A Moment of Reflection.....

[Carib BlueBird]

Inspirational reflections to ponder upon

Record - 46-0 - UNDEFEATED!

Super-middleweight world champion WBA/WBC/WBO/IBF/RING/LINEAL!

Longest reigning super-middleweight world champion in boxing history!

Greatest super-middleweight of all time!

Moved up to light-heavyweight and defeated Bernard Hopkins & Roy Jones Jr becoming a champion in that weight class.

Finished his career as a 2 weight world champion and reigning world champion!

 

[JAMIECCFC]

I love Calzaghe but if he fought Jones Jr in his prime there’d be one winner and it wouldn’t be Joe

 

[Travis Bickle]

It’s a pity that Joe wasn‘t a bit younger or he could have had a match with Carl Froch and shut the gobby fecker up

 

[stantys tattoos]

I love Calzaghe but if he fought Jones Jr in his prime there’d be one winner and it wouldn’t be Joe

first wrench i've give you mate but joe was a great boxer

 

[JAMIECCFC]

first wrench i've give you mate but joe was a great boxer

I didn’t say he wasn’t, do you think he’d beat Jones Jr in his prime? I would put Jones up there as one of the best he was that good

 

[stantys tattoos]

I didn’t say he wasn’t, do you think he’d beat Jones Jr in his prime? I would put Jones up there as one of the best he was that good

hope he would so basically yes

 

[bluethrough™]

I love Calzaghe but if he fought Jones Jr in his prime there’d be one winner and it wouldn’t be Joe

See where you're coming from and you could be right.

That said I think Joe is truly underrated by many tbh, always seemed to have another gear in him that was rarely needed.

 

[Caroline St]

He took Jones jnr apart that night, he Was like a man posessed, he'd of done him in his prime that night nfqat

 

[Cymro84]

I didn’t say he wasn’t, do you think he’d beat Jones Jr in his prime? I would put Jones up there as one of the best he was that good

You say you would put Jones up there as one of the best, would you not say the same about Joe Calzaghe?

 

[JAMIECCFC]

You say you would put Jones up there as one of the best, would you not say the same about Joe Calzaghe?

Yes and no, it’s a tough one with Joe and not his fault but he thought the best when they were well passed it, personally although he had a tough chin he left himself exposed a little too much and just my opinion if he fought jones or Hopkins in their prime I find it hard to see him beating either

 

[Carib BlueBird]

I love Calzaghe but if he fought Jones Jr in his prime there’d be one winner and it wouldn’t be Joe

Jones was a class above most but Joe really had heart and a banging left....I dont know....Joe would win.

 

[Carib BlueBird]

Saw in Facebook....another nice moment of reflection:

'Boxing has been very good to me. I don't think I'd change much. Boxing has taken me into Buckingham Palace and given me a nice six bedroomed place of my own. I've been to nice places and met people that I wouldn't have done if not for boxing.

It was tough getting to the top. I had to dedicate my life to it, and I don't suppose it's any easier now. If you don't cut out the dances and go easy on the drinks and the girlfriends, you haven't much chance of succeeding in boxing.

My brother Jim and I probably missed a lot by being in bed at ten o'clock most evenings. But what you never have you never miss, they say. If you're really keen on something - it might be swimming or it might be athletics etc - if what you are doing gives you so much pleasure, then what are you missing?

When I turned professional all I wanted was a British Title and then a Lonsdale belt outright. Then I became the only British fighter to win three outright, so all the years of hard work were worthwhile.'

- Sir Henry Cooper

 

[Mad Al]

What I liked about Joe Calzaghe was that despite the success he remained totally grounded, you'd see him in the bookies doing a £2 each way bet, just as he did before the fame and wealth.

 

[JAMIECCFC]

Jones was a class above most but Joe really had heart and a banging left....I dont know....Joe would win.

Joe had a cracking left but jones was a middleweight with heavyweight power, I’m not knocking Joe as he was amazing and certainly one of my favourites, most people go with Ali but I’d probably edge with sugar Ray Robinson

 

[Carib BlueBird]

Joe had a cracking left but jones was a middleweight with heavyweight power, I’m not knocking Joe as he was amazing and certainly one of my favourites, most people go with Ali but I’d probably edge with sugar Ray Robinson

Damn....that knockdown on 4 minutes of that video.....Agree Roy Jones was top flight, but Joe got him, even if Jones was a lot slower then

Am not sure who was the greatest, my favourite was Nigel Benn - that fight with McClellan.......heart, guts, to the detriment of life and health.

 

[Mad Al]

If you had to choose one boxer to watch, for me it was Benn, every fight he had was all action, relentless stuff, win or lose he always came to fight and he always put on a show. Steve Collins beat the top blokes in his day, including Benn and Eubank, felt like he never received the recognition he deserved though, possibly because of his conservative boxing style, had a cast iron chin though.

 

[Carib BlueBird]

'If there's one story that sums Ali up, it's this one: California doesn't like boxing. For years the game was banned there, and when Ali was having his slight disagreement with the United States government over the question of being drafted in Vietnam, one of his bitterest opponents was Ronald Reagan, the one-time film star who was then Governor of California.
Reagan's dislike of Ali was something he'd never bothered to conceal. But when Ali was training for a fight in Dublin a youngster broke through the watching crowd and asked Ali for an autograph. The answer, when Ali enquired his name was: Michael Reagan.
The boy admitted that Ronald Reagan was his father, and charmed Ali with a Black Power salute, in fun of course. Ali loved it.
One thing Ali hated was being introduced to any of his opponents' children before the fight. And if he knew, after a fight, that any children had been there to see the way he'd battered their father, he'd try and have a few words with them.'
- Sir Henry Cooper

 

[stantys tattoos]

'If there's one story that sums Ali up, it's this one: California doesn't like boxing. For years the game was banned there, and when Ali was having his slight disagreement with the United States government over the question of being drafted in Vietnam, one of his bitterest opponents was Ronald Reagan, the one-time film star who was then Governor of California.
Reagan's dislike of Ali was something he'd never bothered to conceal. But when Ali was training for a fight in Dublin a youngster broke through the watching crowd and asked Ali for an autograph. The answer, when Ali enquired his name was: Michael Reagan.
The boy admitted that Ronald Reagan was his father, and charmed Ali with a Black Power salute, in fun of course. Ali loved it.
One thing Ali hated was being introduced to any of his opponents' children before the fight. And if he knew, after a fight, that any children had been there to see the way he'd battered their father, he'd try and have a few words with them.'
- Sir Henry Cooper

is that @BLUE TUESDAY ?

 

[BLUE TUESDAY]

is that @BLUE TUESDAY ?

Are we allowed to take the piss out of Ali

 

[stantys tattoos]

Are we allowed to take the piss out of Ali

no the little boy in the photo...thats you that is