Some may question the Joe Calzaghe place among the greatest fighters in history, but NaSayers should take a closer look at; It is challenging to deny that he deserves his place in Hall of Fame.

Undoubtedly, taking into account his overall work, he is the most talented super-medium weight of all time. Forget that Thomas Hearns, Ray Leonard and Roy Jones, whose stay in the division was fleeting in comparison, Joe belongs at the top of the pile.

And although the division is in its infancy, because its history is expanding and growing over time, future masters will have their names compared to Joe in a way in which today’s heirs are constantly providing against yesterday’s kings. And the Welshman deserves this indelible pedestal.

He proved his adversities in and beyond, bouncing from knocking against Byron Mitchelle, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, while tuning his Southpaw style to deal with brittle hands. Criticism of his career, but not his character (he could not do much about it) was that after defeating the still using Chris Eubanek in 1997 for the WBO title, there were few opponents who gained the imagination of the world, although Robin Reid, Richie Woodhall and Charles Bewer were former masters until he fell into Jeff Lacy nine years later. Despite this, he ruined the fearful American with such an electrifying applause, who began a glorious final, which took into account the peak of Mikkel Kessler, Hopkins (who won on Kelly Pavlik and Jean Pascal before him) and successfully ended Jones.

He united the titles in the era, when such a feat is almost impossible, and also moved to a slight weight and unjustified perceived linear line master Bernard Hopkins.

Not to mention that he went all his career without losing one professional fight. Anyone who can retire invincible deserves credit; Few who manage it after 10 years of work in a world -class are something special.

As a former lithe and lightweight title, Vinny Pazienza noticed before he took the unverified, but 36-fighting unbeaten Nelson Bolanos in 1986: “Even if he fought his mother 36 times, you would think that she would be lucky at least once.”

The ones they fled
Sven Ottke was the head of IBF for most of the rule and victory Calzaghe over the German, he would decorate the Joe record well. He wins in younger versions of Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins, raising the WBO title from Steve Collins, responding to Carl Froch’s demands to Showdown and at the end of Chad Dawson, he would also strengthen his heritage. Super-Middle/Lightweight weight weight weight of Michael Nunn, James Toney and Glen Johnson would also lend a hand.

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“Life is the best leftist I’ve ever seen, although some say it’s Charlie White from Chicago.”

This is a quote from Ernest HemingwayFight with the writer’s Nobel Prize and at least he should say that. When I read this line for the first time a few years ago, I assumed that Charlie White is an invention, a kind of everyone who symbolized awards around the world. But it turns out that he wasn’t. White lived, breathed and spilled his blood into the penal rings of pre -war America. He was indeed a terrifying leftist and despite the settlements in Chicago, he was British by birth.

Born in a Jewish Russian immigrant family in Liverpool on March 25, 1891, Charlie’s real name is Charles Anchowitz. He came to America with his parents at the age of seven and settled in the Jewish ghetto in the west side of Chicago. At the age of 13, Charlie arranged tuberculosis. He was sent to the gym in Chicago Bill O’Connell and conducted a course of exercises to improve his health. Treatment seemed to work. Soon he was free from tuberculosis, and under the care of O’Connell he discovered a talent for boxing.

Charlie had his first professional fight in the middle of teenagers, adopting the name White in tribute to Tommy White, the highest weight from Chicago Feather in the 1890s. The string of knockouts won mainly by the left hook brought him the nickname “Left Hook Charlie”, and soon mixed in a world -class company.

In December 1909 he lost the eight round with the prevailing world champion in the weight of feathers, Abe Atell, who “was forced to expand to the border” according to Union Sacramento. The article noted that the decision of the judge for Attell “was unpopular”. They met again nine months later in the fight for “without decision”. It was another loved one, but Atell did enough to make a decision in the newspaper.

At that time, some US jurisdictions banned point sentences, and the boxer could officially win only through knockout or stop. This was to combat the plants, but instead of the official result, the winner of the competition for full distance was settled by Sportswriters in the newspapers the next day. Some world champions even insisted on fighting for a lack of decision-making to assist protect their titles-a great disappointment of their contenders.

In May 1914, 23-year-old White faced Willie Ritchie from San Francisco behind the world crown and dominated the fight. “I was generated and exceeded,” Ritchie admitted. White won the decision in the newspaper, but the fight went a distance, so Willie kept his title.

