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He dominated the Super Middleweight Division.

He conquered the Light Heavyweight Division.

He never stepped up to the Crusierweight divison though.

How do you think undefeated Calzaghe would have fared against the likes of David Haye and Enzo Maccarinelli and Jean Marc Mormeck and O Neil Bell and Steve Cunnigham and Wayen Braithwaite and BJ Flores and Mario Huck and Ola Aflaboi and Denis Lebdev and Johnny Nelson, etc, etc, etc

with roy jones scoring his first knockdown in donkeys v him i dont think he'd of done to well.

and and and and and and

fornicating hell Flint you never heard of a comma?

banjo wrote:and and and and and and

fornicating hell Flint you never heard of a comma?

grammar nazi!

Jesus wrote:

banjo wrote:and and and and and and

fornicating hell Flint you never heard of a comma?

grammar nazi!

That's usually my reaction to posts like mine :surprised:

banjo wrote:

Jesus wrote:

banjo wrote:and and and and and and

fornicating hell Flint you never heard of a comma?

grammar nazi!

That's usually my reaction to posts like mine :surprised:

There is a big difference between a G.I. type grammar nazi and yourself.

calzaghe could never have done cruiser, how could he put on 2 stone of muscle when he did not do any weights?

Jesus wrote:

banjo wrote:and and and and and and

fornicating hell Flint you never heard of a comma?

grammar nazi!

FLINT ISLAND's failure to use commas, instead of repeatedly using the word "and", is disappointing.

I feel he should edit his post.

No point in him fighting at cruiser, haye would of took his head of which I'd have payed to see. I think the cruiser's would b to big for him

Yep, his punch resistance had declined along with his power, so a CW reign would've been a no-no. An Enzo Macc fight would've been intriguing though.

According to Calzaghe, he could've gone up to heavyweight and win a world-title.

:P

Dioufy wrote:According to Calzaghe, he could've gone up to heavyweight and win a world-title.

:P

Source?

His own book says something along the lines of - You'll never see me fighting at Cruiserweight or heavyweight because my body's not suited to it and I'd look daft with all the extra weight.

He used to kill himself making the weight, to the point of eating one ice cube one day before the weigh-in etc and that's really the sole reason he moved up to light heavy at the end of his career.

His whole style was based on speed and throwing 100+ punches a round, that might work to some extent with fat plodders at 200lbs but if you're talking the top cruiserweights, there's a fair chance they'd knock him to the canvas and keep him there.

orbtastic wrote:

Dioufy wrote:According to Calzaghe, he could've gone up to heavyweight and win a world-title.

:P

Source?

Himself, in the 24/7 series of Calzaghe/Jones jr.

It was tongue in cheek, surely?

orbtastic wrote:It was tongue in cheek, surely?

I don't think that guy does tongue-in-cheek.

He has the personality of a wet dish-cloth, it's hard to gauge when he's being ironic sometimes.

orbtastic wrote:He has the personality of a wet dish-cloth, it's hard to gauge when he's being ironic sometimes.

Quite, but I remember not thinking that it was said tongue-in-cheek, and thinking that he thought that he could do it. In fact, I have never heard him be irnoic, apart from this peach;

"Roy Jones is washed up, what would I get from being the 3rd man to knock him out?" - Calzaghe, in his book.

And he couldn't even do that - now that was ironic.

orbtastic wrote:

Dioufy wrote:According to Calzaghe, he could've gone up to heavyweight and win a world-title.

:P

Source?

His own book says something along the lines of - You'll never see me fighting at Cruiserweight or heavyweight because my body's not suited to it and I'd look daft with all the extra weight.

He used to kill himself making the weight, to the point of eating one ice cube one day before the weigh-in etc and that's really the sole reason he moved up to light heavy at the end of his career.

His whole style was based on speed and throwing 100+ punches a round, that might work to some extent with fat plodders at 200lbs but if you're talking the top cruiserweights, there's a fair chance they'd knock him to the canvas and keep him there.

his own book also states he would have nothing to gain by fighting an over the hill and shot roy jones.

Two years later = legend killer.

the guy had no backbone no moral fibre when it came to doing as he said....his "fear of flying" being another example.

Enzo Calzaghe stated - that he could lump a few punds on Joe and the heavyweight division was in such a poor state - Joe could topple Wladmir and Co and become the heavyweight champ no problem.

Amazing how an undefeated two-weight British world champion gets so much stick on here, it's almost laughable.

He's retired. Move on.

Unless you're a domestic operator with big balls and half Calzaghe's ability you get no respect on here these days.

FLINT ISLAND wrote:Enzo Calzaghe stated - that he could lump a few punds on Joe and the heavyweight division was in such a poor state - Joe could topple Wladmir and Co and become the heavyweight champ no problem.

We struggled to get him to fight anyone meaningful at his own weight, so i dough fancy ya chances

No way could he fight at crusier, those boys at crusier are hugh, if you looked at his build, Joe could have probably made middle weight.

sorry hookie was never a fan of the man, didnt like him when he was active and i dont like him now, i didnt like him when i met him either...just one of those things mate sorry bout that.

one of the reasons i dont usually post in JC threads my view is pretty one eyed on the matter i do admit.

Areet J fella - lets not fall out eh!!!!

lol

alright mate...each to their own...... just being honest..think it may be cos of some of my best mates are welsh and they just go a bit OTT on the praise of JC ....it kinda had the opposite effect on me...life can do that...the truth of course is sat where it usally is, somewhere in the middle of the two opinions!