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Nervous Calzaghe comes rock bottom on Strictly

18.09.09



A nervous looking Joe Calzaghe lurched out with his dance partner Kristina tonight on the first episode of Strictly Come Dancing, to perform a tango in front of judges who later gave their opinions on the former boxing champion.

Poor Joe, wearing a face like a bloodhound and moving around the dance floor with the finesse of forklift truck, was roundly mauled by the highly critical judging panel.

"It was a performance that only a mother could love!" commented one judge, before they gave Joe and his dance partner the lowest score of the evening.

In an all too familiar turn of events, the boxer finds himself being floored in the very first round (not too dissimilar to his fights with Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins).

Joe and Kristina now find themselves looking to turn their luck around with another performance tomorrow evening to keep their competition hopes alive.

Let's hope he can turn on the moves in round two that made him a boxing superstar. Otherwise the voting public may throw in the towel.

Out from 3/1 to 16/1 in one dance. ouch

Didn't a judge made reference to Joseph sniffing his partner's hair or something?

I actually thought he would do well... During the last series his dance partner had the sloth to work with and i bet she prob thought she was getting the welsh John Travolta.... instead she got the welsh John Sargeant.

Poor Joe, i'll text him a vote

A very bad choice of music to do much to.

Dancing isn`t his thing for sure ... he`s just so introvert. He is obviously trying to occupy himself in retirement, but I think his people have made a bit of a mistake by putting him into something like this dancing stuff.

I don`t see him lasting very long indeed. Its obviously up to the public who goes .. but not really sure they will endear to him with the like of Phil Tuffnel about.

I do remember during Naz's heyday, Joe did, on one occasion, and I can't remember who he was fighting, trying to dance his way into the ring ala Naz-stylie.

It was embarrassing, he said it was embarrassing and the crowd thought it was embarrassing. Needless to say, he never did it again.

So Strictly Come Dancing and Joe didn't seem to me a brilliant idea. But fair cop to him for having a go

Is it wrong that I read the first post and thought it was a Hennessey press release?

Please note that I have no idea how Joe did on the show, so he may well have been shite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fJe-s_r ... r_embedded

This was a rehearsal.

G0mez wrote:Didn't a judge made reference to Joseph sniffing his partner's hair or something?

I actually thought he would do well... During the last series his dance partner had the sloth to work with and i bet she prob thought she was getting the welsh John Travolta.... instead she got the welsh John Sargeant.

Poor Joe, i'll text him a vote

Don't feel too sorry for Joe, I reckon Joe is already giving his partner one - the rehearsals were looking rather fruity to me.

bengulnaci1 wrote:I do remember during Naz's heyday, Joe did, on one occasion, and I can't remember who he was fighting, trying to dance his way into the ring ala Naz-stylie.

It was embarrassing, he said it was embarrassing and the crowd thought it was embarrassing. Needless to say, he never did it again.

So Strictly Come Dancing and Joe didn't seem to me a brilliant idea. But fair cop to him for having a go

Spot on, I was just going to post that when I saw your one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O54kph4f0XI

I realise joe is just trying to occupy his time and enjoy his retirement, but fornicating hell he didn't half look like a right plonker.

This is dancing Joe not boxing.

When I first saw the title I was kind of hoping that he'd fallen over or something.

Has he been eliminated then?

Abbo wrote:Out from 3/1 to 16/1 in one dance. ouch

If they are the odds now do you not think its workth a little flutter? Joe has comeback before, remember! Lol

I bet his dance partner has splinters after that turn !

Awful - and to think for whatever reason the bookies had him favourite to win before it all started.

sg1985 wrote:Come on, joe's been having bad first rounds recently, he usually comes on much stronger from the middle to late rounds.

My wife has just told me I have more rythmn - didn't know whether to take that as a compliment!!!

i remember calzaghe trying to copy naz doing a little dance on his entrance,blatantlt 2 left feet & no rythum to boot.
lol sniffing her hair :!: he also done that put your face in move he did on jones in dance rehersals
he is deffo goosing that piece off ass, & is like a schoolboy DD

states wrote:Is it wrong that I read the first post and thought it was a Hennessey press release?

Well, we all know Gomez knows Carl Froch.

Perhaps Hennessy Sports will put out a press release now Calzaghe has got through to next round:

Carl Froch, the greatest world champion ever, has offered to meet Joe Calzaghe in a winner takes all dance off.

"Every knows Calzaghe has always ducked me. This is his chance to finally prove his bollox and set the record straight," Froch said.

etc... etc... etc...

G0mez wrote:Didn't a judge made reference to Joseph sniffing his partner's hair or something?

I actually thought he would do well... During the last series his dance partner had the sloth to work with and i bet she prob thought she was getting the welsh John Travolta.... instead she got the welsh John Sargeant. Poor Joe, i'll text him a vote

His facial expressions made me laugh and his knees were too bent. But it is only week one theres plenty of time for a comeback.

Rock bottom???? He didn't come last, he didn't even have to compete in the dance off???

Thats because the public love him for some reason and despite finishing as worse dancer - the admiring British public voted to keep him away from the bottom 2