How good was Joe Calzaghe?

[chunky_mcdaniels]

He’s definitely the type of guy that would elevate his game on the big stages.

Yeah him and his Pops had this incredible capacity to keep pulling water from the well, even when it had run dry.

He just couldn't go round anymore, he'd spent all the adrenaline getting up for the last 5 fights. Fire was out.

 

[desjardins]

Never liked dude
He was like Clarissa shields with all the weak ass shoe shine slap punches
I give him all credit for the lacy win but I was frustrated as fukk with the bhop match.
iirc that was the fight bhop said he’d never lose to a white boi
I was in full agenda mode for that match, hating on calzaghe like shyt only for bhop to do the slow start and barely any work rate thing he would periodically do late in his career

 

[patscorpio]

He was like Clarissa shields with all the weak ass shoe shine slap punches

i have to give him a little credit...calzaghe could actually punch when he sat on his shots but his hands were fukked so you got those shoeshines...and he actually hurt ppl with those shoeshines lol...shields never did the type of damage calzaghe did with his punches

 

[Art Barr]

He was a cherry pickin ducker.
I have no respect for calzaghe besides the basic respect i have for any person in the sport. Yet that is where it stops.

Dude purposefully clout chased roy. While ducking him the entire time.
before roy did the impossible at hw.
then damaged his physiology chasing the real sugar ray. Ray robinson.
Harsh but real talk.

fukk joe calzaghe.



Art Barr

 

[krackdagawd]

Nobody caring about this generic euro makes me

Hid his ass over seas and came over here to get struggle wins over our washed legends and he barely did that

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Never liked dude
He was like Clarissa shields with all the weak ass shoe shine slap punches
I give him all credit for the lacy win but I was frustrated as fukk with the bhop match.
iirc that was the fight bhop said he’d never lose to a white boi
I was in full agenda mode for that match, hating on calzaghe like shyt only for bhop to do the slow start and barely any work rate thing he would periodically do late in his career

Calzaghe's hands were so phucked his sparring was basically doing 3x12 on the punchbag

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

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.

After

Jeff Lacy Suffers Possible Career Ending Shoulder Injury • East Side Boxing • News Archives

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

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

Bad Chad best win was vs Adamek.

Unless its fine to use old Road Warrior and Tarver to prop up Chads wins. But cannot use Roy and BHop for Calzaghes wins

 

[Knicksman20]

Bad Chad best win was vs Adamek.

Unless its fine to use old Road Warrior and Tarver to prop up Chads wins. But cannot use Roy and BHop for Calzaghes wins

What are you talking about? If you really watched boxing back then, you'd know Bad Chad passed the eyeball test & had the W's & skills to back it up. He damn near pitched a shutout against Adamek which really solidified people really high on him back in the day. And he dominated both Johnson & Tarver as he should have when most experts thought he'd have some problems with them. Which neither were as faded as Roy was when he faced Joe Cal. Roy literally had no chance of beating him but managed not only to drop him but hurt him real bad lol? Roy couldn't even finish him & that should tell you everything you need to know so stop the nonsense

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

What are you talking about? If you really watched boxing back then, you'd know Bad Chad passed the eyeball test & had the W's & skills to back it up. He damn near pitched a shutout against Adamek which really solidified people really high on him back in the day. And he dominated both Johnson & Tarver as he should have when most experts thought he'd have some problems with them. Which neither were as faded as Roy was when he faced Joe Cal. Roy literally had no chance of beating him but managed not only to drop him but hurt him real bad lol? Roy couldn't even finish him & that should tell you everything you need to know so stop the nonsense

Chad was a good fighter who didnt live up to his potential and was mentally weak. Always had someone else to blame but himself.

 

[Art Barr]

Calzaghe's hands were so phucked his sparring was basically doing 3x12 on the punchbag

Punk bih hid over in the uk.
So long he could uzs that as an excuse.
When we saw cot damn floyd chsnge from pretry boy to money may and go through extensive discovery zones in the health industry to correct amd find solutions to his hands unjuries in his career. That halted numerous fight preps. For then pbf. Nkw money may.
To the point the gloves company he employed for a while. During this injured hand period is key to his success as well. Which is why money may.
inspects gloves rather well prebout of his opponents.
Evident of youtube footage.
Of money may procuring a set of gloves prebout. posted over the years of his career.



Art Barr

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Punk bih hid over in the uk.
So long he could uzs that as an excuse.
When we saw cot damn floyd chsnge from pretry boy to money may and go through extensive discovery zones in the health industry to correct amd find solutions to his hands unjuries in his career. That halted numerous fight preps. For then pbf. Nkw money may.
To the point the gloves company he employed for a while. During this injured hand period is key to his success as well. Which is why money may.
inspects gloves rather well prebout of his opponents.
Evident of youtube footage.
Of money may procuring a set of gloves prebout. posted over the years of his career.



Art Barr

Lidocaine

 

[GunRanger]

I respect Froch more