkins.
 

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Overrated imo, best wins were against a permanently damaged Lacy and a past it Jones and Hopkins.

kessler is his best win as a pro followed by lacy..he owns their zeroes...but lacy was 100 percent healthy for that fight with calzaghe..he wasn't damaged which made that win even more :francis:

agree with past it jones/b-hop..both still managed to drop him too :heh:

bhop gassed so bad in that fight, he was pulling out all types of shyt to stay in that fight

meanwhile roy after round 1 got destroyed over the next 11 rounds :francis:
 

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i despised calzaghe and his fighting...bika became a favorite of mine because joe absorbed a beating dealing with him lol....and then him saying he didnt want the hard fights in his prime...the shyt i gave danny and angel garcia hell for

he got out as 175 started getting strong...chad was calling him out...froch had been calling him out for years before that
 

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i despised calzaghe and his fighting...bika became a favorite of mine because joe absorbed a beating dealing with him lol....and then him saying he didnt want the hard fights in his prime...the shyt i gave danny and angel garcia hell for

he got out as 175 started getting strong...chad was calling him out...froch had been calling him out for years before that

That version of Bad Chad would've boxed circles around him
 

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kessler is his best win as a pro followed by lacy..he owns their zeroes...but lacy was 100 percent healthy for that fight with calzaghe..he wasn't damaged which made that win even more :francis:

agree with past it jones/b-hop..both still managed to drop him too :heh:

bhop gassed so bad in that fight, he was pulling out all types of shyt to stay in that fight

meanwhile roy after round 1 got destroyed over the next 11 rounds :francis:

Ah yeah, I was thinking he injured his shoulder before that fight but it was after. Probably was damaged anyway after the fight with Joe/took a lot of punches.
 
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