who would win Tarver or Calzaghe?

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Originally Posted by Taeth

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Originally Posted by miles

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Originally Posted by p4pking

I don't think Calzaghe would win, he's too small and isn't as good against counter punchers.. Also I don't know one good southpaw he has ever fought.. Could be wrong, but that's a big intangible if this fight ever were to happen.

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you question calzaghe's chance against tarver because of his size and yet you think hopkins has a much more reasonable chance against tarver....remember calzaghe is a large supermiddle weight...a jump up to light heavy is nothing too big...

and remember calzaghe is in his prime, fighting 3 minutes of every round....tarver struggled at times with a gun shy and shot jones jr....

calzaghe has a good chance of beating this 37 year old tarver...

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I agree Calzaghe has a chance against Tarver, but don't be fooled by his fights against RJJ who hits harder and faster than Calzaghe even now... Tarver's jab IMO would really screw Calzaghe up, and Tarver throws good combinations himself.

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but jones jr last time out was reluctant to even throw punches and even then had tarver in trouble once or twice....calzaghe will throw in bunches and they will keep coming...

tarver needs his nap times over twelve rounds, and calzaghe wont give him that....calzaghe will stalk him and get through, no matter how good tarvers jab might initially seem....

Star do you want any money on that??

Calzaghe works to hard for Tarver, gets knocked out hahahahaha, yes ok, he knocks out old man Jones now you think he would knock out Calzaghe, Glen Fucking Johnson knocked RJJ, dont make me laugh.

Tarver would be beaton by Calzaghe.

agreed. :coolclick:

tarver IMO is overrated....his wins over jones jr and johnson were good, but you have to keep it all in context...

johnson was previously regarded as a very good journeyman and jones has been on the slide....

still, tarver lost to both before needing rematches....

Also lets put into context Tarvers amazing left hand that Knocked out the glass jawed RJJ.

That was the same jaw Glen "far from knockout artist " Johnson put to sleep.
Johnson has knocked 2 opponents in his last 13 fights.

Tarver would not knock Calzaghe out in a month of sundays.

Tarver struggled to dispose of a journeyman Johnson who has been beaton by far from A Class fighters like Sheike-Ottke-Gonzalez-Vanderpool all these guys Calzaghe would demolish. Given Johnson seems to have improved a fiar bit over the years, but Tarver is not in Calzaghes class and that will be proved when they meet in the ring.

Tarver looked poor against a totally shot RJJ, i cant wait for this fight if it happens to shut the even more growing doubters ten before the Lacy fight.

Tarver had stamina issues anyway. Now, at 37, hes gotta come back down from ballooning up for that Rocky film?? If he does ever make it back down hes not gonna have that much in him, calzaghe's ferocious workrate should make this an easy win for him. Personally I dont see Tarver ever fighting at light heavy again after Hopkins, I wouldnt be surprised if he missed weight for the Hopkins fight. 37 is pretty old to take off all the wieght and still be in fighting shape.