I don't think it's disrespectful at all. Calzaghe does look like one of those 1800s prize fighters and they were animals back then. He's an animal. I had never heard of him before this fight but after it, I looked for all of his fights online. Def became one of my top 5 favorite fighters of all time 💯💯💯

I'd have liked to see it non the less.

well said !!!

Calzaghe always in great condition

@@cloudy7292 😅

yes well said he was amazing ,probably the best british fighter ever ,and thats enormous

100%👍👍👍👍👍

Yep - a true champion needs a chin. Joe got knocked down a few times, so I think it was his recuperation that was special. He could get up like he'd just sat down for a rest. Remarkable specimen.

Joe's hand speed and angles too. He could throw a 7 shot combo and the opponent wouldn't where they were coming from or which one would be the 'hard' shot. One of my favourite fighters, absolute legend.

I got that from this fight too. Lacy is an incredible puncher and he landed maybe 3 solid ones that rocked Joe for a second or two.

Philip Hamilton hope you mean Wales cos Lewis was unbelievably better than Calzaghe

Joe was probably one of the greatest to come out of any country,

Cos he's a naturally quiet and no big ego guy, despite having the ultimate talent greatness he doesn't get all the glory he deserves.

Philip Hamilton he only fought and beat 4 good opponents. Other British fighters fought way more

DCSniper 187 joe was a much better boxer than Lewis. Lewis got knocked out by Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman.

They regarded Lacy as unbeatable at the time, they said Joe would get destroyed by the mini Mike Tyson....Joe took him to school and stole all his lunch money.

I never realized the people on the other side of the pond thought Lacey would win.

I'm an Aussie, and Joe's my favorite fighter anywhere, anytime

@@jeffreycurtis9075 Is that because australians are all wimps who can't fight?

@@jeffreycurtis9075 Good looking, clever and still got his brains in one piece. Peace be unto you.

He wasn't a black american so the press never fawned over him or gave his his props

Я тоже плакать, с удивлением,

Me too...

muttley bn his corner should have pulled him out never recovered from this beating

Lacy was never the same .respect he never quit

Kenneth Robinson ruined his career never recovered

it wasn't a good fight. Joe's gentle slaps and lots of clinchs from lacy. I think Joe's style of constant barrage of small shots instead of big KO punches, and relative low strength was the reason he spent half of his time in the ring tangled in clinches, he's got to be in the top 10% of fighters wrt time spent stuck in a clinch. When the barrage starts his opponents just step forward into a clinch, joe never figure out how to stop them doing it

plasmaastronaut you don’t have a clue about boxing do you

Understandable for Joe - he was going through a lot of pain in every match with how damaged his hands were at this point. Sucks that his hands were so bad, I feel like if not for that we could have gotten a few more great fights from him after the Roy Jones match.

I've never seen anything like it, this guy is a legend, he's like a hybrid human, incredible.

Gotta have the chin to match that fitness though xD

A very different sport but Clazaghe reminds me of Jansher Khan who won something like 500 consecutive professional squash matches just by defending, defending, defending and the other guy would always gas out eventually. Water torture basically.

​@@DadsAnime Calzaghe had chin, stamina, and skill on the inside and outside. Notice how hes constantly tying up one arm and punching from underneath with the other. He also turns his opponent around frequently and jabs on the way in and out. My son will work on this!

The most perfect 12 round performance I have ever seen

How was underrated in the slightest.its why he was ducked so much.his problem was he did not sell himself very well. He was under appreciated but not underrated

I'm going to correct you: This was one of the best performances by ANY boxer ever. I have never seen a fight this brutally lopsided in my life.

He is Welsh.

@@michaeloflavouredjelly7702 Welsh, British

Masher Dodd in his prime was the best

Yep by a country mile

@@SiLoMixMaster Was he from knottyash.

@@terrynash8087 Birkenhead

He's definitely one of the best .

well said

Yip totally agree. If they want to know about joes slaps, then watch the Calzaghe documentary. Chris Eubank speaks very highly of them.

@@Landybandy1 Different fighter then, before his hands became fragile. That said, if he didn't hit for shit, why did no-one ever just walk him down?

@@johnbull1568 Ironically, that's what Joe said about Lacy's power. "He can't hit for shit!"

@@johnbull1568 because he was the strongest, like Canelo, Gervonta, Loma, Usik and my favorite Gassiev are the strongest today! (in their respective weights)

Calzaghe looks like he's slapping. but he's like Beterbiev in a way. He uses sweeping blows , which are legal in boxing. A lot of the damage is inflicted by the clubbing effect of forearms to neck. It exhausts the opponent when there are like twenty of those landing per round alongside everything else. Grueling body contact, stiff short straight shots from in close. Then he's back out of range. You have to watch Calzaghe fights in ultra slow motion to even see it. thats how fast it all happens.

