Joe Calzaghe vs Byron Mitchell [2/2]

[yomofo890]

This is my best round to watch ever !!

[cpaignboxing]

lol calzaghe is such a joke. His whole career is a protected joke. Joe was hurt worse then byronn ever was in this fight. Another BS stoppage on coward joes record

[s13hgp]

Super Joe.... 'The Worlds Most Complete Boxer' EVER !

[1Amerikkka]

Joe Calzaghe goes around beating up black people !

[mrfixituk]

Now that is old school boxing!

[LaneyWales2k9]

One of the best fighters ive seen in my life

[Raokenx]

Calzaghe is one of my favorite fighters of all time. Respect to the Welsh Dragon from Kentucky.

[thexdvl]

Joe, my all time favorite.

[Eisenbieger1986]

Joe Calzaghe, most unterrated world champion ever. So fast, so good foot work. Many boxers nowerdays could learn from him. Thumbs up if u agree

[mr2gti]

This scrap was EPIC!

[schpongled]

I thought this was maybe a little premature a stoppage when I first watched it, but what would you do as a ref? Mitchells legs had gone, his defence was nowhere and Calzaghe was leathering him all over the ring like a madman with 25secs left in the round.... Look at Mitchells eyes in the replay, he looked like a zombie. Calzaghe had some power if he was willing to put his fragile hands on the line.

[Aware2128]

Calzaghe never faced a great fighter in his prime and thus is not considered an elite all time great. His best victory is against Kessler and we all saw how easily he was beaten by Andre Ward. His fights against Hopkins and Jones were against aged past their prime fighters. Hopkins had lost 2 of his last 4 fights before facing Calzaghe and Jones was as shot as ever a fighter has been when he faced Calzaghe.

[grandesbolas1]

@Aware2128

Calzaghe was past his prime when he fought Jones and Hopkins. He is an undefeated champion with over 20 title deffenses . People hate seeing a white man be one of the best fighters in the world .

[Aware2128]

@grandesbolas1 Yeah he was definitely one of the best fighters in the world during his time. You won't however see him in any credible top 20 fighters of all time lists.

[dicktiger68]

@Aware2128  I agree, mate. My dad was Welsh, and I would like to say Joe was a legend the likes of Robinson or Hagler, but I can't. He did show heart in this fight , though.

[pearcemark2]

@grandesbolas1 Shut up, idiot. I'm white. Hopkins smashed his face in.

[grandesbolas1]

@pearcemark2

Hopkins that black peice of shit got his face punched in , No blacks have a chance in hell against an undefeated champion like Calzaghe !

[pearcemark2]

@grandesbolas1 Your only basis of judging the fight is clearly your racism.

He's a B fighter. Get over it.

[mizofan]

@Aware2128 We saw how Kessler won the world title again v Froch, who thrashed Abraham (who beat Taylor), ko'd Taylor who beat Hopkins x2. Hopkins pulled out of the fight arranged with Calzaghe years before. Hardly Joe's fault there was noone good enough around to really test him- Jones had other fish to fry when younger. Joe wasn't getting enough credit in the US, as a European, until he thrashed Lacy. Hopkins is now world champ 3 years after fighting Joe, who was in his late 30s v Jones.

[dan32113]

@Aware2128 actually Hopkins wasn"t shot, because after Joe schooled him, next fight Hopkins beat the undeafeted Kelly Pavlik, also Hopkins has just beaten Jean Pascal for Light heavyweight title. Aged? Joe was 36 Jones 39. Both had long careers, Calzaghe was also past his best!

[Aware2128]

@dan32113 Where did I ever use the word SHOT with respect to Bernard Hopkins? Read what I said next time. I said he was past his prime and old. This is not debatable. I said ROY JONES WAS SHOT. There is a distinct difference between past your prime and shot.

[Aware2128]

Is split decision victory that many saw could have gone either way really schooling somebody? I personally thought Calzaghe won, but not all are convinced. Calzaghe got knocked down and really didn't land that many significant blows against Hopkins.

[grandesbolas1]

No black person can beat up Calzaghe !

[Aware2128]

@grandesbolas1 A prime roy jones, james toney, bernard hopkins, marvin hagler, michael spinks, bob foster, etc beat calzhaghe @ 168 or 175 

[thekieranstoker12]

ian darke is a brilliant commentator one of the best imo

[s13hgp]

Calzaghe= Greatest ever English born boxer.....Sensational!

