I'm asking this question because i'm not as familiar with the LHW's and SMW's from other continents as many of you guys are..
These are my thoughts..
I hear a lot of people (including myself) talk about Calzaghe's resume being weak in his prime.. and the defense to that is that there was no one out there to fight him, and if there were fighters that were on his level, they avoided him.. So this is the reason why he is lacking in quality opposition on his resume..
and now, he has Hopkins and RJJ to add to his resume, which obviously looks great on anyones resume, but to the fans of today, what does this really mean to us?
I'll be the first one to say that i am begging for Calzaghe's first loss, but i dont' doubt his skills as a fighter.. and i've said before that mainly i dislike him because he didn't put his skills to good use by taking fights like Bika and Manfredo..
So we have Hopkins, who comes into the fight and knocks joe down in the first round, sets the tempo for the next few roudns, and then just doesn't do any work or throw punches in a fight that was an SD and he could've won if he was throwing.. Same with RJJ who knocked him down in the first round and then just decided not to throw the rest of the fight.. Is joe THAT good that his opponents cannot throw in fear of missing and be countered? Jones and Hopkins are two fighters of large boxing IQ, and i don't see how they did not figure him out.. To be honest, i've never been more dissapointed in two fights, than these two.. They both bored me to death, not because of the pace, but to the lack of heart on the 43 yr old and 39 yr old fighters.. I'd love to see someone with a lot of heart in there, like Lacy had, and just fight all 3 minutes of every round and THROW PUNCHES..
Does anyone else feel this way?
and if so, who, right now, if Joe doesn't retire, ACTUALLY has a chance of getting a fight signed with Joe and having a chance (not a hopkins or RJJ "because 10 years ago they were great fighters" chance) but an actual chance of beating Joe?
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