Gunna be a lot of crying in here come the 8th November

[Drago]

I have to take my hat of to Calzaghe. He just keeps winning even when I don't expect him to. He's got great stamina, speed and chin.
But he doesn't realy excite me for some reason. Maybe it's because he's not got a huge punch. I'd like him to be able to dish out more KO's, it makes for more excitement. Technicaly he's very good thou.

RJJ on the other hand is a true legend. At his peak he fought and beat everyone out there and did it with style. I'd like to see him do the same again against Calzaghe. Unfortunately I can't see it happening.

i still think roy missed many a good fight-eubank, benn, collins & there just the brits

[RozzySean]

I have to take my hat of to Calzaghe. He just keeps winning even when I don't expect him to. He's got great stamina, speed and chin.
But he doesn't realy excite me for some reason. Maybe it's because he's not got a huge punch. I'd like him to be able to dish out more KO's, it makes for more excitement. Technicaly he's very good thou.

RJJ on the other hand is a true legend. At his peak he fought and beat everyone out there and did it with style. I'd like to see him do the same again against Calzaghe. Unfortunately I can't see it happening.

i still think roy missed many a good fight-eubank, benn, collins & there just the brits

He really should have found a way to make the Steve Collins fight happen, especially. At a time when he could have fought Benn and Eubank, they were fighting each other, but once Collins beat Eubank, he was the man at SMW. All Roy had to do was whip Steve Collins, and nobody could say he ducked anybody at SMW when you consider the state of the division at that time. Because Roy never fought ANY of the big European names...Collins, Benn, and Eubank at 168 and Dariusz at 175, it leaves room to question his choices. I think he beats all of the names above, but considering that he moved up to a weaker LHW division when there were better fights at SMW, he will always suffer a little in my book. It's also too bad he never fought Mike Nunn, but that wasn't his fault that Nunn got himself beat by a journeyman.

[Kirkland Laing]

The possibility exists that when Calzaghe beats Jones we'll get a break from tysonbruno for a while.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

There won't be much crying. Calzaghe is the clear underdog in my book. He is expected to lose.

[Small Amount of Peas]

There won't be much crying. Calzaghe is the clear underdog in my book. He is expected to lose.

I cant imagine many folks aligning themselves with the notion that "Calzaghe is expected to lose."


If anything, I imagine most are leaning towards Joe, not only on account of his unbeaten streak and capacity for suprise, but also because many will think of Roy vs Johnson and Tarver.

There IS a chance, and maybe a decent one, that Roy pulls this off (Im picking him SD) but it relies almost entirely on which version of Roy shows up. The Jones that fought Ruiz, and the Jones that fought Trinidad have a very good shot at this.

We know which version of Joe is showing up , and he's showing up to win, as usual. I dont think anyone is 'expecting' Joe to lose.

[sonny78]

Can someone please tell me what the hell Roy Jones Junior has done in his last 6 fights that give people the impression he can beat Calzaghe ??

[killersheep]

There won't be much crying. Calzaghe is the clear underdog in my book. He is expected to lose.

He may be the underdog to you, but not according to the bookies.

Calzaghe is around 1/3
and Jones Jr. is around 5/2

not a huge difference, but Calzaghe is the clear favorite.

[hackey]

It will be a good fight, I can't see jones holding back much tbh. his strategy will be to try and make calzaghe go on the back foot and counterpunch. I think Jones is still a bit too fast for Calzaghe to be successful if he does this.

We all know he should have fought Pavlik though. He could have had that fight now and fought Jones in the spring for a last big payday, which to me made the most sense.

I would love to see a spark of Jones of old turn up. Prime for prime I think it was close between these two, but that doesn't define greatness. Greatness is about stepping outside of your comfort zone and defying all odds, imo Calzaghe has not done this, regardless of how good he is.

[Dark Lord Al]

The possibility exists that when Calzaghe beats Jones we'll get a break from tysonbruno for a while.

Hell will have to freeze over the same day for that to happen.

for you Joe

[Tysonbruno]

The possibility exists that when Calzaghe beats Jones we'll get a break from tysonbruno for a while.

Hell will have to freeze over the same day for that to happen.

for you Joe

LOL to true my friend to true.

[CutMeMick]

Off topic but....

As I read the title of this thread this verse popped into my mind for some reason.

"There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing if my burglar alarm starts ringing" -

[Bomp]

Rot has a very good chance. Joe doesn't have the ROY kryptonite of power to take him out with one shot.

[Tysonbruno]

The possibility exists that when Calzaghe beats Jones we'll get a break from tysonbruno for a while.

Hey it isn't just me that wants to see Calzaghe get beat.

[Kirkland Laing]

The possibility exists that when Calzaghe beats Jones we'll get a break from tysonbruno for a while.

Hey it isn't just me that wants to see Calzaghe get beat.

When he does win I'm sure you'll tell us it was only because Roy was so old, if they'd fought ten years ago etc. etc. I can hardly wait.

[irons]

I still think roy missed many a good fight-eubank, benn, collins & there just the brits

He probably did miss out on some good fights with those guys, thou I think he would have beaten them all. Benn might've put up an excellent show and that would've been a cracking fight. He was too good for Eubank, and Collins would maybe have been bullied a bit with RJJ's bigger natural size and strength.

I've no doubt RJJ, would've fought them if matches could be made, doubt few of those guys would be keen thou (maybe Collins), unless the money was huge.

I remember watching the Jonathan Ross show around the time all the Brits were fighting each other. Benn and Eubank were in the studio and then he put up a video link to James Toney (who was immense around this time, and IBF champion If I remember). Toney then called them cowards for not fighting him and then said exactly what he would do to them. Benn muttered something like 'idiot' and 'fool' to Toney. Eubank didn't say a word and was visibly shaken, and actualy looked confused and scared. Not long after that RJJ destroyed Toney, I doubt any of those 2 would've liked to step into the ring with him, they were happy making enough money just fighting each other and also the likes of Watson and Collins. IMO RJJ would've beaten them all, with a bit to spare.