Ya know chris offered us who watched boxing back in the day great tv entertainment and chris and watson benn hagler duran Graham sibbo minter boy they did us proud i doubt froch would have beaten these guys the calazghe v froch was too late for joe a young joe would do him in 5
@@HumanTank12 Really list the top five young guys in their prime that he Thought that we’re not old. He does not have an impressive victory wind up beating top guys in their prime that are young top contenders not old fighters are so so it’s a joke
1. Eubank took this fight at 10 days notice when Collins pulled out and showed tremendous spirit. Whatever you may think of Eubank, he was a warrior in the ring and a gentleman to boot. A class act. 2. Calzaghe has absolutely no reason to go toe to toe in the final rounds, being miles ahead but he always did go for the K.O no matter what. Calzaghe went unbeaten his whole career, no draws,all wins and is truly one of the world's greatest but I still feel he doesn't get the respect he should. He ducked no one and beat em all. Go kid! 3. You look at today's so called world champs and they're all ducking one another, blaming one another. They need to take a leaf out of these guys books, who just got on with it. The only downside is I think Calzaghe didn't earn anywhere near what he should have done and his promoter should be ashamed of that.
Yeah I'm with you though cannot convince nearly 1 million RJJ fans I've tried and not have it saying an in prime Jones would have beat him, it never happened so not convinced!!😊
@@Chief_Brody I've heard that before and tbh when you see him fight, his punches look like slaps. The 30 odd KO's though? if he's doing that with slaps? the thing about boxing fans is, they want to see a wilder one punch KO. When in reality a lot of things come before that.
@@2ohms Same here. Since the MMA takeover in the fight world they don't show much boxing. This pride of Wales looks as good as they come in great fighters.
Joe Calzaghe- what an incredible talent. Chris Eubank can hold his head up high, despite losing here, he gave it his all- what a fighter! RESPECT to both of them.
@@wtjones1921 " Ben out boxed him but had a glass chin " ..🤣.. the whole point of boxing is to be able to take a punch as well as give it ... but both eubank and Ben were warriors .. 👊
Calzaghe has paid the ultimate compliment to Eubank in his biography No ordinary Joe. He described Chris as his toughest opponent of all he faced and had to dog deep to get the win.
@@pablohanc Well, Michael had fought the supreme & truly elite Mike McCallum for the WBA MW title & lost. CE didn't avoid MW because MW was considered to be outside of world class. CE did avoid MM though. The 2nd & fateful fight was for the vacant WBO SMW title because CE could no longer make MW. Watson moved up in weight to make the rematch possible, but the weight was forced & not natural.
@@stevo62ful he pushed for the top opponents, rather than avoiding them. You can only fight the best of your era, some eras are more talent heavy than others.
Eubank had the better Career, Joe only fought washed up fighters and nobody's! Anyone who thinks his win against RJJ counts for anything , is an absolute retard! 😂😂😂😂
Absolutely brilliant. I don't know how many times I've watched this fight, but I love it every time! A fantastic fight involving two athletes. A true credit to boxing.
@@Miag_vip wilder has only fought nobodies. Heavyweight boxers now are lazy if AJ and Fury were in the late 80s and early 90s they would have been destroyed
@@colinstevens6837 what are you on about ? Are you one off them that when you were young !!! Everything was the best ? Your opinion is duly noted and sadly the truth is we will never know who is the greatest or which era off boxing is the greatest! There was a time when a heavy weight boxer was 14 stone and they were the best ! Fury vs wilder was the heaviest heavy weight title fight ever ...
What a battle, not a fight, every respect for both of these guys, possibly the very best fight I have ever seen and well worth watching, and so very well done guys, and excellent work from Joe. Thanks for this, loved every second!
Eubank landed an uppercut at 14:29 that Calzaghe leaned into. Joe backed away and acted apprehensive right after. He recovered in 20 seconds or so but that uppercut hurt him a bit.
Thanks for uploading this - as a big fan of both of these fighters, it is a privilege to be able to watch the baton being handed from Chris to Joe... it would have been wonderful if Carl Froch had fought Joe Calzaghe when Carl was on the up like Joe was here - it would have been a great fight, and even if Joe had lost to Carl (not sure if that would have been the case) then it would have not diminished Joe's career at all, as he fought and beat the best in his prime - likewise Chris has utmost respect for the way he fought this and the way he acknowledged that he was beaten. Great fighters and great people.
