Joe Calzaghe – King of the Ring
”Sports Personality of the Year 2007”
”Sports Personality of the Year 2007”
Congratulations to Calzaghe senior and junior for winning their awards last weekend recognizing their achievements and input into British sports this year, and for all of those surrounding them and supporting them because without all those people who are in the background they would never have achieved the greatness which they have in their sporting careers that has now been caped and sealed by the British public with these awards.
The heart of Joe Calzaghe says “I am a winner not a loser” and 10 years at the top of his fighting division and undefeated by anyone in 17 years proves that point, so to win this award now at the end of this milestone year for him and his family shows the British people’s appreciation for their Welsh sporting Jewel – The Welsh Warrior and in my mind the award could not have gone to a more deserving person as every Joe Calzaghe fan would agree.
As a man of faith it was good to hear Joe Calzaghe thank God and mean it, in front of the whole Nation, for all that he has achieved in his sporting career, humble recognition of the one who holds all things in His hands. That God was not the god of Islam by the way, they are not the same, take it from me as someone who knows, people will say He is the same – He is not!
Joe Calzaghe raises the banner high and sets the standard for British sports that we hope will be emulated by others in 2008, it is shame the British football team do not have the heart of ‘Team Calzaghe’, we might then win something on the World football stage, instead we have a load of overpaid young men who worry about what they are going to spend their England Team money on rather than having their minds set on winning for themselves, their families and the British people.
Joe Calzaghe won the well deserved prestigious No1 spot of “Sports Personality of the Year 2007” which now signifies his elite status within British sports and cements his global star status within the Boxing world, this man is a living legend, living in our generation. We look back at sporting greats whose Boxing achievements reverberate through history, with the likes of Rocky Marciano, Cassius Clay and Sugar Ray Leonard to name just a few. In this generation we don’t have to look back, we can look forward because we have the likes of Joe Calzaghe and Pretty Boy Floyd living and fighting now for us to watch - The first true Boxing icons of the 21st Century whose sporting achievements will live on long after they have retired from the sport.
Joe Calzaghe has cemented his living legend status within the eyes of the majority of the Boxing world, no one can take away or try to discredit his legacy, and other great Boxers of this generation like Bernard Popkins know this fact so are now trying to duck meeting the Welsh Warrior even though Mr. Popkins shouted him out in front of millions of his own fans – I saw Mr. Popkins nerves go when faced with Joe Calzaghe at the Undefeated weigh in.
Bernard Popkins claims he is a legend and Joe Calzaghe is just a mere Champion but by his actions he proves Calzaghe’s status and elevates him far above his position in the Boxing worlds eyes because if Mr Popkins was a living legend then he would not shout out Calzaghe and then duck him – What does this say to everyone?
Would be good to see another one of Golden boys boxers come over to the Millennium Stadium for the first of Joe Calzaghe’s last two fights before retiring, and then if Bernard Popkins really wants to fight the winner of Trinidad and Jones then let him have it as a warm up before what would be an end of year retirement fight for both fighters in the Yankee Stadium – ‘Let the King of the Ring’ decapitate Golden Boy promotions.
Oscar Dela Hoya sees what is coming – The Clash of the Titans and there can only be one winner – “You cannot conquer the un-conquerable”
The winner of Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Popkins will go down as the true trans-Atlantic legend of this generation, the same as the recent undefeated title against Pretty boy Floyd and Ricky ‘the hitman’ Hatton, so Mr Popkins cannot duck this if he wants to go down in the international annuls of Boxing folklore, depends on how he thinks and how he wants to be remembered – Bernard Popkins, Mary Hopkins or Bernard Hopkins the last man to fight the undefeated Champion Joe Calzaghe?
People will say about the age of Hopkins and Calzaghe, that it will be a miss match, Calzaghe 36 and Hopkins 43, both of these men are still at the top of their profession, both of them fighting men a lot younger than themselves as the Kessler fight showed, and still beating them so this is not a mismatch, this is a fight to see who really is the best of the best and go down in the Boxing history books that will be spoken of in many many years from now. Hopkins said he wants to take away Calzaghe’s undefeated record in the Yankee Stadium and Calzaghe said come on then, now Hopkins is trying to wriggle out of it now he is backed into a corner facing the Welsh Warrior.
