I Dont Blame Joe For Gloating

[SigmaMu]

I cant wait until I see the entire fight. The little I was able to watch, was Joe just owning Roy left and right. I was watching what I could on Justin TV and just as the fight began, the copyright troop was in full force shuting down all streams and there were like 30 streams and they were getting slammed down faster than Jones was getting slapped around I am downloading the fight right now and I am going to watch it in about 5 minutes I can't wait to see this as I was liking very much seeing Joe just stick his head right in front Jones as Joe had his hands down and was just throwing punches at will. I saw ownage but as I said, I was unable to watch this fight through and through because I was busy jumping around trying to find a working feed, I would find one and then seconds later it would get shut down. I ain't mad though, the man I wanted to win, did and he won in a very great fashion.

[Taeth]

I don't mind Joe's taunting it got him hit a few times, i think if he didn't do it, it would have been even worse for Roy. However, Roy never taunted guys to the degree Joe was doing it. He didn't do it round after round, he would to from time to time. ALl that being said Roy wasn't getting off, Joe had every reason to do it. I wish he would have done it against Bernard though.

[Trainer Monkey]

Roy dodged him for forever,and everyone knows it. It must have felt nice to stick it his kisser.

Roy dodged him huh? Which is why it took Joe 44 fights to make his way over to the US to fight the more famous fighters like Hopkins and Jones.

Joe Calzaghe is a good fighter and I am taking nothing away from what he has accomplished but last nights win over Roy was nothing bigger than his win over a shot Chris Eubank.

Oh come now,Joe has been begging for Jones for 7 years now at least
Jones has allways publicly said,"I fight who I want,so why should I talk to him" he did the same thing to Bernard
Well now that nobody really wants to watch him anymore because he's done,suddenly he's become alot more accomodating
Alot of athletes forget, a time will come when theres nothing left to be cocky or arrogant about anymore,for Roy, the time has come today.

[El Kabong]

Fine Trainer...what did Calzaghe do to set up a fight with Roy 7 years ago? Calzaghe at that point was no different than Michalczewski or Ottke...he didn't have a lot on his record and he didn't want to fight away from England but he DID want to fight RJJ the #1 p4p fighter in the world...what do you expect Roy to say "Oh why of course Joe, I'll take a pay cut and travel to podunk Wales to fight you infront of a crowd of toothless soccer hooligans....like you even had to ask"

I love how the more famous and more successful American fighters are supposed to just jump at the opportunity to fight the best England has to offer and if they don't want to fight them IN ENGLAND then they "dodged them"

[ICB]

Gloating is an understatement i thought i was watching a circus, not a championship fight.

[Taeth]

Roy dodged him for forever,and everyone knows it. It must have felt nice to stick it his kisser.

Roy dodged him huh? Which is why it took Joe 44 fights to make his way over to the US to fight the more famous fighters like Hopkins and Jones.

Joe Calzaghe is a good fighter and I am taking nothing away from what he has accomplished but last nights win over Roy was nothing bigger than his win over a shot Chris Eubank.

Oh come now,Joe has been begging for Jones for 7 years now at least
Jones has allways publicly said,"I fight who I want,so why should I talk to him" he did the same thing to Bernard
Well now that nobody really wants to watch him anymore because he's done,suddenly he's become alot more accomodating
Alot of athletes forget, a time will come when theres nothing left to be cocky or arrogant about anymore,for Roy, the time has come today.

From my understanding Joe Calzaghe never would accept the normal 70/30 pay difference nor would he fly over to the States because he was afraid of flying. I think Bernard was bad as well in terms of negotiations with Roy. However you know more about it than I do. I definitely could see Roy taking the easier road, I think people criticize Floyd for doing it when the fights he took IMO were harder.

[Munkymagic]

Fine Trainer...what did Calzaghe do to set up a fight with Roy 7 years ago? Calzaghe at that point was no different than Michalczewski or Ottke...he didn't have a lot on his record and he didn't want to fight away from England but he DID want to fight RJJ the #1 p4p fighter in the world...what do you expect Roy to say "Oh why of course Joe, I'll take a pay cut and travel to podunk Wales to fight you infront of a crowd of toothless soccer hooligans....like you even had to ask"

I love how the more famous and more successful American fighters are supposed to just jump at the opportunity to fight the best England has to offer and if they don't want to fight them IN ENGLAND then they "dodged them"

You know that yes? Joe has said previously he would fight Jones anywhere...in the US or whatever but Roy was never interested back then. Ok so Joe didn't have Bhop/kessler etc on his record then but bottom line is Roy wasn't interested. Don't bring location into it though as that is just rubbish.

Also...stop referring to all brits as toothless soccer hooligans. It makes you sound like a fat,single minded, check shirt wearing redneck

oh wait...

[Trainer Monkey]

Roy dodged him huh? Which is why it took Joe 44 fights to make his way over to the US to fight the more famous fighters like Hopkins and Jones.

Joe Calzaghe is a good fighter and I am taking nothing away from what he has accomplished but last nights win over Roy was nothing bigger than his win over a shot Chris Eubank.

Oh come now,Joe has been begging for Jones for 7 years now at least
Jones has allways publicly said,"I fight who I want,so why should I talk to him" he did the same thing to Bernard
Well now that nobody really wants to watch him anymore because he's done,suddenly he's become alot more accomodating
Alot of athletes forget, a time will come when theres nothing left to be cocky or arrogant about anymore,for Roy, the time has come today.