2 hall of Famers here ....Eubank is one of the greats ...a great great fighter and a gentleman. Calzaghe on his night was unbeatable. A top ten of all time fighter .
One of the greatest but never got the real acclaim he should have . Many other sports people have done alot less and been given knighthood or other awards even statues maybe
Always my answer to who's your boxer you admire its Joe calzaghe without hesitation unbelievable who he fought every boxer of note especially his record unblemished a true legend
Christopher was skilful he had charisma he was a tough showboat that fought all challenges he never ducked a fight he was a huge entertainer fair play to the guys who beat him they all took long haul fights to do so
Calzaghe for me was a truely great fighter, avoided no one, tough, hard punching fighter, classy, was a great champion, for me, all a fighter should be, a true great,.! Big fan when he was fighting,
lol he sure did do that, to be fair Chris put a lot of effort into this excellent fight, Joe was the better boxer on the day, what a great talent he is/was, respect to him! 😀👏👍
@@marknorris1381 He had 134 fights of which a great deal of them were against taxi drivers. He also was knocked out 3 times. In all fairness I wouldn't really compare him with Calzaghe who was not only never defeated he fought the best of the best and KO'd a lot of them.
@@carlodonn8983 Joe is ten years younger than me and Collins is not much younger than I am, so if you are saying Steve was scared of Joe, can we assume that Joe was scared of Froch ?
@@stevo62ful yes i think it's safe to say that calzachi wanted no part of froach at his late stage of his career. He was close to retirement and wanted to keep that undefeated recored. Plus he was getting older and more injury with his hands. Shame it would has been a great fight!!
@@carlodonn8983 Calzaghe was just too quick for Froch and would have beaten him. You're right in one respect, the fight was never going to happen, beating Froch at that time would hardly have been a feather in Joe's cap. Was he better than Froch? All day long.
Eubank had only just turned 31 at the time of this fight, that should be absolute prime fighting age. Some of the comments here are making out like he had just turned 41! Joe took him out in his prime
It's mileage more than age, plus hand/headspeed is one of the first things that deserts a man with age. Plenty of the lighter champs are spent forces by 27/28. As Chuck D said, "Father Time has never lost".
@@jaybee2402 true to an extent, but I wouldn't call super-middleweight a lighter weight. There have also been countless champs in their mid 30s (Calzaghe included)
@@trenchantinsight Calzaghe ironically fought Chris long after the latters prime. Joe's career is nice for British fans to look at, but doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, ie the fact that he refused to fight outside the UK meant that US champions only fought him when their US fans no longer found them good enough to watch, and his wins against RJJ and Hopkins, when he finally came out of the UK to fight, came long past either man's prime.
ive watched this fight a lot, two champions battling away,what a performance from the both of them, how joe stayed on his feet with that first bomb of the 7th round,is beyond me! jo must of lost a lot of points because of those slap like punches in his fights, you can just see how deep chris has to dig for the energy in the last round the fighting spirit, NEVER GIVE IN outstanding fight xx
Talk about a classic, none stop from both fighters. No mess, no fuss, just pure Impact, congratulations Joe Calzaghe, excellent try, Ubank's, but not tonight!
Over here Calzaghe wasn't thought of very highly until later in his career. Some were never convinced that he was a top level fighter but I was impressed with him the first time I saw him fight. When he began to fight the best in the division he handled all of them very well. In fact, some of them didn't know how to deal with him at all, Jeff Lacy a good example. Calzaghe is deceiving in that he's fairly tall and slim, and his punches don't appear to pack much power behind them. His hand speed and accuracy are what had everyone fooled. He would routinely land 3 out of 4 punches in a blur and the speed was providing the power in his punch. Getting hit several times very quickly, over and over round after round has an effect on anyone's chin. You can't counter punch him very effectively because he lands a flurry quickly and he's gone or leans back before you can return fire. He has one flaw in which he tends to hang in the pocket too long when he's dominating a guy and he gets caught sometimes in those instances. All Calzaghe ever did was beat the hell out of everyone they put in front of him. In spite of that he was steadily criticized regarding a lack of punching power. I saw him hurt many guys despite the claims that he slapped instead of punching. I'm more impressed with his 46-0 record than with Floyd's 50-0 record by far. Floyd was king of the cherry pickers and had several questionable things going on during his career. Calzaghe had no such baggage, he was clean and he beat up a lot of guys , some surprisingly easily.
