What is your opinion of Joe Calzaghe?

[skel1983]

is this gonna be a no sadclick thread then

i'm not a huge fan of Calzaghe but not because of his boxing ability
He's been seriously let down imo by Warren
completly agree with u master he should have been rich and famous but he isn't
it has been a waste
and u have to ask if now it's too late
with his hand breaking during most fights now how long can he realistically carry on

he deserved more as a fighter and didnt get it

the onli reason im not a fan is the showboating during the Lacy fight
it just put me off
in a way i guess he had a right to act in that manner but it just ruins things for me personally
although i realise that isnt everybodys opinion

I agree he was let down bigtime by Warren. I remember when Mickey Duff was on the scene and along came Warren to muscle in. I think once Duff retired Warren became complacent and started dealing with jarg sanctioning bodies. its a shame calzaghe never had a manager like Duff throught his career. Duff was class Warren couldnt even carry Duffs jockstrap.

Duff was looking after Calzaghe so well he couldn't afford to pay his mortgage. I always remember when Honeyghan beat Don Curry in Vegas and Duff jumped in to the postfight interview and wouldn't let Lloyd get a word in. Duff spent the whole time telling the interviewer what a brilliant move it had been by him to take the fight and Honeyghan had to stand there looking like a chump. What a wanker Mickey Duff was.

I bet there are one or two boxers out there who'd like their careers to have been as badly managed as Warren has done with Calzaghe.

It just depends how you look at it mate but i agree to a certain extent, Calzaghe is a millionaire, which not many people are, so he is comfortable for the rest of his life, but i feel it aint only Warrens fault Calzaghe is always mentioning money when he is interviewed, and if he wanted to go over to the States he wouldnt of made the money he did at home for a good few fights, but now at the grand old age of 35, he is getting the big paydays which really he should of got 7 years ago.