Eubank says he'd have stopped Calzaghe!

[skel1983]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

First of all, because I had one post don't jump on me to do more research..I have done my research..you do yours. Calzaghe is a lot more protected than Eubank was..Eubank was always put in situations where the possibility of a loss was very real! How many dangerous situations can you think of that calzaghe has been put in where the possibility of a loss was real? Peter Manfredo? Haha..get real! All of you can be as quick as you like to jump on me for preferring Eubank over Calzaghe but i'm sure i'm not the only one that shares the same view. Eubanks resume is 10x better than Calzaghes I can't even believe anybody is arguing that point..he has 2 big wins on his 40+ undefeated streak?? i respect Eubank more for the losses he has on his resume than I do calzaghe for the wins because they are all gift wrapped and delievered to his door..its boring. Hatton? He has fought one guy..ever..Kostya..and there is still the arguement about wether Kostya would have worked him in his younger days. Hatton has been exposed by lesser fighters (collazo, urango) so he is a B class fighter at best for me. Castillo win holds no weight for me also..they were good performances..can't deny him that at all but would it have been different had these 2 fighters been in their prime?

Jeff Lacy was favourite to beat him and alot of so called experts said Joe was going down within 6 rounds, so you not think that was a dangerous fight to take?? Come on now, Gift wrapped lol, so Kessler that not a dangerous fight either?? Nah i suppose thats gift wrapped to against a guy who is in his prime who is bigger stronger and is unbeaton. Sort your head out mate.

[Gandalf]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

First of all, because I had one post don't jump on me to do more research..I have done my research..you do yours. Calzaghe is a lot more protected than Eubank was..Eubank was always put in situations where the possibility of a loss was very real! How many dangerous situations can you think of that calzaghe has been put in where the possibility of a loss was real? Peter Manfredo? Haha..get real! All of you can be as quick as you like to jump on me for preferring Eubank over Calzaghe but i'm sure i'm not the only one that shares the same view. Eubanks resume is 10x better than Calzaghes I can't even believe anybody is arguing that point..he has 2 big wins on his 40+ undefeated streak?? i respect Eubank more for the losses he has on his resume than I do calzaghe for the wins because they are all gift wrapped and delievered to his door..its boring. Hatton? He has fought one guy..ever..Kostya..and there is still the arguement about wether Kostya would have worked him in his younger days. Hatton has been exposed by lesser fighters (collazo, urango) so he is a B class fighter at best for me. Castillo win holds no weight for me also..they were good performances..can't deny him that at all but would it have been different had these 2 fighters been in their prime?

You make some interesting points, but again you strangely bring Hatton into a thread that has no relevance to Hatton.

[Colonel Blake]

Funny, both have the nobody wants it WBO, and both have fought a series of no hopers and try and pass them off as genuine title challengers, neither of them are prepared to fight outside their own back yards, both Muppets and an embarrassment to British boxing



I Terry Marsh

[Althugz]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

First of all, because I had one post don't jump on me to do more research..I have done my research..you do yours. Calzaghe is a lot more protected than Eubank was..Eubank was always put in situations where the possibility of a loss was very real! How many dangerous situations can you think of that calzaghe has been put in where the possibility of a loss was real? Peter Manfredo? Haha..get real! All of you can be as quick as you like to jump on me for preferring Eubank over Calzaghe but i'm sure i'm not the only one that shares the same view. Eubanks resume is 10x better than Calzaghes I can't even believe anybody is arguing that point..he has 2 big wins on his 40+ undefeated streak?? i respect Eubank more for the losses he has on his resume than I do calzaghe for the wins because they are all gift wrapped and delievered to his door..its boring. Hatton? He has fought one guy..ever..Kostya..and there is still the arguement about wether Kostya would have worked him in his younger days. Hatton has been exposed by lesser fighters (collazo, urango) so he is a B class fighter at best for me. Castillo win holds no weight for me also..they were good performances..can't deny him that at all but would it have been different had these 2 fighters been in their prime?