Only Kessler was still in his prime, Hopkins still good but old. Lacey a hype job, good win though due to Joe's dominance. I highly doubt he would have beaten a younger RJJ and probably a younger Hopkins
An astonishingly good boxer. And an extraordinary athlete - the muscular endurance in particular to sustain those repeated combos with next to no rest in-between is almost not human!
I have always said Joe is one of the most underrated boxers. He was an incredible boxer and warrior and should be given far more credit. As Adamo rightly says if he was in the USA he would be nail and spoken of in hallowed tones. Brilliant boxer and from what I understand a real nice guy.
@@johndoe-qg7jp Jones fought Calzaghe in 2008. He went on to have 18 more fights, including defeating Jeff Lacy, with his retirement 10 years later in 2018. Apparently you don't have a clue. Just making excuses for why Jones was destroyed by Calzaghe. Give me a break.
I used to hate Eubank when I was younger but as I've got older I've liked him more as the performer, now I have a lot of respect for him for who he Is today, both great fighters In their day and great entertainers of their times, this has got to be one of the best fights ever👊
Joe should always get the credit he deserves being undefeated and i think he would outwork/ outscore Eubank in his prime but for me Eubank earned massive praise taking this fight at short notice showing true heart of a champion and clocking Joe with five seconds to go. Joe still looked quite fresh in comparison.a legend against a great champion.Eubank deserved to be liked.
Always a big benn fan not a lover of Eubank but credit where its due he was a warrior and never disappointed and always gave his all and a great fighter in the greatest welterweight /middleweight/light heavyweight era ever in UK and USA. Just unfortunately for him came up against someone who will go on to be unbeaten and the best British fighter ever and 1 of best to have graced the sport of boxing.
Chris has to be one of the great fighters to put on gloves.. Great entertainer but what a great fighter. Joe was unstoppable from the off & took chris off ballance and he never really got it back. A great one for the fans, both rarely took a step backwards. Hats off to both thanks for the nemory 👌
When someone once asked Chris about Calzaghe "slaps" he replied "he slaps hard, he's got hands of stone". Add talent, the fact that he was the fastest Supermid of all time and had by far the highest work rate in the division and if you did catch him his balls grew to the size of melons and he'd go into toe-to-toe macho man mode and you have not just a UK great you have a World great. Joe is still one of the most underestimated fighters of all time, utterly relentless and utterly skilful.
Eubank did land one last decent shot on Calzaghe’s chin in those closing seconds but I think the commentator bigger it up a bit just because JC was holding after it. He’d been taking similar shots throughout the fight without flinching and there was some holding and leaning going on in the last couple of rounds,
Amusing to hear the commentators gradually understand what sort of fighter Calzaghe is - from wondering if the powerful southpaw could go more than eight rounds to marvelling at the constant 50 punch a round count...
After the Michael Watson fight Chris Eubank wasn’t the sam boxer. This often happens after a box has killed or permanently damaged another boxer in the ring. Chris was one of my favourite boxers he is legendary and deserves more respect.
I commented the same ..after the tragic Watson fight, Chris was never the same.....when you see how close he and Watson have now become, you understand how much it affected him at the time.
I watched most if not all of both of their fights and I have to say, I never thought Joe got lucky in a fight. I think Chris rode his reputation a couple of times. If I ever meet Joe I intend to simply shake his hand and say thank you for being a Legend. What a boxer that man was was and what a man he still is.
The only other era of middleweight boxing I remember so much talent was the Hearns, Hagler Duran and Leonard. As opposed to Eubanks, Benn, Calzaghe, Collins and Watson.
Joe Calzaghe schooled Chris Eubanks, and this was at the start of his amazing career.. Absolutely amazing talented boxer who had no Ego whatsoever. He never acted the big man, he got his fights and always did his talking with his fists.. Definitely one of the best boxers of all time.. Eubanks and he took a lot of shots, so have to take my hat off to someone who can take such blows and last 12 rounds, as he looked troubled from the 3/4th round 💚✌🏼
Eubank was good but Joe was another level there's a reason why Joe retired undefeated not many fighters can claim that - LEGENDARY 💥🥊
Nonsense. Absolute nonsense
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What a spectacle. Joe and Chris are legends forever !! 🥊🥊
Ya know chris offered us who watched boxing back in the day great tv entertainment and chris and watson benn hagler duran Graham sibbo minter boy they did us proud i doubt froch would have beaten these guys the calazghe v froch was too late for joe a young joe would do him in 5
Joe calzaghe the man who never got beat what a pheonamal boxer he was Wales should be proud of this legend 👏
💯, spot on .