Right on, Yoda.

@@BK-hp6fv the only debate is which round Joe would've stopped froch in

@@BK-hp6fv I would indeed put thousands on that... Joe had a higher ko ratio than any froch ever lost too.. Including ward an ward beat froch 13 rounds out of 12 lol,froch nearly got beat by groves an he was a europen champion that got brought a world title lol

@@solidcake3401 well probably good for you that that fight never happened. You must have alot of spare cash.

@@BK-hp6fv nah just not convinced by the British media like you. There's a reason why fake British boxers like froch and joshua got smashed to bits in the US lol

no

Absolutely. I think the population have become conditioned to thinking that the only decent fights are on PPV at this point. The lockdown situation is going to throw up so many problems for boxing and sport in general though, so it's probably not going to continue that way.

Not really ripping off is it? Sky made dave Allen vs Lucas browne ppv... Now that's ripping off

@@adammohamed.. that's has itv gotta do with matchroom charging working class people 20 quid for bellew vs an Africa refuge? You bot

I think with PPV you need to add Eddie boy also. Too many PPV across both promoters when they have subscription based channels backing them!

@@emac8381 weird how old Eddie has started leaking money since the government put a ban on stubhub lol

loved his last fight he school Roy Jones he's cool guy. joe

RODD -: and he wasn’t a loud mouth like Toney who is vastly over rated by USA fight fans had his head boxed of by tapia may have name wrong

welterweight ???LOL try lightweight

I think it’s the same reason Marciano was so well condition no pointless muscles just good old fashioned road work,body weight exercises heavy bag etc

He might have learned that from Benn to be fair.

@@adamcharlesdavies first thought i had mate.

Remember, Canelo is already a super middleweight "champion"

ancientdictator who just beat rocky fielding for the title 😯 haha

im welsh and absolutely love Calzaghe but to fight canelo at his prime at any weight is dangerous. Mayweather showed how to beat canelo, Calzaghe would never fight that way. It would be a great fight but I couldn't see anything but a canelo victory

@@mattylou1985 Mayweather beat a completely different Canelo though. Canelo was only 22 (I think) when he fought him and Canelo has changed to a Mayweather type style defence while keeping his offence. Calzaghe is too big though, I don't think Canelo could knock him out and almost no-one out works Calzaghe, I go with Calzaghe on points. Too much in terms of work rate. Would be a hell of a fight though.

Calzaghe also hurt his hand a few weeks before this fight. It was so bad he was going to pull out until his dad convinced him not to.

Lacy stayed right in there until the end. You git to give him that. He took the best Joe had to offer. Out classed for sure but a fighting dog nevertheless.

@@jimbobaggans1564 Calzaghe injured his hand and was going to pull out of the fight a couple of weeks before until his dad convinced him not to. His hands in general were so bad at this point of his career he couldn't dig the punches in like his early career. That is the reason Lacy called him a "slapper" in the build up. It is true but he still slaps hard, haha. You are right he showed guts but didn't stand a chance in those later rounds. His corner should have pulled him out earlier, might have saved his career.

Yeah Lacy was a tough kid, but Chris Eubank snr fought Joe when he could really bang. 👊🏿😁

Jimbo Baggans trouble was it ruined his career never recovered corner should have pulled him out

Gareth Hopkins well said his corner seemed stunned he could have being badly hurt ruined his career that is certain

Fury..?

Though career not over, I would include Fury at this point. But yeah can’t argue otherwise.

Jimmy Wilde?

He is from Wales

Most overrated undefeated fighter of all time pulled out of Glen jhonson fight twice the man who devastatingly knocked out an old Roy Jones who calzaghe got dropped by and didn't look to good beating turned down a fight against jermain Taylor a guy who beat Bernard Hopkins years earlier twice these fights were there for Joe at the time, instead froch goes and beats the guys who Joe pulled out against and chose not to fight, explain how we can give Joe the credit he deserves because I'm confused with the lack of knowledge of most fight fans

alibabazs who cares what Max Kellerman thinks.... anyone who fights or watches boxing and has half a brain can see what an amazing boxer/fighter he was!!! He beat Kessler when he was an absolute beast!!!!

I rate Calzaghe as arguably the best pound for pound ever. He had the speed of a welterweight, and a quick one at that. A boxing masterclass, without fear and ruthless to the end. Legend.

@@rodd1000 ai. Only prob with that is to be highly regarded p4p you have to actually fight highly ranked opponents. That's why Joe only ever made it to ring mags top 10 p4p list once with a placement of 3rd in 2006/7. All his picking of opponents may have upped his record of 0 losses but fucked up any chances of being a p4p great.

