is calzaghe one of the best fighters ever

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    I know a lot of people HATE Calzaghe, just as I used to.

    But objectively, he is very awkward - and has elite workrate, chin, speed, and stamina for his weight class. He is very difficult to beat, despite looking shitty and sloppy much of the time, not unlike Vitali.
     
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    Vitali is more like Mike Alvarado with a height advantage.
     
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    up until the last few years of his career he was basically on par with Sven Otke :laugh11:

    so no, he's not one of the best fighters ever
     
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    I never got the Ottke comparison, sure he fought a lot of the same guys but he always beat them in a far more dominant fashion.
     
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    fact is that there was a comparison
     
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    There's only a comparison because he was a beltholder at the same time and fought a lot of the same guys. Anyone with eyes could see that Joe was clearly better however.
     
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    If Calzaghe had a good trainer from 1997 onwards...one who taught him how to punch properly, he'd have been one of the greatest, for sure...
     
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    I'll let Ugo field this one....:Thumbs:
     
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    Calzaghe's trouble wasn't the lack of punching technique but holding his weight on his front foot which ultimately led to his failure
     
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    one thing Calzaghe did well was to mix up his power. he'd throw some fast and light shots but then mix in a couple with some real mustard on 'em and it always seem to do damage.
     
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    Calzaghe's trouble was his love of gayhomobuttsex
     
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    Nah, Calzaghe kept his head more central than a classic back foot stance but he led off his back footallot. YOU SLAAAG.
     
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    Enzo 'sparring is pointless' Calzaghe. Coach of the year.

    MTF :shit:
     
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    “Those pitty pat punches he throws were a little harder than I thought. I couldn't see out of my left eye.” Roy Jones

    "He thinks he's a puncher, I don't see that," Lacy told BBC Sport. "He hits with his hands open, slaps with certain punches":

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    MTF
     
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    "I was totally shot when I fought Joe Calzaghe." - Roy Jones

    "I'm shit." - Jeff Lacy
     
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    I agree with Lacy.
     
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    Lacy used to come into yahoo chats boxing room
     
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    Did he say he was shit?
     
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    :laughing: Wasn't one of the dirtbag Diaz brothers scheduled to fight Lacy not long ago? You gotta take Left Hook off the "notables" on Joe's resume, no? I think shit of all forms is offended by the comparison to Jeff Lacy.
     
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    I knew you were a good man Hut :bears:
     
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    Same. I was definitely on something.
     
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