He fought old fighters that were has beens . Who did he really beat that was a number 1 contender or who did he beat that were reall top 5 fighter’s.
@@karlcauckwell2947 aww
@@HumanTank12 Really list the top five young guys in their prime that he Thought that we’re not old. He does not have an impressive victory wind up beating top guys in their prime that are young top contenders not old fighters are so so it’s a joke
Calzaghe fought old boxers. Sorry. Not great at all
1. Eubank took this fight at 10 days notice when Collins pulled out and showed tremendous spirit. Whatever you may think of Eubank, he was a warrior in the ring and a gentleman to boot. A class act.
2. Calzaghe has absolutely no reason to go toe to toe in the final rounds, being miles ahead but he always did go for the K.O no matter what. Calzaghe went unbeaten his whole career, no draws,all wins and is truly one of the world's greatest but I still feel he doesn't get the respect he should. He ducked no one and beat em all. Go kid!
3. You look at today's so called world champs and they're all ducking one another, blaming one another. They need to take a leaf out of these guys books, who just got on with it. The only downside is I think Calzaghe didn't earn anywhere near what he should have done and his promoter should be ashamed of that.
Ottke and Collins avoided him, so did Hopkins until later when there was more money
Agreed. Fighting Joey on 10 days notice? No thanks, that's a recipe for disaster / embarrassment.
this was joes 4th fight of the year
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Boxer Vs Brawler. A true gladiator’s battle from start to end, and one of the best super middleweight bouts, of all time.
Joe Calzaghi possibly one of te best boxers ever
Yeah I'm with you though cannot convince nearly 1 million RJJ fans I've tried and not have it saying an in prime Jones would have beat him, it never happened so not convinced!!😊
Stop talking nonsense. He was a slapper who fought great boxers on their way down
@@Chief_Brody I've heard that before and tbh when you see him fight, his punches look like slaps. The 30 odd KO's though? if he's doing that with slaps? the thing about boxing fans is, they want to see a wilder one punch KO. When in reality a lot of things come before that.
Joe you absolute legend!! How did I miss this back in the day? Shame on me!!
They didn’t show European boxing in the States.
@@edwardrichard2561 shame you didn't get it in the States but thankfully you have loads to catch up on now 👍
@@2ohms Same here. Since the MMA takeover in the fight world they don't show much boxing. This pride of Wales looks as good as they come in great fighters.
I noticed him late in his career myself.
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Joe Calzaghe- what an incredible talent. Chris Eubank can hold his head up high, despite losing here, he gave it his all- what a fighter! RESPECT to both of them.
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Great to see Eubank acknowledging the immediate knockdown! Proper gentleman, proper sportsman!
Just mega arrogant
Ben out boxed him but had a glass chin he's a warrior
@@wtjones1921 How can you call the man arrogant after Kevin's comment you fool.
@@outsidethepyramid probably because of every interview eubank Sr has ever done.
@@wtjones1921 " Ben out boxed him but had a glass chin " ..🤣.. the whole point of boxing is to be able to take a punch as well as give it ... but both eubank and Ben were warriors .. 👊
Calzaghe has paid the ultimate compliment to Eubank in his biography No ordinary Joe. He described Chris as his toughest opponent of all he faced and had to dog deep to get the win.
Joe looked to fight the best of his time, aside from benn, eubank ducked every decent fighter of his era
@@dyschromotopia he didnt duck Michael Watson.......I wish he had.
@@dyschromotopia Joe hasn't got the best of Resume's. The good ones had peaked apart from Kessler.
@@pablohanc Well, Michael had fought the supreme & truly elite Mike McCallum for the WBA MW title & lost. CE didn't avoid MW because MW was considered to be outside of world class. CE did avoid MM though. The 2nd & fateful fight was for the vacant WBO SMW title because CE could no longer make MW. Watson moved up in weight to make the rematch possible, but the weight was forced & not natural.
@@stevo62ful he pushed for the top opponents, rather than avoiding them. You can only fight the best of your era, some eras are more talent heavy than others.
Respect to Joe and Chris two phenomenon in boxing
Joe Calzaghe is one of the most underrated boxers ever if this guy was American he would been spoken about in every corner of the USA...
That other boxer he had head down in every rounds.
Not really. Andre Ward was better and no one remembers him.
Facts bro
@@shaz2761 Andre ward couldn't lace calzaghe boots lad
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This was a MANS' fight!!!
Stirs the SOUL.
THAT is why I love the sport of boxing!