The next shot of Charlie at a slight distinction was against the successor of Ritchie, Freddie Welsh from Pontipridd. The couple fought four times in 1914–1916, and White won one decision in the newspaper and lost the other three fights. Despite his apparent fist advantage, the Welshman developed vigorous respect for Charlie’s left hook. “Keep your right hand all the time and go to him with your left. Never employ the right,” Brit Matt Wells warned in a letter before Matt’s first fight with Charlie in 1915. “I felt one of his left on my head in one of our Milwaukee battles and I thought the building had come.”

Benny Leonard, one of the best defensive boxers of all time, would recognize this useful advice when he got to know the wearing ring, but still unsafe 29-year-old White in July 1920. In the fifth 10-round lightweight title fight, White planted his legendary left hook on Leonard’s jaw and overturned him through Lines. But Leonard got back on the ring-non-citizens say with the assist of his brother-and turned the tables white with the ninth round of KO. It was the only knockout loss of Chicagoan’s career.

Charlie-Kwyóó was also challenging Jacek Britton for a world-class crown and won two, lost two and drew one of the two-time title in the twenty Johnny Dundee-he had unlucky so as not to win the title himself. It deserves to be remembered much more than Punch Hemingway.

One of the largest ticket sellers who left London in the seventies Alan Salter Peckham. He was an thrilling warrior and although his record of 13 wins from 32 competitions does not look very good on paper, he was rated as high as the third in the British class of lightweight weight (currently super airy), and also boxed the British title of this weight. Alan born in 1950 died only nine days after his 35th birthday, having in a coma seven years earlier after a tragic accident in 1978.

Alan had about 30 or 40 amateur competitions during boxing for dogs Kennel Hill BC and South Norwood BC. He did not achieve much as an amateur, because he did not train properly and liked to go out with his friends. Because he needed money, he tried a professional game, wondering that it would be better to match his style. Initially, he signed a contract with Dickie Waterhouse, but his continuation of undisciplining with alcohol led to winning only seven of his first 16 competitions. In 1975 Bn The article described his road works: “I returned home in the early hours, I drunk as a sack and run out. I have to be the only warrior that has ever been drunk responsible for the tracksuit.”

On February 25, 1974, Salter fought Dennis Harbon from Bradford in Manor Place Baths on an act crowned by his partner Pat McCormack. The photo accompanying this article shows the result, and Alan stands above Harbon before he finished it in three rounds. I think this is a perfect picture – a testimony of this wonderful photographer, Derek Rowe, who rarely left the fight at that time. It perfectly reflects the atmosphere of miniature boxing in London in the death of oldschool places, swimming baths and town halls, which maintained sport for the previous 30 or 40 years. Alan boxed mostly – in the Town Hall of Shoreditch and Batterssea, in York Hall and six times in Manor Place Baths, the most local for him and where he was a great favorite.

After passing at Phil Coren’s stable in 1974, and Kenny Lynas as his trainer, Alan became more devoted and slowly turned his career. He began with a good victory over the previously undefeated Tommy Dunn. After shaking the early penalty, Alan went through to overwhelm the warrior of reading in four rounds Bn described as “stunning nervousness.” After not leaving in three consecutive competitions, Alan was tailored to Joey Singleton, the British master, in the 10-Rund at The Royal Albert Hall at night Johnny Franham, located Chris Finnegan in their first fight. Alan gave the Singleton a real fight, and when Judge Roland Dakin raised Singleton’s hand at the end, the place was in the scope.

Alan finally arrived, and for promoters a ready British fight for the title had to be organized. This took place four months later, after the Singleton recovered after hand injuries in the first competition. This time it was different. Singleton was a very elegant warrior and seriously took up the challenge of Salter. The fight was one -sided, and Salter’s game did not match the skills he had to face and was detained in nine rounds. In the next competition, against Des Morrison, Joey won the belt and deserved it.

Salter’s career came out after his title challenge and returned to cleaning the windows, built a successful round on the streets, where he was so loved. Three years later he was involved in a terrible accident when he was thrown through the sliding door of his van. He never recovered after terrifying brain damage, remaining in a coma until he died of pneumonia in 1985. Only a compact life lived, but he lived in full.