Jeff Lacy was favourite to beat him and alot of so called experts said Joe was going down within 6 rounds, so you not think that was a dangerous fight to take?? Come on now, Gift wrapped lol, so Kessler that not a dangerous fight either?? Nah i suppose thats gift wrapped to against a guy who is in his prime who is bigger stronger and is unbeaton. Sort your head out mate.

It is quite awkward trying to explain something to someone who clearly can't read and most likely didn't make it past nursery school...If I recall I DID MENTION that in his 40+ undefeated career calzaghe had only 2 names that meant anything...who do you think I was referring to when I mentioned that? Mario Viet? No, one of them was Eubank (albeit way out of his prime) and the other was indeed Left Hook Lacy..so I was giving Calzaghe credit for the schooling he gave Lacy..i'd be stupid not to. As far as Kessler, sure thing..i'll give him credit for that..but at what stage in his career? It's a little too late for me..Eubank, Benn..good champions in general face stiff competition at around 20 professional fights..why the need to cradle Calzaghe for 40+!? Look at Taylor..not his biggest fan but his 20th pro fight was Bernard Hopkins!! Then Winky Wright..big risks and he deserves credit for taking them win, lose or draw. Most decent fighters get into stiff competition at around the 20-25 pro bouts mark. E.G De La Hoya, Mayweather..Vargas even! I don't blame Calzaghe solely, its more Frank Warren..but grow some balls like Ricky Hatton and leave the fucking guy!

Miles, I just used Hatton as an example of a protected british fighter in my initial post mate (although he gets my respect for leaving Warren..temporarily it seems now though ). Someone just responded with Hatton as an arguement and I was just giving my opinion on his point.

[ICB]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

First of all, because I had one post don't jump on me to do more research..I have done my research..you do yours. Calzaghe is a lot more protected than Eubank was..Eubank was always put in situations where the possibility of a loss was very real! How many dangerous situations can you think of that calzaghe has been put in where the possibility of a loss was real? Peter Manfredo? Haha..get real! All of you can be as quick as you like to jump on me for preferring Eubank over Calzaghe but i'm sure i'm not the only one that shares the same view. Eubanks resume is 10x better than Calzaghes I can't even believe anybody is arguing that point..he has 2 big wins on his 40+ undefeated streak?? i respect Eubank more for the losses he has on his resume than I do calzaghe for the wins because they are all gift wrapped and delievered to his door..its boring. Hatton? He has fought one guy..ever..Kostya..and there is still the arguement about wether Kostya would have worked him in his younger days. Hatton has been exposed by lesser fighters (collazo, urango) so he is a B class fighter at best for me. Castillo win holds no weight for me also..they were good performances..can't deny him that at all but would it have been different had these 2 fighters been in their prime?

Eubank was only ever the underdog against Benn i believe i think you do need to do some research because Eubanks best wins aren't that much better to Calzaghes best wins and Calzaghe only ever had 1 close decision Eubank got about 5 gift decisions i will copy and paste what i said on the other page.



Eubanks best wins

Nigel Benn
Michael Watson well if you can call the first fight win which most of the UK think Watson got robbed
Henry Wharton
Thulani Malinga

And thats about it really plus Eubank had fights in which he should of lost or were too close to call which i will say here

Dan Schommer loss
1st Watson fight loss
Nigel Benn rematch loss
Ray Close loss

I would say atleast 3 out of the 4 fights i just mentioned Eubank should of lost Eubanks best wins aren't that much better than Calzaghes best wins except the Benn victory.