Two legends of the sport
All credit to Chris Eubank. A real gentleman of the sport
Yes, a true class act. Major kudos to him for such a gritty effort.
Eubank had the better Career, Joe only fought washed up fighters and nobody's! Anyone who thinks his win against RJJ counts for anything , is an absolute retard! 😂😂😂😂
Eubank was a great entertainer, showman and gentleman.
Absolutely brilliant. I don't know how many times I've watched
this fight, but I love it every time! A fantastic fight involving
two athletes. A true credit to boxing.
Eubank took the loss like a man… unlike AJ 👊💥
eubank and aj took fights they could lose unlike fury
AJ is a filthy BLM racist.
@colinstevens6837 so Wilder is a bum?
@@Miag_vip wilder has only fought nobodies. Heavyweight boxers now are lazy if AJ and Fury were in the late 80s and early 90s they would have been destroyed
@@colinstevens6837 what are you on about ? Are you one off them that when you were young !!! Everything was the best ? Your opinion is duly noted and sadly the truth is we will never know who is the greatest or which era off boxing is the greatest! There was a time when a heavy weight boxer was 14 stone and they were the best ! Fury vs wilder was the heaviest heavy weight title fight ever ...
What a battle, not a fight, every respect for both of these guys, possibly the very best fight I have ever seen and well worth watching, and so very well done guys, and excellent work from Joe. Thanks for this, loved every second!
You can only beat what is put in front of you, in this case, two of our finest ever. Respect !
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@@salsabilasalsabila7771 still none the wiser !
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When Joe turned a left hook into a straight left, it was brilliant.
Always liked both fighters but Joe, for me was always a bit special. And he proved it many times.
Calzhage, 46 fights 46 wins, what a great legend 👍
@cliff 46 fights 46 wins, says it all really, never got stopped, end of. Show respect where it's due.
@cliff Average fighter that beat everyone put in front of him.
@cliff He still beat them all. How many boxers in history can stake that claim ?
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1st time I've watched this fight in full: Eubank could never beat him, but he did everything possible to do so=The Elite 💯
I just watched this bout twice! Sooooooo good. Thank you
for posting this!
Joe reminds me of 1920’s prize fighter. Total domination
Joe, probably the best boxer the UK had.
Not even close
@@mdluk199 Jimmy Wilde from Wales was a truly great flyweight
Joe, the supreme fighter, had everything, won't see the likes of him for a while and one of our own. Best fighter Wales had ever produced.
Don't forget little Jimmy Wilde who went 100 fights before his 1st defeat
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Calzaghe was like a one man swarm. Respect to the daffodil waver.
Eubank landed an uppercut at 14:29 that Calzaghe leaned into. Joe backed away and acted apprehensive right after. He recovered in 20 seconds or so but that uppercut hurt him a bit.
2023 and both these MEN care fighting tough battles still 😢. Respect to both 🙏
Thanks for uploading this - as a big fan of both of these fighters, it is a privilege to be able to watch the baton being handed from Chris to Joe... it would have been wonderful if Carl Froch had fought Joe Calzaghe when Carl was on the up like Joe was here - it would have been a great fight, and even if Joe had lost to Carl (not sure if that would have been the case) then it would have not diminished Joe's career at all, as he fought and beat the best in his prime - likewise Chris has utmost respect for the way he fought this and the way he acknowledged that he was beaten. Great fighters and great people.
Joe was better than Carl, but his hand problems were only getting worse and he had achieved all he needed, got out at the right time, good sense.
Grossly underrated in UK, without a doubt the best boxer the ever produced.
That's hilarious
@@mdluk199 hilarious indeed!!😂
2 hall of Famers here ....Eubank is one of the greats ...a great great fighter and a gentleman. Calzaghe on his night was unbeatable. A top ten of all time fighter .
One of the greatest but never got the real acclaim he should have . Many other sports people have done alot less and been given knighthood or other awards even statues maybe
It was an epic battle and a well earned win for Joe, but I don't think Chris was ever quite the same after the fight against Micheal Watson.
Always my answer to who's your boxer you admire its Joe calzaghe without hesitation unbelievable who he fought every boxer of note especially his record unblemished a true legend
Anyone who has boxed will realise what an amazing fight this is. Eubank is a legend. No glass chin on him.
Eubank you are the best
Joe had great reflexes and super fitness.
Youth against age will always winn when there is a dream involved But Joe was a well underestimated fighter during his whole carear!!!!
