is calzaghe one of the best fighters ever

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  1. steve_dave

    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    Jake set it straight on that last bit years ago.
     
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    Jake :partie:
     
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    Punk "Twinkle Toes" McJack Staff Member

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    Calzaghe suffered from a lack of self belief. He was actually a pretty handy, fast, hard-chinned, adaptable boxer/slapper.
     
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  4. Neil

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    bika was a better victory for ward than miranda

    reid is in calzaghe's top 5? :atu: he looked like shite in that one, mate
     
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    So Jake said that Hopkins didn't pull out of a fight with Calzaghe?

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    I know. I was there. He fought like shit.

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  7. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    And as usual, we'll ignore the fact that Calzaghe peaked late(like Hopkins) & was very close to his absolute best and that Hopkins would have been fucking mental to take the deal offered in 2002.
     
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    As long as we don't pretend that Calzaghe was young or say that Joe should have fought Hopkins earlier, I have no objections.

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  9. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    He was 'young' boxing wise in that he was pretty much at his peak.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Definitely Calzaghe, Ward is like the diet version of Super Joe Calzaaaaghe
     
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  11. Jimmy

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    Who cares who has the better resume or not, Calzaghe beats Ward handily.
     
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  12. *Z*

    *Z* WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Ward would stop Calzaghe.
     
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    Jimmy The Greatest of Are Times

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    I give Ward some props. He's better than what I used to think of him, but I think Joe would have found a way to win. Just a better fighter imo.
     
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    Based on Ward's excellent power, superior handspeed and Joe's record of being stopped a few times?

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    So much at his peak that he retired.

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    Amen. Ward would whip the wimpy Welshman so bad he'd be shipping shillelaghs to Schenectady by spring.
     
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    crap-saggy was fast and a good borderline great slapper
     
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    *Z* WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    based on both of their fights with Kessler, it seems to me Ward is the better fighter. Too bad Calzaghe was a chicken shit or we might actually know how good he was.
     
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    Calzaghe would have been Bute... no Super 6 for him.
     
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    Yep. At least Ward is trying to fight the best guys out there. Can't say the same for Calzaghe.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Calzaghe laid the blueprint so Ward already knew what to do
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Still laughing at Miranda :lol:

    I am the least biased poster here, so I see things as they are. Calzaghe beats Ward.
     
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    Seriously. Stop it.
     
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    Ward would kick the shit out of Calzaghe.
     
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    Who cares? When was he better? When he was making a three course meal of David Starie & Richie Woodhall? When he was getting put on his ass by Charles Brewster? When?
     
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    Let the truth set you free Hut.
     
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    "blueprint" is a super ghey argument.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    Not only did Calzaghe lay the blueprint, he didn't have to use goat tactics either to achieve his win
     
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    He didn't get floored by Brewer he was floored by Mitchell and Salem, damn sight better than being floored by Darnell Boone :atu:
     
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    Brewster, Mitchell.....I can't even remember who these bums are & they were the best guys he fought for like ten years.
     
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