[mizofan]

@s13hgp Yes Joe is the greatest boxer born in England even though he's Welsh- but the greatest ever British boxer is Jimmy Wilde, a Welshman born in Wales.

[Wutangspam]

Also. Looking @ Mitchell's eyes The stoppage was spot on really.

[Wutangspam]

Suoperb shot that put JC down. Short and sweet with so much power on it it actually spun JC around. Amazing he got up from that. Similar to Sugar Ray Robinsion's KO punch of Gene Fullmer.

[olivert677]

@bigsexyaussie no his name was pride of Wales you dip shit haha everyone slates him do 12 rounds with him then slate him

[olivert677]

@welshmando classic haha i love it

[sandmbmx]

That was beautiful

[welshmando]

"Yes! I knocked him down... Shit! I pissed him off!"

[vcgills]

is that pauli maginaggi at 2.47 bloody looks like him 

[21simo12]

calzaghe is fuckin sick!

[blueparrot10]

this was a great performance by the BEST fighter iv EVER SEEN in boxing after 44-years of being involved in boxing + following boxing as a big fan...im talking about british boxing! but even in worldwide terms-he was one of the GREATEST IV EVER SEEN-PERIOD! ONE OF THE TRUE ALL TIME GREATS-"FOR SURE"!

[lp32862]

Wow, forget about this round. All time great round, after being dumped by a vicious Mitchell right. Only HOFer come back like Super Joe and stop his opponent. All time great!!!

[Bigsexyaussie]

Calzaghe slaps like my mum.. Even with his undefeated record, guy isn't even ranked in top 100 boxers of all time.. And hatton is more popular in th UK... wasn't his nickname sicknote calzaghe?? Guys overrated.. Wait till jones is shit before he fights him... PATHETIC.. guys a joke, and broke.. Y ain't I surprised.. R u???

[Maxshard]

@Bigsexyaussie What do you mean broke, you gormless half wit?

[Maxshard]

@Bigsexyaussie And what's your mum doing slapping you? I appreciate that you deserve it but does this mean she's a child abuser, because you write like a kid?

[dannbux]

@Bigsexyaussie your a prick mate..

[Bigsexyaussie]

@dannbux Fuck off cunt.. CALZAGHE IS CRAP!!! WASNT EVEN A PO U USELUSS CUNT!! LOOOOOOOOOOOSERRRRR!!!

[lifeonloop]

@Bigsexyaussie comment on your own aussie boxers, oh yeah you havent got any. dickhead.

[TheCaptainrum]

@Bigsexyaussie go and eat a dingo you stupid aussie cunt

[welshmando]

@Bigsexyaussie Yeah he's only got a few million. Broke as hell.

[Bigsexyaussie]

Lennox is Canadian.. Dumbass..

[BruceinFalkirk]

@Bigsexyaussie

Lewis was born in England and held the British and European titles.

[sugarraygras]

@jabjabmove Joe is an absolute legend who smashed every yank that dared face him, including the best they have. No mentions that he was plagued with bad hands and fought through the pain to be the best of our times next to Lennox. The yanks hate it when the Brits kick their asses and Calzaghe and Lennox did just that. They are both LEGENDS.

[Maxshard]

I notice Calzaghe goes to kiss a woman straight after the victory. Was that his wife I wonder who he had the acrimonious divorce from and is she I wonder also the notorious poster known as 'Cowardzaghe'?

[Mikelh69]

Calzaghe was a supremely accurate puncher. I reckon he could push his fist through the eye of a needle.

[TheDayfornight]

pure talent and graft

[lee907]

The guy was unsteady and about to get destroyed. Premature my eyeball!!! What you want him on the floor out cold? That's not all boxing is ya'dig

[unfeldetonymontana]

calzaghe was one of the best boxers ever (46 w, 0 l, 0 d) incredibile

[woodrat123]

i'm just about finished reading joe's autobiography -

he's a true fighter, lives for boxing. He siad that knockout punch from mitchell REALLY hurt! so he's got a lot of respect for mitchell and feels lucky to have won that fight

[TOMCOEN25]

good fight stopped bit to soon

[sicorazo1]

Joe Calzaghe: incrrdible fighter.