Then apparently you have never heard of George Foreman, he was still kicking younger opponent's asses when he was in his 50's.
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31 is prime though. So null comment
Calzaghe is a legend!!!
I love joes feints! Screams confidence!
He should have/should be knighted.
Fantastic boxer and incredible achievement
Christopher was skilful he had charisma he was a tough showboat that fought all challenges he never ducked a fight he was a huge entertainer fair play to the guys who beat him they all took long haul fights to do so
Pompous prick
Calzaghe for me was a truely great fighter, avoided no one, tough, hard punching fighter, classy, was a great champion, for me, all a fighter should be, a true great,.! Big fan when he was fighting,
Joe’ our finest 🇬🇧
Joe punched the "posing" out of him.
lol he sure did do that, to be fair Chris put a lot of effort into this excellent fight, Joe was the better boxer on the day, what a great talent he is/was, respect to him! 😀👏👍
Joe Calzaghe. 46-0 with 32 KO’s. What a warrior.
Totally underrated as a fighter, super Joe was awsome
@@CidersAndReligiousCrusades always that one guy to downplay greatness!
RJJ and Hopkins were two of the best! Smfh!
Calzaghe was one of the greatest of all time.
Chris Eubank is a warrior bro. Have nothing but respect for this gentleman.
He is the best world champion this country has ever had and I'm not Welsh he's a legend
Simply the best.
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Was the best the world has ever seen and I'm an American. Just look at his record and see who else could compare.
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@@marknorris1381 He had 134 fights of which a great deal of them were against taxi drivers. He also was knocked out 3 times. In all fairness I wouldn't really compare him with Calzaghe who was not only never defeated he fought the best of the best and KO'd a lot of them.
I do give respect too Eubank..... When Joe caught him at the start with that left, he smiled, nodded and you saw him say ''Good shot''.
I thought that CB had never been put down.Wishful thinking on my part.
Great fight...eubank is a proper hard nut fighter and Joe is a legend too..
I 100% agree with you. This fight is one of the all time greats! .......old Tich.
Both are brilliant .
Eubank more than held his own here he had some very classy moments ,with combinations a true warrior and legend 🏴👑🏴
Damn joe had a great chin...total welsh legend...eubanks a great character tho,still is,and 1 hell of a boxer
I had the feeling at the time that Chris wasn't prepared for Joe...
Thanks for uploading this. I'm knackered watching it!
Two great fighters. Calzaghe was a warrior and artist.
An artist? Lol
@@Chief_Brody Yes. Clearly.
Two greats of British and world boxing. PS..Steve Collins didnt fancy this fight so Eubank stepped up being the true man he is.
That's a serious accusation
@@tonymaguire9498 in this case tho it's true.
@@carlodonn8983 Joe is ten years younger than me and Collins is not much younger than I am, so if you are saying Steve was scared of Joe, can we assume that Joe was scared of Froch ?
@@stevo62ful yes i think it's safe to say that calzachi wanted no part of froach at his late stage of his career. He was close to retirement and wanted to keep that undefeated recored. Plus he was getting older and more injury with his hands. Shame it would has been a great fight!!
@@carlodonn8983 Calzaghe was just too quick for Froch and would have beaten him. You're right in one respect, the fight was never going to happen, beating Froch at that time would hardly have been a feather in Joe's cap. Was he better than Froch? All day long.
Eubank had only just turned 31 at the time of this fight, that should be absolute prime fighting age. Some of the comments here are making out like he had just turned 41! Joe took him out in his prime
It's mileage more than age, plus hand/headspeed is one of the first things that deserts a man with age. Plenty of the lighter champs are spent forces by 27/28. As Chuck D said, "Father Time has never lost".
@@jaybee2402 true to an extent, but I wouldn't call super-middleweight a lighter weight. There have also been countless champs in their mid 30s (Calzaghe included)
Eubanks career at the top level started young and his defence was his chin he wasn't mollycoddled at a young age fighting in usa
He was also on a comeback .. he’d been without a fight for a while
@@trenchantinsight Calzaghe ironically fought Chris long after the latters prime. Joe's career is nice for British fans to look at, but doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, ie the fact that he refused to fight outside the UK meant that US champions only fought him when their US fans no longer found them good enough to watch, and his wins against RJJ and Hopkins, when he finally came out of the UK to fight, came long past either man's prime.
ive watched this fight a lot, two champions battling away,what a performance from the both of them, how joe stayed on his feet with that first bomb of the 7th round,is beyond me! jo must of lost a lot of points because of those slap like punches in his fights, you can just see how deep chris has to dig for the energy in the last round the fighting spirit, NEVER GIVE IN outstanding fight xx
Two legend heroes
Joe should have received a lot more credit and recognition than he received.
