Gerald McClellan vs. Joe Calzaghe?

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  1. Ramonza Soliloquies

    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Who do we like, fellas?

    I fancy Calzaghe's chances, personally.
     
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    Calzaghe probably wins (I'm assuming that this is at 168?)

    MTF
     
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    loadedgloves "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Calzaghe.

    McClellan's right would make things interesting, though.
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    Calzaghe.... wouldn't take the fight.

    But if he did, he'd probably win.
     
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  5. Ramonza Soliloquies

    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Fear of flying? :lol:
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    :lol:

    However you want to put it.
     
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  7. Joe King

    Joe King WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    McClellan TKO7
     
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    Destruction and Mayhem PHASE ----3

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    Outside of a huge punch changing the fight dramatically, Calzaghe wins every second of every round.
     
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    whiskey Czarcasm

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    Calazghe takes his customary early trip to the canvas but after about 4 rounds he takes over the fight and wins a UD
     
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    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    Calzaghe sucks. McLelland by KO.
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    This wouldn't be Jones or Hopkins dropping him early... if that happens, it's G-man by KO.
     
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    loadedgloves "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Agree with this and clarified the post slightly :-)

    If the G-man drops Calzaghe, he doesn't get up again. Good puncher's chance but Calslappy still has to be favored. If I were betting on this fight, I'd probably put money on G-man by KO and Calzaghe by decision both.
     
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  13. Ramonza Soliloquies

    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    You fellas mostly pick Calzaghe's jaw to withstand the McClellan punch, though?

    What might McClellan's approach be for this fight?
     
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    Destruction and Mayhem PHASE ----3

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    Calzaghe's been dropped a couple times but he's never looked badly hurt to me...and we all know he's never been stopped. If Benn (albeit miraculously) could get up more than once to win, Calzaghe could also. So I don't know why people are saying in this thread that if Calzaghe goes down he doesn't get up.
     
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  15. Ramonza Soliloquies

    Ramonza Soliloquies "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Additionally, there was nothing at all in the knockdown against Jones. Replays plainly showed Jones' wrapping south of the heel connecting with Calzaghe, with the glove not even glancing him.
     
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    whiskey Czarcasm

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    If he landed a crushing blow then sure, but as we've seen it doesn't take a devastating shot to put Joe down.
     
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    The Jones knockdown was practically a forearm smash :lol: A glancing blow indeed! Calzaghe was never seriously hurt once, by anyone in near fifty fights. He had excellent recuperative powers and a very solid chin.

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    Still sucked in every way.
     
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    I really can't adequately express my contempt for Calzaghe's style, personality or cynical career trajectory.

    McClelan would win. He's better than anyone Calzaghe ever faced, besides a 43 year old Hopkins who was at a huge style disadvantage against Joe's volume at that age.
     
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    I dunno about that, from my point of view you've done an excellent job! :giggle:
     
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    Well let's just say that my moaning about him never seems to quite scratch the itch.:lol:
     
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    loadedgloves "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Calzaghe does suck. But McClellan tends to get a bit overrated.. he was kind of a basic 1-2 fighter and Calzaghe's style and yes, skill, would be tough for him to deal with.
     
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    Calzaghe comfortably
     
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    Cool, that's what I meant anyway.
     
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    Calzaghe did indeed suck balls... he was not a great fighter

    However, McClellan wasn't all that good either... he's astonishingly overrated around here... If G-Man is the best fighter (prime wise) that Calzaghe ever fought, than the opposite is also true

    I think that Welsh faggot slaps his way to a decision
     
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  27. steve_dave

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    Gman could punch him square in the face though.
     
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    If only he could do it a bunch of times

    Calzaghe is probably angling for a match with him NOW
     
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    I just don't get why people say that. I see something completely different when I watch Calzaghe fight. Dude was fast, busy, smart, reasonably elusive, determined, accurate. I dunno what else he could be in order to convince people he was a tremendous talent.
     
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    Somebody who'd fight a couple of decent fighter before they hit middle age.
     
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