There is no way out for you now though Mr Hopkins because you were the one who asked for Calzaghe and he is now staring you in the face saying come on then.
The biggest fight of 2008 – Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins – The stuff history books are made of.
Not only did ‘The King of the Ring’ Joe Calzaghe pick up the prestigious No1 spot in British sports this year but his father Enzo also scooped an award as best trainer. Joe Calzaghe would not be where he is today, at the top of British sports if it was not for his father Enzo so this award is highly deserved and shows the recognition from everyone to the father who helped his son become undefeated undisputed World Champion, a British sporting icon and a soon to be international boxing legend.
I believe that Calzaghe senior winning an award was far more important to his son than his No1 spot, so for them to have both won awards must be very special for the both of them and their families.
The Calzaghe story from where it all began to where it is now is the stuff of Hollywood so don’t be surprised if you see a film in the future depicting this amazing legendry boxing story from its humble beginnings in the Welsh Valleys to global Boxing superstardom, the same as we see films on Mike Tyson and Ali – Maybe after JC has shown Mary Hopkins who really is the best, the book is closed and the final chapter in this story is written will this unique story be immortalized on the big screen.
The only trainer who I personally think has been able to transcend the sport of Boxing is Cus D’Amato, the man who shaped the most formidable Heavyweight to have ever stepped into the ring – Mike Tyson – What he created in Mike Tyson shocked the world and made the world look up, not just the boxing world but the whole world, others then destroyed that unique inspiring boxing legend once Cus D’Amato was gone.
In my mind the greatness of Enzo Calzaghe comes into the same category as the boxing trainer Cus D’Amato, Calzaghe senior has trained his son into an undefeated, undisputed 10 year world champion, who is undefeated in 17 years and he has created a stable of World Champion fighters, and all from walking through the doors of a local welsh gym as a complete novice with his son all those years back when this journey first began, the facts speak clearly for themselves that nobody can deny other than through jealousy – In my humble opinion Enzo Calzaghe is one of the greatest trainers to have ever lived, based on the facts.
’Team Calzaghe’ houses some of the best British fighters out there with the likes of Enzo Macrinalle and Gavin Rees, with each of these World Champions coming under the lead trainer Enzo Calzaghe.
Enzo Calzaghe is a legend in his own right and his achievements will also be spoken about long into the future when other up and coming fighters talk about the greats like Joe Calzaghe and who trained them. Their boxing life story in itself is the stuff of folklore; this truly is a blessed family and a blessed ‘Team’ who have the potential to be an inspiration to many.
Let us hope and pray that they are promoted properly in the coming years so that everyone of this generation and of the next hears and knows exactly who their sporting Jewel from the Welsh Valleys is, and that their achievements will live on into the future and into history, transcending the world of sport into everyday life.
2008 is going to be a good year for the Calzaghe camp, they go into it after a year of great achievement and recognition, with nothing left to prove other than for Joe Calzaghe to etch his name into the true boxing history books – I believe the story is already written - Golden boy’s decapitation
Pretty boy Floyd stated that Golden boy and Mayweather Inc is the future of boxing, then set up the Mary Hopkins clash, you know it’s a big one along with everyone else who knows it too, or is it just that your man Mr Hopkins knows within himself that he cannot beat Joe Calzaghe so would rather duck the fight.
Would be good to see if EA sports could afford to have ‘The King of the Ring’ Joe Calzaghe on the front of their 2008 game as well, I am sure it would be a collectors item if JC accomplishes his personal and professional goals in 2008. Imagine if you owned something similar from all those years back in Rocky Marciano’s day, do you think it would now be a collectors item, imagine 50 – 60 years from now, a computer game from 2008 where the 2008 ‘King of the Ring’ is immortalized – Can EA sports afford the Calzaghe endorsement?
Joe Calzaghe has a very long shelf life for all potential endorsements.