Calzaghe, greatest British boxer ever....
Calzaghe undefeated when retired most underrated of all time👊
If he had a punch man look out
Ditto 👌
Ditto too top coment,
No draws either. Honestly Robin Reed might be the only questionable fight.
Talk about a classic, none stop from both fighters. No mess, no fuss, just pure Impact, congratulations Joe Calzaghe, excellent try, Ubank's, but not tonight!
Non stop? You mean two punches then a 10 seconds clinch, non stop, 12 rounds straight.
miss these 2 so much toe to toe stuff great fight
Over here Calzaghe wasn't thought of very highly until later in his career. Some were never convinced that he was a top level fighter but I was impressed with him the first time I saw him fight. When he began to fight the best in the division he handled all of them very well. In fact, some of them didn't know how to deal with him at all, Jeff Lacy a good example.
Calzaghe is deceiving in that he's fairly tall and slim, and his punches don't appear to pack much power behind them. His hand speed and accuracy are what had everyone fooled. He would routinely land 3 out of 4 punches in a blur and the speed was providing the power in his punch. Getting hit several times very quickly, over and over round after round has an effect on anyone's chin. You can't counter punch him very effectively because he lands a flurry quickly and he's gone or leans back before you can return fire. He has one flaw in which he tends to hang in the pocket too long when he's dominating a guy and he gets caught sometimes in those instances.
All Calzaghe ever did was beat the hell out of everyone they put in front of him. In spite of that he was steadily criticized regarding a lack of punching power. I saw him hurt many guys despite the claims that he slapped instead of punching. I'm more impressed with his 46-0 record than with Floyd's 50-0 record by far. Floyd was king of the cherry pickers and had several questionable things going on during his career. Calzaghe had no such baggage, he was clean and he beat up a lot of guys , some surprisingly easily.
Only Kessler was still in his prime, Hopkins still good but old. Lacey a hype job, good win though due to Joe's dominance. I highly doubt he would have beaten a younger RJJ and probably a younger Hopkins
An astonishingly good boxer. And an extraordinary athlete - the muscular endurance in particular to sustain those repeated combos with next to no rest in-between is almost not human!
No Knockout but a great fight by both. True fighters.
I have always said Joe is one of the most underrated boxers. He was an incredible boxer and warrior and should be given far more credit. As Adamo rightly says if he was in the USA he would be nail and spoken of in hallowed tones. Brilliant boxer and from what I understand a real nice guy.
If he was in the USA, he would likely have met better fighters than those on his resume. Probably a prime RJJ and Hopkins.
@@stevo62ful but the British middleweights were way better than any in the US around this time.
Remember joe saying years ago,running flat roads will take up to round 9,but u need the welsh valley hills that will take u home.
Joe one of the best fighters in the world, but not taking nothing away from Chris, both great fighters both legends in the ring. 🥊 🥊
Two of the best chins in boxing but Calzaghe was the best British boxer of all time. His hands were shot but his speed and skills were second to none.
Roy Jones Jr was the best of his generation.
@@johndoe-qg7jp Got taken apart by Calzaghe and was nearly knocked out. Made Jones look like an amateur in that fight.
@@FlaThunderstorm twas an old Jones 🙄
In Jones's prime he would have knocked out calzaghe!
Period!
@@johndoe-qg7jp Jones fought Calzaghe in 2008. He went on to have 18 more fights, including defeating Jeff Lacy, with his retirement 10 years later in 2018. Apparently you don't have a clue. Just making excuses for why Jones was destroyed by Calzaghe. Give me a break.
@@FlaThunderstorm Errr. No!
Your boy is good but not that good 🙂
Have you heard of James Toney?
Thought not 🚫
I used to hate Eubank when I was younger but as I've got older I've liked him more as the performer, now I have a lot of respect for him for who he Is today, both great fighters In their day and great entertainers of their times, this has got to be one of the best fights ever👊
31 yrs old should be the upper end of prime?? Take nothing away from Calzaghe he was a phenomenonal champion.