[p4pking]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

First off have a nice sad click from me, now Cazlaghe is going to fight in his second unification, how many did Chris fight in again?? Mate i love Eubank, but there was many fighters in his era who he never fought, the list is endless, Nunn, MCcallum,RJJ, Toney. Hatton has gone to a different country to go prove hes the best Hatton has already beaton two fighters that are better than anyone who Eubank beat, you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

There you've got it, imo.. I think both Calzaghe and Eubank have definetly been protected to a degree, and both hurt their chances at being remembered as greater than they will be by staying in their own backyards... However, Eubank definetly didn't have a better resume imo, and Calzaghe was/is also a superior p4p fighter than Chris if you ask me. The real difference is that Eubank had more options, more top level fighters that he could have faced, as you listed in your post. Calzaghe in reality has missed out on a couple of good chances, I won't include Hopkins and Roy Jones as noone really knows who's to fault in those fights not coming together(though again, Calzaghe having never fought in the US is a big reason, imo).. But I definetly think that Joe deserves some blame for never fighting Glen Johnson. That fight was practically set on paper SEVERAL times, and god knows Glen Johnson doesn't duck anyone, or refuse a good payday anywhere. But Eubank had a hell of a lot of great fighters he could have squared off against if he left the UK. Nunn, Toney, Jones, McCallum, a Steve Collins fight could have been made without doing so... There were a lot more world class opponents around MW/SMW in those days, and Eubank would have probably been the underdog against any of the best American fighters. Today, Calzaghe would probably be the favourite against most anyone, though like I say, he still should have put forth more effort to make it Stateside and fight them, imo. Taylor, Winky, Hopkins, are a hell of a lot better than the guys on his resume. But as long as he fights Kessler next, he can't be faulted at the moment.

[skel1983]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

First off have a nice sad click from me, now Cazlaghe is going to fight in his second unification, how many did Chris fight in again?? Mate i love Eubank, but there was many fighters in his era who he never fought, the list is endless, Nunn, MCcallum,RJJ, Toney. Hatton has gone to a different country to go prove hes the best Hatton has already beaton two fighters that are better than anyone who Eubank beat, you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

There you've got it, imo.. I think both Calzaghe and Eubank have definetly been protected to a degree, and both hurt their chances at being remembered as greater than they will be by staying in their own backyards... However, Eubank definetly didn't have a better resume imo, and Calzaghe was/is also a superior p4p fighter than Chris if you ask me. The real difference is that Eubank had more options, more top level fighters that he could have faced, as you listed in your post. Calzaghe in reality has missed out on a couple of good chances, I won't include Hopkins and Roy Jones as noone really knows who's to fault in those fights not coming together(though again, Calzaghe having never fought in the US is a big reason, imo).. But I definetly think that Joe deserves some blame for never fighting Glen Johnson. That fight was practically set on paper SEVERAL times, and god knows Glen Johnson doesn't duck anyone, or refuse a good payday anywhere. But Eubank had a hell of a lot of great fighters he could have squared off against if he left the UK. Nunn, Toney, Jones, McCallum, a Steve Collins fight could have been made without doing so... There were a lot more world class opponents around MW/SMW in those days, and Eubank would have probably been the underdog against any of the best American fighters. Today, Calzaghe would probably be the favourite against most anyone, though like I say, he still should have put forth more effort to make it Stateside and fight them, imo. Taylor, Winky, Hopkins, are a hell of a lot better than the guys on his resume. But as long as he fights Kessler next, he can't be faulted at the moment.

CC mate good post.

I totally agree, i think its a shame it has taken Calzaghe ten years to really get recognition he deserves hopefully we can see 2/3 more world class fights for him before he retires.

[Nium]

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=11761&more=1

Found these posts in some of the 'comments':

By John Salerno (from Team Calzaghe)

I like Chris Eubank's entertaining personality although I loathe his arrogance. However, I will say that this section is bollocks and complete lies regarding his preparation time to box Joe Calzaghe: Chris Eubanks comments, "But I do think I'd have got him out of there if I had longer to prepare." This is bullshit, Chris Eubank had longer to prepare for this fight that Joe did. At the time, Joe was hoping to box Steve Collins for the title but Frank Warren was aware that Steve Collins was apprehensive about boxing Joe. Frank Warren needed to big names to box for the WBO supermiddle weight title so Eubank was given plenty of notice that there was a strong likley hood he could be boxing Joe. As it materialised Steve Collins retired rather than boxing Joe and FrankWarren had his big name fight between and unknown Calzaghe and Eubank. Regards, John

By 'Poppo'

Johnny boy, Eubank had been sparring with Dennis Andries who is polar opposite to Joe. He had to bring in Ray Webb for a weeks sparring because he couldn't find anyone else and Ray told Chris he wasn't half the fighter he was in 1994 in terms of speed, power and movement when Ray was his main sparring partner for the Rocchigiani and Storey fights. Regards, the Poppo. (Joe wouldn't have stood a hope if Chrissy was at his best).

