Joe Calzaghe is the 2nd most overrated fighter of all time. Rocky Marciano is no.1

[SugarBoxing]

How much money did he make over his career?

[IamInuit]

Joe Calzaghe is the most overrated fighter of all time!

Lol.I'd say he's one of the most underrated of all time.

[beenKOed]

Joe Calzaghe is the most overrated fighter of all time!

Lol.I'd say he's one of the most underrated of all time.

I don't think he overrated or underrated, I think he a highly regarded, retired boxer who beat some of the best. Anyone who thinks he's overrated should look at his boxing record.
Lacy was overrated but Hopkins--I don't really care for the guy-- is still outsmarting younger fighters and he was not able to do that against Calzaghe.
If Calzaghe had a big punch to go with his other skills he would be a legend.

[bradlee180]

If Calzaghe had a big punch to go with his other skills he would be a legend.

Winning the 168 World Title in 1997, Calzaghe DID have a big punch back then.

At the time, Calzaghe was no volume puncher; he knocked peoples' brains out, but then his hands went bad on him, and he was forced to change up his game.
It's a credit and testament to his quality as a world-class fighter that he was able to totally change up his style and still compete at the top levels of a world sport. How many other fighters could do that?
Douchebags like kellerman were acting like Lacy was practically the uncrowned Champ in 2006, and all that remained was the novelty of making it official by knocking over Joe. I was certain Calzaghe would easily out-box him, but I had no idea it would be such a brutal, 1-sided beatdown.

Calzaghe was one of the best of the era circa late 90s to late 2000s.

[Freedom]

Joe Calzaghe is underrated.

If he were Lionel Jones from Philadelphia USA and had exactly the same record, the people who bash and discredit him would acknowledge he's an ATG boxer.

[Mr140]

Man brock you going tell me you think Calzaghe overrated and then tell me how great the rock is when he is clearly the most overrated man in history hw boxing. Anyhow Calzaghe far from overrated, he beat Hopkins, Kessler, Eubank, Jones and Bika which is a good list and was champ for 10 years. People say Jones and Hopkins were old but not like Calzaghe was prime at 36 years of age. As for Pavlik and Froch they called out Calzaghe when he was retired and could not even beat his left overs.

[Master]

Rocky Marciano is the most overrated fighter of all time. Joe did well but he could have unified the title against Ottke instead of staying in the comfort zone of Warren's apron.

[breenpat]

..42 and 0, 32 KO's...you girls are just goin to have to get over it...Roy "no chin" Jones and "Soapy Hopkins waited till Joe was over the hill, made him move up to 175 and still couldn't beat him....get outta here you shower of nancyboys..

[IamInuit]

..42 and 0, 32 KO's...you girls are just goin to have to get over it...Roy "no chin" Jones and "Soapy Hopkins waited till Joe was over the hill, made him move up to 175 and still couldn't beat him....get outta here you shower of nancyboys..

Follow boxing much? Roy Jones was cleaning house at 175 when Joe was just starting to get his feet wet at 168? Hopkins was firmly entrenched at 160 when Joe was peaking at 168.

[breenpat]

..42 and 0, 32 KO's...you girls are just goin to have to get over it...Roy "no chin" Jones and "Soapy Hopkins waited till Joe was over the hill, made him move up to 175 and still couldn't beat him....get outta here you shower of nancyboys..

Follow boxing much? Roy Jones was cleaning house at 175 when Joe was just starting to get his feet wet at 168? Hopkins was firmly entrenched at 160 when Joe was peaking at 168.

..not a lot..but I did box in the Ams from 1964 untill 1989 and spent a few years after that as a ref/judge and lately as a coach..BUT WHAT DO I KNOW compared to a little nancyboy with the apt name of Iamanidiot

[IamInuit]

..42 and 0, 32 KO's...you girls are just goin to have to get over it...Roy "no chin" Jones and "Soapy Hopkins waited till Joe was over the hill, made him move up to 175 and still couldn't beat him....get outta here you shower of nancyboys..

Follow boxing much? Roy Jones was cleaning house at 175 when Joe was just starting to get his feet wet at 168? Hopkins was firmly entrenched at 160 when Joe was peaking at 168.

..not a lot..but I did box in the Ams from 1964 untill 1989 and spent a few years after that as a ref/judge and lately as a coach..BUT WHAT DO I KNOW compared to a little nancyboy with the apt name of Iamanidiot

You cant possibly have done that at age 12. You are no dandy at all. You calling me a Nancy, an idiot and making fun of my handle after making the dumb ass post that I responded to only proves you further to be just that. A dumb ass. Claiming that Hopkins and Jones ducked Calzaghe is a stupid as claiming Joe ducked them.

So endeth the lesson.

[bigstinkybug]

*1st of all..Cal beat Hopkins... there's no doubt... , and if memory serves me, Cal doubled Hops punches landed...

*most over-rated... roid Jones. off the juice, he's no better than a btter than average fighter.

*most under rated: Calzaghi...NEVER... and i'll say it again, NEVER, has there ever been a fighter, a world champ, an undefeated fighter of more than 25 fights ,that ever went into each fight as the underdog. every major fight he fought, he was expected to lose... and he won. aot of haters out there.

[p4pking]

*1st of all..Cal beat Hopkins... there's no doubt... he looked like he won conterbally, and if memory serves me, Cal doubled Hops punches landed...

*most over-rated... roid Jones. off the juice, he's no better than a btter than average fighter.

*most under rated: Calzaghi...NEVER... and i'll say it again, NEVER, has there ever been a fighter, a world champ, an undefeated fighter of more than 25 fights ,that ever went into each fight as the underdog. every major fight he fought, he was expected to lose... and he won. aot of haters out there.

I agree Calzaghe is/probably will be underrated. Otherwise the merit of this post is zilch and you're clearly a bit of a "hater" yourself.