1st of all i want to say congratulations to calzaghe for winning the fight against my boxing idol roy jones jnr. Roy jones is past his prime as we all saw yesterday but i still admire him for actually giving a go and trying his best.
There is no doubt that calzaghe is a fantastic boxer and that he will be talked about by future boxing fans for years to come but the only thing that upsets me is why is he only fighting roy jones and hopkins in 2008??
Jones called him out to step up from super middleweight to lightheavyweight to fight him back in 2002 but he declined.....hopkins called him up back in 1999 but he declined.......ao why all the sudden change of heart??
well jones in 2002 was 33 and still in his prime while in 1999 hopkins was 33(also in his prime).....it just upsets me that calzaghe is taking this amazing credit for beating them while they are not in their prime.....i mean hopkins 42yrs old and jones 39yrs old....what do people expect?
I just hope that the next few boxing generation of fans know their facts about these fights rathar than just the fact that calzaghe beat them. Like calzaghe said last night....."this year i have beaten 2boxing legends" but for me.....if he had beat them while they were not legends would be more of a achievement.....would calazhe beat jones or hopkins in 1999 or 2002 respectivetly.......i think we all know the answer.....as calzaghe knew back when he declined the fights!!
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