Interesting.

[Purist]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

First off have a nice sad click from me, now Cazlaghe is going to fight in his second unification, how many did Chris fight in again?? Mate i love Eubank, but there was many fighters in his era who he never fought, the list is endless, Nunn, MCcallum,RJJ, Toney. Hatton has gone to a different country to go prove hes the best Hatton has already beaton two fighters that are better than anyone who Eubank beat, you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

Eubank didn't wait till he was 36 to fight someone dangerous like Nigel Benn

[Nium]

But really Joe's era was so shit, who was there to fight?? Roy Jones would have been dangerous as fuck if Joe could get him to open up, but apart from that I don't recall any 'dangerous' fighters about, and Byron Mitchell is certainly no Benn, Barkley or McClellan.

[Nium]

Sven Ottke would have made for a barn-burner......

[Nium]

Sheika, Brewer, Mitchell, these guys aren't dangerous. Nothing compared to Barkley, McClellan, Watson, Eubank, even Wharton.

When I think about it Nigel Benn fought such better fighters than Joe. Are Reid and Woodhall Eubank and Watson? I think not. Is Jeff Lacy even Anthony Logan? Barely. Are Sheika and Brewer Doug DeWitt? Could Sheika and Brewer give a peak Tommy Hearns a difficult night and look like a world-beater against Robbie Sims and Matt Hilton?

Kessler is the first really decent fighter he's fought, considering Eubank's work was very groggy against Joe.

[skel1983]

Prime for Prime I can't see Calzaghe beating Chris. Eubank, I think we can all agree was 10 times the champion that Calzaghe is. You just have to look at his resume to see that..Eubank never backed away from a challenge..his last 2 fights were proof of that. Moving up to Cruiserweight to come close to beating Karl Thompson. That was a time I would have been proud to back our British fighters..but now we just have arrogance in the form of Calzaghe and even a little in Hatton. These guys toot their horns when they havn't done S***.
Coincidently my favourite boxer at this moment in time = Floyd Mayweather Jr..yepp he talks the most S***. Difference? He backs it up..just like Eubank used to..
The clash of styles would make it difficult for Eubank in his prime against Calzaghe but I still think a close points victory or late K.O for Eubank.

First off have a nice sad click from me, now Cazlaghe is going to fight in his second unification, how many did Chris fight in again?? Mate i love Eubank, but there was many fighters in his era who he never fought, the list is endless, Nunn, MCcallum,RJJ, Toney. Hatton has gone to a different country to go prove hes the best Hatton has already beaton two fighters that are better than anyone who Eubank beat, you need to go do a bit more research, Eubank was more shy than Calzaghe when it came to travelling and fighting bums, i give him my respect fighting Thompson and they were great fights and he only lost because he was the smaller man, but that was at the end of his career and he had nowhere else to go. Calzaghe and Hatton are both p4p fighters and two of the best the Uk has produced.

Eubank didn't wait till he was 36 to fight someone dangerous like Nigel Benn

Im sorry Starr i respect your posts usually, but that is quite a short sighted responce, please tell me what British fighter was on Nigel Benns level when Joe has been around If Benn had been American do you think he would of ever fought Eubank would he balls have, the fact that you had two World Class fighters from the same country in the same era in the same weight class was very fortunate, come on who could Joe have fought? He fought the two best British fighters that were World Class Robin Reid and Ritchie Woodhall. If Joe was about then he would of fought Benn without a doubt.

[Nium]

I agree though that it's been disgraceful what Warren and Calzaghe have done, just sitting around for a decade instead of jetting off to the States