If Joe Calzage didin't retire and entered super 6 how would he fare?

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    He will if he is still alive.
     
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    What if TKO misses the thread?.. you should nail it home where it's due.
     
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    .....and last.

    Seriously...i like De Gale...but i'm still not sure who's the best 168 prospect in the UK....Groves has looked very good so far, and against better opposition. De Gale's got the tools though.
     
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    Groves has that amateur win over DeGale, fair play to him, but he ain't all that. Sutherland was the bigger threat to DeGale (RIP). Groves will reach European level, maybe claim a world title belt, but it will be Gavin Rees-ish imo. DeGale is incredibly talented when he puts his shots together, but it's raw potential at the minute, I just hope O'Donnell is a good enough trainer to bring out the best in him, which I'm not sure of.
     
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    We'll never know how good Sutherland would go on to be, but i was unimpressed by his pro outings...he looked pretty dreadful in his last fight.
     
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    I thought he looked great up until that last one, when yea he did look pretty shite. Isn't that one of the theories as to why he did what he did? He did strike me as a pretty sensitive boy, away from home, who could be easily hurt by criticism. Sad thing that was.
     
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    adam what do you think of O'Donnell as a trainer?
     
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    I think he's good...it is hard to say how good he really is because he's not had someone with the natual ability to make waves at the top level. But he whips his fighters into good shape, and always seems to have a strong relationship with them.

    Danny Williams was, and still is, an enigma. He put in some great performances under Jim's tutorage, and some shockers....but Jim is a trainer, not a psychologist so there was only ever so much he could do.

    Takaloo was a success story - someone who truly got the most out of what he had....and the trainer has to be given a fair amount of credit for that.

    With De Gale, so far so good....he was a little erratic at the weekend, but showed real class at times. He's definitely shown improvement since turning pro. For now, he's in good hands.
     
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    Yea good point, he is unproven thus far. I do worry though that he doesn't have what it takes to get the best out of DeGale, same as I worry about Farnell being good/experienced enough to take Gavin to the next level, although Frankie looks shit hot so far. The reason I worry about DeGale is that whenever he was making those silly errors against Horton, Jim never seemed to be picking him up on it in his corner, and you don't want to be getting into bad habits at this stage.
     
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    Calzaghe would have been favourite - Probably would have topped the group, but if he met Ward or Abraham in the Semi's or Final then it would have been close.
     
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    Abraham is made for Calzaghe. Ward is the only one with a real shot, Dirrell possibly
     
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    styles make fights and dirrell vs calzaghe fits that bill perfectly - not an easy one for Joe but he'd prove his worth in the end with a late flurry - TKO win Joe
     

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