May God continue to bless ‘Team Calzaghe’, camp Calzaghe and brand Calzaghe.
Calzaghe – “The mark of a boxing greatness”
Further reading: The truth behind the Tattoo's
Further reading: British Sports Personality of 2007
The heart of Joe Calzaghe says “I am a winner not a loser” and 10 years at the top of his fighting division and undefeated by anyone in 17 years proves that point, so to win this award now at the end of this milestone year for him and his family shows the British people’s appreciation for their Welsh sporting Jewel – The Welsh Warrior and in my mind the award could not have gone to a more deserving person as every Joe Calzaghe fan would agree.
As a man of faith it was good to hear Joe Calzaghe thank God and mean it, in front of the whole Nation, for all that he has achieved in his sporting career, humble recognition of the one who holds all things in His hands. That God was not the god of Islam by the way, they are not the same, take it from me as someone who knows, people will say He is the same – He is not!
Joe Calzaghe raises the banner high and sets the standard for British sports that we hope will be emulated by others in 2008, it is shame the British football team do not have the heart of ‘Team Calzaghe’, we might then win something on the World football stage, instead we have a load of overpaid young men who worry about what they are going to spend their England Team money on rather than having their minds set on winning for themselves, their families and the British people.
Joe Calzaghe won the well deserved prestigious No1 spot of “Sports Personality of the Year 2007” which now signifies his elite status within British sports and cements his global star status within the Boxing world, this man is a living legend, living in our generation. We look back at sporting greats whose Boxing achievements reverberate through history, with the likes of Rocky Marciano, Cassius Clay and Sugar Ray Leonard to name just a few. In this generation we don’t have to look back, we can look forward because we have the likes of Joe Calzaghe and Pretty Boy Floyd living and fighting now for us to watch - The first true Boxing icons of the 21st Century whose sporting achievements will live on long after they have retired from the sport.
Joe Calzaghe has cemented his living legend status within the eyes of the majority of the Boxing world, no one can take away or try to discredit his legacy, and other great Boxers of this generation like Bernard Popkins know this fact so are now trying to duck meeting the Welsh Warrior even though Mr. Popkins shouted him out in front of millions of his own fans – I saw Mr. Popkins nerves go when faced with Joe Calzaghe at the Undefeated weigh in.
Bernard Popkins claims he is a legend and Joe Calzaghe is just a mere Champion but by his actions he proves Calzaghe’s status and elevates him far above his position in the Boxing worlds eyes because if Mr Popkins was a living legend then he would not shout out Calzaghe and then duck him – What does this say to everyone?
Would be good to see another one of Golden boys boxers come over to the Millennium Stadium for the first of Joe Calzaghe’s last two fights before retiring, and then if Bernard Popkins really wants to fight the winner of Trinidad and Jones then let him have it as a warm up before what would be an end of year retirement fight for both fighters in the Yankee Stadium – ‘Let the King of the Ring’ decapitate Golden Boy promotions.
Oscar Dela Hoya sees what is coming – The Clash of the Titans and there can only be one winner – “You cannot conquer the un-conquerable”
The winner of Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Popkins will go down as the true trans-Atlantic legend of this generation, the same as the recent undefeated title against Pretty boy Floyd and Ricky ‘the hitman’ Hatton, so Mr Popkins cannot duck this if he wants to go down in the international annuls of Boxing folklore, depends on how he thinks and how he wants to be remembered – Bernard Popkins, Mary Hopkins or Bernard Hopkins the last man to fight the undefeated Champion Joe Calzaghe?
People will say about the age of Hopkins and Calzaghe, that it will be a miss match, Calzaghe 36 and Hopkins 43, both of these men are still at the top of their profession, both of them fighting men a lot younger than themselves as the Kessler fight showed, and still beating them so this is not a mismatch, this is a fight to see who really is the best of the best and go down in the Boxing history books that will be spoken of in many many years from now. Hopkins said he wants to take away Calzaghe’s undefeated record in the Yankee Stadium and Calzaghe said come on then, now Hopkins is trying to wriggle out of it now he is backed into a corner facing the Welsh Warrior.
