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Originally Posted by TyBuff
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Originally Posted by Preme
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Originally Posted by TyBuff
The more posts I read both for and against this guy, and the more I look into his record and the people that were around for him to fight, the more I realize that the guy never had anybody to fight. RJJ and Toney had already moved on before Joe as a serious champion then there wasnt anybody left that would have been considered a NAME for him to fight. From what I have seen of his fights Joe is a good champion but we will never know how great he could have been since he didnt have the greatest opposition to go against.
I feel that a better claim could be made about his opposition if he had moved up to lightheavy as there was/is better quality opposition there as opposed to the current and past SMW division.
I know I have been aske to name a NAME that Joe should have fought but didnt, and I cant. The only names there was were names outside of his division. So I put the test to all of the knowledgeable posters out there in Saddo land to come up with the name(s) that Joe should have fought. Name somebody that IF Joe would have fought them, would have the boxing world thinking differently about Joe.
gunna give you a :coolclick: for that post; i asked you to anme whom he could of/should of fought and you actualy took a look into it and made your own mind up - gotta respect that when you got drones on this forum who just go along with the crowd watching one or 2 matches and then thinking the have a good knowing of a fighter and his career.
I think now for the first time in joes career after the manfredo fight the excuses need to stop and its time to cement his legacy. He needs to go into this fight put ona hell of a show, and from it land fights with , Hopkins, Taylor, wright, kessler or miranda, i would say 3 of them 2 if he mvoes up to take on dawson or woods... if he does that i think he would answer alot of questions and shut alot of doubters up.
I try not to be a drone or idiot poster (still happens on occasion) I know there is at least two sides to every story, so I try to hear them all and make my own decision....so cc back.
For me the excuses should have stopped once he announced he was only going to fight a handfull more times. That should have been the start of finishing his legacy, not the start of starting his legacy. Either way his last 3 fights have to be big or he will go down as a very big
WHAT IF. At this I dont know if he can do enough to shut up his doubters.
i can see your point, and not saying you are wrong, but i disagree, i like to wait a couple of matches and see how this turns outs... Take mayweather, the amount of hate he got when not fighting toni was crazy, the hate crew were out in their numbers, and i really disslike mayweather but i said in a post then, why jump the gun now, wait and see how this turns out, he goes on to beat the liner WW champ and now facing the golden boy, no 1 seems tog ive a F*** that he didn't fight toni now...
Same goes for calzaghe, he said he is fighting manfredo coz hbo want him to fight a big american name... should he follow this up with hopkins taylor/wright/kessler alot of people will have egg on their face.. sure question the fight etc, but the haters throwing names around just look like idiots if the fighter does the right thing - ofc if he does go out fighting bums he deserves the S***, i just don't get people who take shots the first chance they get.