The bestof the best as far as I'm concerned.my all time favourite boxer along with mike tyson
Another example of you don't need to be ripped to shit to be a top class boxer....keep the body fit but supple is the way 👊👊
True warriors
Joe should always get the credit he deserves being undefeated and i think he would outwork/ outscore Eubank in his prime but for me Eubank earned massive praise taking this fight at short notice showing true heart of a champion and clocking Joe with five seconds to go. Joe still looked quite fresh in comparison.a legend against a great champion.Eubank deserved to be liked.
Always a big benn fan not a lover of Eubank but credit where its due he was a warrior and never disappointed and always gave his all and a great fighter in the greatest welterweight /middleweight/light heavyweight era ever in UK and USA. Just unfortunately for him came up against someone who will go on to be unbeaten and the best British fighter ever and 1 of best to have graced the sport of boxing.
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Chris has to be one of the great fighters to put on gloves.. Great entertainer but what a great fighter. Joe was unstoppable from the off & took chris off ballance and he never really got it back.
A great one for the fans, both rarely took a step backwards. Hats off to both thanks for the nemory 👌
Well said.
When someone once asked Chris about Calzaghe "slaps" he replied "he slaps hard, he's got hands of stone". Add talent, the fact that he was the fastest Supermid of all time and had by far the highest work rate in the division and if you did catch him his balls grew to the size of melons and he'd go into toe-to-toe macho man mode and you have not just a UK great you have a World great. Joe is still one of the most underestimated fighters of all time, utterly relentless and utterly skilful.
Joe was welsh not British anyone can be British not every one can be welsh or English do not steal people identity
Eubank did land one last decent shot on Calzaghe’s chin in those closing seconds but I think the commentator bigger it up a bit just because JC was holding after it. He’d been taking similar shots throughout the fight without flinching and there was some holding and leaning going on in the last couple of rounds,
Class 👏
Amazing,Joe and his dad in so many ways ,the dragon
Joe was one of the greatest, Eubank was never the same following the Watson fight(he always seemed to hold back).
Chris gave his best to the young and charismatic fighter who ofcourse came to the fore
Amusing to hear the commentators gradually understand what sort of fighter Calzaghe is - from wondering if the powerful southpaw could go more than eight rounds to marvelling at the constant 50 punch a round count...
it's shame we get old when you see 2 fighters like this going at it..
Joe was one of the best boxers I’ve ever seen! 😀👏👍
Absolute world class boxing match what a show
Two great champs and this was the handing over of the torch
Wich torch?????
After the Michael Watson fight Chris Eubank wasn’t the sam boxer. This often happens after a box has killed or permanently damaged another boxer in the ring. Chris was one of my favourite boxers he is legendary and deserves more respect.
I commented the same ..after the tragic Watson fight, Chris was never the same.....when you see how close he and Watson have now become, you understand how much it affected him at the time.
Yeah he fought a Lot of great fighters like eubank Roy jonees , but they were on there way out , over the hill
Exactly mate 👍
Wow what a great fight 👏🏽. Joe you were fantastic. Chris you can hold your head up too because you made it a fight.
Chris was passed his best, but what a true champion,....
CALZAGHI is the greatest fighter the UK has ever produced....🏴🇬🇧
I watched most if not all of both of their fights and I have to say, I never thought Joe got lucky in a fight. I think Chris rode his reputation a couple of times. If I ever meet Joe I intend to simply shake his hand and say thank you for being a Legend. What a boxer that man was was and what a man he still is.
Belief, heart, Speed, stamina and a chin in spades. Everything a fighter needs. Respect to eubank.
And to Joe.
@@jamesbaxter5219 I'm talking about Joe, he always got that win,no matter what!!
The only other era of middleweight boxing I remember so much talent was the Hearns, Hagler Duran and Leonard. As opposed to Eubanks, Benn, Calzaghe, Collins and Watson.
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Nice fight! 👍
Is it just me, or were other people hearing Mickey Mouse at ringside in this fight? 😆
Joe you are great.
Best thing about it is if he'd of been black, he would have had more recognition he deserved.... But a small town welsh boy...... True
Joe Calzaghe schooled Chris Eubanks, and this was at the start of his amazing career.. Absolutely amazing talented boxer who had no Ego whatsoever.
He never acted the big man, he got his fights and always did his talking with his fists.. Definitely one of the best boxers of all time..
Eubanks and he took a lot of shots, so have to take my hat off to someone who can take such blows and last 12 rounds, as he looked troubled from the 3/4th round 💚✌🏼
He did , but Chris was at the end of his career, different story a few years earlier, then again that's Boxing
He frequently showboated and disrespected his opponents. He wasn't modest, just dull.