From my understanding Joe Calzaghe never would accept the normal 70/30 pay difference nor would he fly over to the States because he was afraid of flying. I think Bernard was bad as well in terms of negotiations with Roy. However you know more about it than I do. I definitely could see Roy taking the easier road, I think people criticize Floyd for doing it when the fights he took IMO were harder.

Not really,just in how people treat you in the buisness,if your fighter is champ as well, you cant take 70/30. Its an unacceptable number. In Bernards case,Roy didnt even have a belt at the time, and Bernard had 3, and Roy told him he'd have to take 60/40

[holmcall]

Sure , Roy did it as well, but two wrongs don't make a right. It diminishes his otherwise superb effort, He didn't need to do that and he didn't win over anyone by doing it. ATG's have more class than that, though I do rank him as an ATG now.

[Spicoli]

Gloating is an understatement i thought i was watching a circus, not a championship fight.

At one time I felt the exact same way about the man in your sig.Serious.

[Kev]

I don't mind Joe's taunting it got him hit a few times, i think if he didn't do it, it would have been even worse for Roy. However, Roy never taunted guys to the degree Joe was doing it. He didn't do it round after round, he would to from time to time. ALl that being said Roy wasn't getting off, Joe had every reason to do it. I wish he would have done it against Bernard though.

I don't think it was meant as disrespectful from Calzaghe though.

It seems to me that that kind of reckless hands down, sticking his chin out, taunting Jones was as much a way for him to keep his own mind keen and 100% in focus as it was taunting Jones.

We saw flashes of it in other fights as well, against Bika especially, and Bika was an awkward oppponent for Joe who cut him up a bit.

I reckon it's something he does instinctively when he gets hurt or rocked. That's when it truly becomes a fight and he goes into fight mode and his fighting heart is revealed.

Maybe a strange analagy but I can imagine if Calzaghe was a street racer like those guys in Fast and Furious, if he spun off the track and almost crashed, he'd get straight back onto the road, take off his helmet and undo his seatbelt and then drive at 100% maximum intensity for the rest of the race using the fact that one mistake would kill him as the motivation and adrenaline boosting measure that would keep his mind alert and allow him to have 100% total focus.

[Fenster]

I don't mind Joe's taunting it got him hit a few times, i think if he didn't do it, it would have been even worse for Roy. However, Roy never taunted guys to the degree Joe was doing it. He didn't do it round after round, he would to from time to time. ALl that being said Roy wasn't getting off, Joe had every reason to do it. I wish he would have done it against Bernard though.

I don't think it was meant as disrespectful from Calzaghe though.

It seems to me that that kind of reckless hands down, sticking his chin out, taunting Jones was as much a way for him to keep his own mind keen and 100% in focus as it was taunting Jones.

We saw flashes of it in other fights as well, against Bika especially, and Bika was an awkward oppponent for Joe who cut him up a bit.

I reckon it's something he does instinctively when he gets hurt or rocked. That's when it truly becomes a fight and he goes into fight mode and his fighting heart is revealed.

Maybe a strange analagy but I can imagine if Calzaghe was a street racer like those guys in Fast and Furious, if he spun off the track and almost crashed, he'd get straight back onto the road, take off his helmet and undo his seatbelt and then drive at 100% maximum intensity for the rest of the race using the fact that one mistake would kill him as the motivation and adrenaline boosting measure that would keep his mind alert and allow him to have 100% total focus.

It's truly impressive what goes through your mind.

[Munkymagic]

I don't mind Joe's taunting it got him hit a few times, i think if he didn't do it, it would have been even worse for Roy. However, Roy never taunted guys to the degree Joe was doing it. He didn't do it round after round, he would to from time to time. ALl that being said Roy wasn't getting off, Joe had every reason to do it. I wish he would have done it against Bernard though.

I don't think it was meant as disrespectful from Calzaghe though.

It seems to me that that kind of reckless hands down, sticking his chin out, taunting Jones was as much a way for him to keep his own mind keen and 100% in focus as it was taunting Jones.

We saw flashes of it in other fights as well, against Bika especially, and Bika was an awkward oppponent for Joe who cut him up a bit.

I reckon it's something he does instinctively when he gets hurt or rocked. That's when it truly becomes a fight and he goes into fight mode and his fighting heart is revealed.

Maybe a strange analagy but I can imagine if Calzaghe was a street racer like those guys in Fast and Furious, if he spun off the track and almost crashed, he'd get straight back onto the road, take off his helmet and undo his seatbelt and then drive at 100% maximum intensity for the rest of the race using the fact that one mistake would kill him as the motivation and adrenaline boosting measure that would keep his mind alert and allow him to have 100% total focus.

He then goes into the casino and sticks everything including his motor on red to win

[ross]

but JC comes across as the most unlikable arrogant prick when he showboats.

Only because Joe is still winning when hes doing it.

A fighter moving up a weight to fight established, class fighters in that weight and completely box their ears off can do what he wants.

If Bernard and Roy didnt like it, maybe they should have tried beating him for it but they couldnt, Joe was too good for em.

Now, Roy doing it to a fighter moving up 2 weights, coming off a loss and 3 years out is a bit tedious

[ross]

The US is where the money is, it's more fair than England or Europe, and it's where the best fighters are. Joe never went to 160 or 175 .

You wouldnt get 75 thousand in vegas to watch any american fighter

Name all the top middles, super middles and light heavys from america and then look at the better fighters