There is no way out for you now though Mr Hopkins because you were the one who asked for Calzaghe and he is now staring you in the face saying come on then.
The biggest fight of 2008 – Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins – The stuff history books are made of.
Not only did ‘The King of the Ring’ Joe Calzaghe pick up the prestigious No1 spot in British sports this year but his father Enzo also scooped an award as best trainer. Joe Calzaghe would not be where he is today, at the top of British sports if it was not for his father Enzo so this award is highly deserved and shows the recognition from everyone to the father who helped his son become undefeated undisputed World Champion, a British sporting icon and a soon to be international boxing legend.
I believe that Calzaghe senior winning an award was far more important to his son than his No1 spot, so for them to have both won awards must be very special for the both of them and their families.
The Calzaghe story from where it all began to where it is now is the stuff of Hollywood so don’t be surprised if you see a film in the future depicting this amazing legendry boxing story from its humble beginnings in the Welsh Valleys to global Boxing superstardom, the same as we see films on Mike Tyson and Ali – Maybe after JC has shown Mary Hopkins who really is the best, the book is closed and the final chapter in this story is written will this unique story be immortalized on the big screen.The only trainer who I personally think has been able to transcend the sport of Boxing is Cus D’Amato, the man who shaped the most formidable Heavyweight to have ever stepped into the ring – Mike Tyson – What he created in Mike Tyson shocked the world and made the world look up, not just the boxing world but the whole world, others then destroyed that unique inspiring boxing legend once Cus D’Amato was gone.
In my mind the greatness of Enzo Calzaghe comes into the same category as the boxing trainer Cus D’Amato, Calzaghe senior has trained his son into an undefeated, undisputed 10 year world champion, who is undefeated in 17 years and he has created a stable of World Champion fighters, and all from walking through the doors of a local welsh gym as a complete novice with his son all those years back when this journey first began, the facts speak clearly for themselves that nobody can deny other than through jealousy – In my humble opinion Enzo Calzaghe is one of the greatest trainers to have ever lived, based on the facts.
’Team Calzaghe’ houses some of the best British fighters out there with the likes of Enzo Macrinalle and Gavin Rees, with each of these World Champions coming under the lead trainer Enzo Calzaghe.
Enzo Calzaghe is a legend in his own right and his achievements will also be spoken about long into the future when other up and coming fighters talk about the greats like Joe Calzaghe and who trained them. Their boxing life story in itself is the stuff of folklore; this truly is a blessed family and a blessed ‘Team’ who have the potential to be an inspiration to many.
Let us hope and pray that they are promoted properly in the coming years so that everyone of this generation and of the next hears and knows exactly who their sporting Jewel from the Welsh Valleys is, and that their achievements will live on into the future and into history, transcending the world of sport into everyday life.
2008 is going to be a good year for the Calzaghe camp, they go into it after a year of great achievement and recognition, with nothing left to prove other than for Joe Calzaghe to etch his name into the true boxing history books – I believe the story is already written - Golden boy’s decapitation
Pretty boy Floyd stated that Golden boy and Mayweather Inc is the future of boxing, then set up the Mary Hopkins clash, you know it’s a big one along with everyone else who knows it too, or is it just that your man Mr Hopkins knows within himself that he cannot beat Joe Calzaghe so would rather duck the fight.
Would be good to see if EA sports could afford to have ‘The King of the Ring’ Joe Calzaghe on the front of their 2008 game as well, I am sure it would be a collectors item if JC accomplishes his personal and professional goals in 2008. Imagine if you owned something similar from all those years back in Rocky Marciano’s day, do you think it would now be a collectors item, imagine 50 – 60 years from now, a computer game from 2008 where the 2008 ‘King of the Ring’ is immortalized – Can EA sports afford the Calzaghe endorsement?
Joe Calzaghe has a very long shelf life for all potential endorsements.
May God continue to bless ‘Team Calzaghe’, camp Calzaghe and brand Calzaghe.
Calzaghe – “The mark of a boxing greatness”
Further reading: The truth behind the Tattoo's
Further reading: British Sports Personality of 2007
