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JOE CALZAGHE THE BEST SMW OF HIS GENERATION FACT

OTTKE BUM FACT

Ottke couldn't punch for S***. But he had no problem getting in the ring. He averaged about 4 fights a year. Which is pretty much unheard of these days. He never bitched that his hand hurt. And didn't believe in post-ponding fights. Calzaghe wishes he could be loved in his country the way Ottke is in his. Calzaghe wishes he could be Ottke.
I agree with you on Calzaghe and some parts on Ottke but to be honest i got sick of Ottke's gift decision in his hometown he got too many gifts for my liking VD.
Ottke's biggest dream was to retire undefeated so he wouldn't risk stepping in the ring with Calzaghe, the same as if he was fighting at the start of last year he wouldn't have stepped through the ropes with Jeff Lacy or Mikkel Kessler.
And bitching about his hand, he's had tissue damage which won't ever get better to his interosseous membrane, which means that the right combination of pressure and angle will put his bones out of kilter, and any ferocious punch will break it. You give me any fighter with an undefeated record that has broken his hands numerous times in the ring and still came through to win. And Calzaghe's following in Wales is even bigger than Ottke's in Germany, otherwise he wouldn't pack out the Millenium Stadium.