[johnathansrc]

im sure people would agree with my post,and more agree with the ref,,,if that was not stopped joe would have retired byron from boxing alltogether,its not coz he is my fav boxer,its coz what i seen on the video of the fight,joe could have realy hurt byron very badly if the fight went on,,,,,just read merlin 999999 comments,the words speak for them selves,class sportsman

[johnathansrc]

@jorgekluney, they r saying its a awful stoppage this and that,FACTS (1) fighters got to defend their selvs at all time,which the ref didn't think byron could do,,,,,otherwise more and more boxers would have brain damage, if the ref just left them fight,,FACT(2),,,,plus when joe went down he got up and didn't wobble as much as byron did,well not at all,FACT (3) more bobslay riders have died than boxers,due to the fact that refs stop it when boxers can-NOT defend them selves,

[AucklandHD]

Never lost. Never ever

[denilson200]

Awful stoppage

[mattan147]

Even in slow motion, Calzaghe's punches come at a ferocious pace. He was still in his prime at this stage. When he fought Lacy, he was already a couple of years past his best.

[merlin999999]

the man is an all time legend period

he broke his hands many years ago mid fight and it had several times in future fights. imagine round 1 of a world title fight and you break your hand? then you still win fighting virtually one handed against a world class fighter? he wore the tshirt fought over half his fights outside his homeland won 23 world title fights and retired at the top undefeated at madison square garden.......SALUTE JOEY

[danemreg]

his zenith

[54N705rap]

joe calzague the best!

[MrStraight2hell]

calazaghe thanks for the great nights u gave us,i ripped my mates sleeve off his shirt when he dropped mitchell,he wasnt arsed,your a legend joe.

[artofpoetry]

calzaghe wasn't lucky, he was just a better fighter. fascinating 2 rounds. i know calzaghe gets dismissed as a slapper, but this short fight showed how hard his punches were before he stufed his hands. and it showcased his tenacity. calzaghe recovered well from hard punches, could stick it out in an onslaught. tough.

[siwooot]

Joe was a little lucky, Mitchell had knocked him down and went in for the kill when he had Joe up agains the ropes himself, but Mitchell got careless because of it and Joe slipped in a counter which changed the fight. it could have been a very different fight if that never happened, i can't believe these guys never had a rematch wtf?

[88stockmj]

@siwooot if joe was as badly hurt as you think he wouldn't have had the snap in his punches to knock him down flat on his face. Calzaghe had amazing powers of recovery.

[mizofan]

@siwooot Joe wasn't lucky- Jones and Hopkins knew it when they knocked him down, he was quick to recover and had a huge competitive instinct.

[roxasha]

thanks for putting this fight up. i think joe has to be in the top ten all time best. interesting to see if he makes a comeback. boxers do that. great record 46 wins no losses. he beat kessler, jones jnr, brewer among others but these three whilst they were good.

[MisterButterfly]

This fight shows the deceptiveness of joe's "slapping" style - he certainly doesn't throw a lot of punches in the classic orthodox way - he wings them and they look like slaps. But he lands them and they are hard enough (when he wants them to be) to serve up the first ko loss to a two time champ like Byron Mitchell.

[EaszAz]

WTF why did the ref stop this fight???, THIS SPORT IS CALLED BOXING, NOT FOOTBALL!!!!! why is it different when amir khan went down against prescott and stumbled back into the ropes it continued? I mean calzaghe was shook, but when you've got a whole crowd backing you, it's bound to help as a boost. If this guy can floor calzaghe, I dred to think what hopkins or jones would've done back then. LOL. Come out of retirement and fight chad dawson. hopkins is stil going at 45, why shouldn't joe ?

[88stockmj]

@EaszAz This is the same chad dawson who got spanked by pascal?

[EaszAz]

@88stockmj A. pascel is a good fighter. B. chads a southpaw, meaning hard work for calzaghe, it very hard to fight a southpaw let alone fast hands too, if calzaghe was orthadox he'd be half the fight he is, but ahh well, he retired, sniffed coke and died

[88stockmj]

@EaszAz Joe is better than pascal don't even try and compare them. Dawson doesn't hit hard enough and is far too inactive. Joe is a southpaw as well and probably has better handspeed.

[ideafix12]

amazing fight, im not a calzaghe fan but in this fight he fought like a lion. mitchell a warrior and was a real good champion

[terryfink]

I love how the commentators comment on him not like leaving Wales yet Marciano never fought outside of USA.

