Joe Calzaghe writes: Im no Stay at home fighter

[Tysonbruno]

Were he born in london

[Tysonbruno]

And the where did he write that at home comment was a joke

[superheavyrhun]

Where did he write this at home

Well that's where columnists usually write their pieces, as opposed to journalists who usually have offices.

Title: "Im no Stay at home fighter"


Uuuuummmm!!! out of 43 professional fights 40 have been in England/Wales/Your front porch and 3 were in another country.
No stay at home fighter.... hhhhmmm!!! Interesting....

And FFS when will you bloody realise that Wales and England are NOT the same countries and fighting in England is a bloody disadvantage, same as for an american fighting in Cuba, if that were ever allowed.

I know theres a difference...
Isn't he from England but resides in Wales?
I could be waaay off here.

He left England when he was still a young kid, and grew up in Wales, so as far as I'm concerned, and as far as he is concerned in his autobiog, he's Welsh. I sympathise, as I did the same thing, and also consider myself Welsh. Trust me, when he fought in England against English fighters, he was the away fighter.

[Dark Lord Al]

O brother not another "The fight is almost done article"

Can someone wake me up when both fighters are entering the ring.

Im no stay home fighter ? 20 defences how many locations hahahaha wot a load of Warren based bullshit

[katfight]

I wouldnt say fighting i England is a disadvantage for joe
why do u think that?
If that the case then is fighting in manchester a disadvantage if u a Londoner?

And Joe isnt the only boxer to have a majority of his fights at home

[gudnite vienna]

is it ok for american fighters to fight there whole careers on home soil?

granted its where most of the big fights happen, but dont slate Calzaghe where many others do the same!

[superheavyrhun]

I wouldnt say fighting i England is a disadvantage for joe
why do u think that?
If that the case then is fighting in manchester a disadvantage if u a Londoner?

And Joe isnt the only boxer to have a majority of his fights at home

What I meant was that when Joe fought in England against Woodhall, Eubank, Starie and Reid, as well as many more as he was developing, he was the away fighter, rather than the one who all the fans would have been cheering. I remember the one against Delaney was an extremely hostile atmosphere.

[smashup]

O brother not another "The fight is almost done article"

Can someone wake me up when both fighters are entering the ring.

F*cking tedious ain't it

[Preme]

So alot of you consider calzaghe going to england to fight eubank and reid as home town fights for joe? or neutral?

[Darth_Simasu]

The Reid fight in Newcastle should also be considered hostile, the majority of the crowd were manc and there were very few Calzaghe supporters there.

[warreng]

The key thing is that calzghe is the man wid the world title nd has been rcognised as the no1 supermiddle for a long time now so y shouldnt most of his fights be in his backyard?

[bigragu]

Title: "Im no Stay at home fighter"


Uuuuummmm!!! out of 43 professional fights 40 have been in England/Wales/Your front porch and 3 were in another country.
No stay at home fighter.... hhhhmmm!!! Interesting....

it's a joke...now if like 25 of his fights were out of country or heck, even 15 I'd would agree....but that statement is a joke!!!!

[GOTNOBEEF]

is this one still rumbling on .. joe a home boy for sure..hes also the world champion in a similar fashion to the great bernard hopkins.. joes only got 2-3 more fight left in him

kessler is gonna be his toughest fight to date i dont wanna predict it tbh

however im setting my sights more on carl froch..... this guy will fill joes boots any how

[superheavyrhun]

Ok, here's my breakdown on Joe's career stats, in terms of home away fights:

From 43 fights we have:
17 fights taking place in Wales
in 27 of those he would be considered a home fighter, against someone from a foreign country, or in Wales,
8 would be considered as Calzaghe being the away fighter,
and 8 (mainly in his career build-up) where he appeared on the undercard on fights in England against an English fighter.

And during his reign as champion (including the fight where he won the title.)
10 fights took place in Wales.
2 fights were on neutral territory.
1 fight was outside of Britain.
4 fights took place in England, in or near the hometown of opposition fighters.
Therefore, in my breakdown I would say in 15 of 21 fights, he was the home fighter. 2 fights were on neutral territory, and in 4 fights he was the away fighter.

Considering that he is the champion, and naturally champions will make the majority of their defences in their homeland, as that is where the core support is, so I reckon Calzaghe hasn't done too badly.