@@rodd1000 Listen to what Nigel Benn has to say upon Joe. He rates him as the best of all of his bunch when they were in their prime, said he was happy he didnt have to fight Joe as Joe would have beat him up!

alibabazs max is an idiot on ward kovelev punches were low but not that low

The reason Joe doesn't get full props is because the credible names on his resume were unfortunately past their primes Eubank, Jones and Hopkins etc

R Sosa Eubank wasn’t past him prime tho? Admittedly Jones and Hopkins were abit past it but still dangerous nonetheless

@@user-lt8vx4gs9e Remember this was Eubank after he had been through wars with Benn and wasn't the same fighter after the Michael Watson incident

R Sosa yeah I guess, still I hard fight for anyone tho, this is what I mean but discredited like no matter who he beat no one will give him the credit due😂

@@user-lt8vx4gs9e I like Calzaghe he was a great fighter definitely up there without a doubt and always worth a mention reminds me of Larry Holmes another amazing fighter but due to circumstances never got his full credit!

don't forget Jimmy Wilde, the greatest little fighter of them all

He's English...

MEANDMYNINE_tm FUCK YOU HES WELSH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@@joeyhoward1099 he was born in Hammersmith London. Check his bio. He's an Englishman haha

MEANDMYNINE_tm born in England mother Welsh and raised in wales father is Italian so if I was born in Jamaica would I be Jamaican

@@joeyhoward1099 of course you would. You can change your citizenship but not your nationality. Sorry

Are you really Mr. Beast tho?

ray albion start of joes career kos opponents all time then chronic hand trouble forced change in style

@@ChrisThornburn-ke5xk yeah true class , at the end of the day you cant change your bones or train your bones they are what they are , so he re thinks and alters his style and reigns unbeaten .

ray albion still a lot on KZfaq can’t give him any credit one idiots latest post why did he retire easy answer being at top over ten years undisputed SM lineal LH champ nearly 39 nothing to prove all time great if he was from USA imagine accolades

@@ChrisThornburn-ke5xk yeah the thing is as well when you have been at the very top of your game in a sport like boxing I can imagine it being very difficult and heart breaking to know when to quit, a lot of great champions have not been able to do it and carried on without actually needing the money .

Yep most machine-like boxer.

You must be Brit.

@@jimbobaggans1564 Probably just a realist. Did you see the state of the Alabama dosser recently?

I rate that division in those times, average.

Joe didn't destroy them all sorry to burst you bubble but turned down jermain Taylor fight who beat Hopkins twice years earlier and pulled out of the Glen jhonson fight twice the same Glen jhonson who brutally knocked out a rjj years earlier, calzaghe chose to fight Jones junior when he was well shot calzaghe didn't fight any top ten fighters 95 %of his career

Dafydd Teisar the walking talking rectum returns with nonsense Taylor didn’t fight at sm until joe had retired

The Italian Celts

Oh, puh-lease

No, p4p is actually listed by ring. Who are very unbiased. Boxers p4p status is earned. Why do you think Joe only made it to ring p4p ranking once with a ranking of 3rd in 2006-7. It's because to rank highly p4p you have to fight opponents who rank pretty high in that list. 95% of Joe's career he didn't do this. So how can he get credit for that? His credit which is given for his actual competitive bouts is more than enough.

He would of got more credit for fighting actual greats at their peak. That's why Hatton get a more credit, for actually fighting pacman and mayweather when they had titles and were a threat. He might have lost but still earned more respect than credit than Joe. No false claims of not receiving enough credit etc.

@@meandmynine_tm9684 I would have to agree , I would of liked to see calzaghe fight Glen jhonson or jermain Taylor, froch definitely fought allot tougher oponents than calzaghe did

@@slick7472 you totally understand some wins are better than others regardless of undefeated or not. And my dig is not at calzaghe but his fans, trying to make him out he's something he's not. He's almost there, but not quite due to questionable career decisions. They're not happy that he might be the best super middleweight off all time. He has to be the best ever as well. When that's not true. To many stars who actually took a lot of risks rank above him. As I've said before, Joe is a perfect example of what most British fighters do, time their career right and carefully pick opponents. Because they have to. When they don't and challenge themselvesbyou end up with Prince nazeems, Carl frochs and Ricky Hattons. All of which I respect a lot more for actually trying. Their achievements are actually equal to Joe's despite the losses.

@@meandmynine_tm9684 I totally agree 100% a career should never be based on undefeated but on quality of oponents

Yeah Wales has always been kind to immigrants.

Love seeing familiar faces in the crowd

It's been made