Calzaghe showed some courage to throw like he did when he'd already been Knocked down. He definitely didn't 'slap' back then.

[infamoustren]

@terryfink i think he only started to "slap" because his hands were so fucked, always in agony. people who only see the roy jones/b-hop era calzaghe think he couldnt punch, they should watch clips like this. and about leaving wales, i always think that to. europeans like ottke and calzaghe, theyre like oh they never leave there home countries, why doesnt that apply to US fighters to?

[terryfink]

@infamoustren Couldnt agree more with you man..and i'm not even a massive fan of his.

[PhflyDan1]

THIS is the point when Joe SHOULD have got a fight in the States!!!

[herodot2]

This is what is called an early stoppage. Mitchell just stumbles and the ref takes him out.

Anyway, Mitchell looked like a truck without wheels in there. Rather unimpressive.

[sugarraykirk]

All those fighters that labeled him a slapper, yet none beat him. A great fighter with a tremendous chin and amazing powers of recovery. Mitchell was out on his feet.

[kannonball25]

Calzaghe one of my favorite boxers of all time. The man has fist of fury!!!!!!!!!

[PhflyDan1]

@kannonball25 I was JUST about to write the SAME thing Bless!!! Tremendous fighter. Tremendous scrap! THUNDEROUS punches from BOTH exponents... Coward?? Jokers

[rothordegilian]

So, let's say we're in the trenches in 1916. Who would you rather have by your side?

[frazleburger]

only a idiot wud call calzaghi a coward

[sugarraygras]

@frazleburger But there are lots of idiots. Joe is a complete legend without a blemish on a perfect record and there are still some who slag him off. Joe is the best!

[herodot2]

@sugarraygras

Ottke-much better.

[hjones669]

@herodot2 haha, that's a good joke!

[HewNed1]

@frazleburger only an idiot would spell calzaghe with an i

[frazleburger]

@HewNed1 ..fuck off you tit

[sugarraygras]

@Cowardzaghe You are a complete twat.

[ilpo12]

U should find urself a girlfriend, mate

[hjones669]

YOUR COWARD FROM WHERE?

[thaeragc]

you are so boring!!

[thaeragc]

so much for your slapper - keeps on slapping those black men down!!

[PhflyDan1]

@thaeragc ????????????????????????????

[joshyooare]

I don't think anyone can say he's a slapper after they've watched this fight lol.

[allhvywtchmpsrwhite]

not to take anything away from calzaghe.great action and all but it was definitely stopped prematurely.there shouldve at least been a standing 8 count.that ref sucks,he screwed up an exciting fight

[DaveyBoyEssexUK]

@allhvywtchmpsrwhite i agree thus fight could have been even better

[IrelandRaven]

there is no standing 8 in wbo fights.

[88stockmj]

@allhvywtchmpsrwhite maybe it was but he was taking a beating and one undefended punch can be dangerous. I don;t think it would have changed anything.

[brynaboy]

you no like joe fucknuts?

[johnathansrc]

they are all saying premature,but if it was u in the ring would u have held on aslong as byron did,plus byron bounced off the ropes on the last combo by joe,so it was the ropes what held him up aslong as it did,he was wobbling,im a joe fan,but i would liked to have seen byron go down just to get an 8 count,4 a breather/regain health and shit,perhaps it may have been different,

[doddsy799]

No way was this premature, he was saved from being knocked into oblivion, couldnt hold him self up let alone defend himself.

[imperialpod]

By todays standards, it was just a normalish stoppage.

By 'TRUE' boxing standards, it was premature and another reason to have the standing 8 count for ALL pro matches.

[culfster]

premature my arse saved his health

[Gemmma313]

Deffo one of the all time boxing classic moments, lol , what a come back from Joe :)

[johnathansrc]

they are all saying they stoped the fight to early,but the rules are to defend your self at all times and byron had no chance of doing that,even if the ref diddnt stop it joe would have dissmantled him without a doubt,

[advent8888888888]

he was out on his feet with his hand down and was walking into a big left or right hand

[superbookaman]

truth

[jorgekluney]

@johnathansrc Yeah.... Byron's legs were stiff the whole time after that knock down.... just watch his legs. Byron was only going to get hurt.

[6Gizmo101]

i love this fight

[MrJMD37]

Little premature there