I agree about Jones being untouchable . Joe is my favourite active boxer but I admit hed not have beaten Jones.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonny78
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I agree about Jones being untouchable . Joe is my favourite active boxer but I admit hed not have beaten Jones.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonny78
Hopkins in his prime was still hard to hit, Calzaghe is not so hard to hit especially with the right hand, Hopkins best punch. combine his accuracy with a higher workrate and you got a Hopkins UD.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkusdarkusQuote:
Originally Posted by ds91Hopkins would get beat worse ??? to be fair you could argue he won at 43, imagine the Hopkins that faced Glen Johnson, that Hopkins would dominate Calzaghe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markusdarkus
Styles make fights, Hopkins would have opened up and been hit. The only way to beat Calzaghe is to let him lead whilst staying off the ropes. I think Taylor would be a tougher fight for Joe than Pavlik again styles.
Toney had a very good workrate. I usually don't take Compubox seriously, but Toney had all kinds of great numbers in terms of punches landed, and in order to have that, his workrate had to be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bomp
A prime Nigel Benn would have been able to i reckon.He was raw man!!A great britsh fighter,one of me favourites of all time!!!
"THE DARK DISTROYER!!!"
You never know in boxing benn was great but was limited in the chin department all losses by stoppage. watson a good fight underrated i say he was the best out of benn eubank just a really unlucky fighter. roy jones was great and its a shame if calzaghe fights him now i hate when fighters get old and get beat from guys they would smash in their prime.
What did McClellan do at super middle?Quote:
Originally Posted by ICB
RJJ prime not old and decrepide
Hopkins did win that fight so Hopkins.
Hagler
Pavlik
there is almost too many to list.
Greb , Robinson
Ray Lenord
Hearns.
U really think Collins would have beaten Joe?Quote:
Originally Posted by tysonbruno
man I was a huge Colllins fan, really got me into boxing, I loved when he beat Eubank, they were great nights. but tbh he would not have had a hope against Joe.
Big Reid fan as well, he deserved a rematch but I had him losing(slightly)
Don't think Benn or Gman would have beat him either
Why is that so hard to believe ?? didn't Graham in his prime give McCallum razor thin close fight ?? and Kalambay ?? didn't he also beat the living hell out of Jackson until that punch out of nowhere ?? and remind me of how many slick fighters Calzaghe has fought ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Poom
Its not what he did this is a bad style match up for Calzaghe fact, i really find it hard for Calzaghe to survive the Gman's onslaught early.Quote:
Originally Posted by porkyparaWhat did McClellan do at super middle?Quote:
Originally Posted by ICB
Not a well thought out thread because its a question on who could have beaten one of your favorite fighters ?? its just a question and its got plenty of replies which means people were interested in the question, which is the whole idea. This isn't supposed to be an award winning thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
Oh please you compared Hopkins to Skelton thats how much you know on Hopkins, if your such a big Calzaghe fan you would realize Calzaghe has struggled in rough fights before with Salem, Bika, Reid, etc which Hopkins was a master of in his prime and he even broke Glen Johnson's will. A young Hopkins was a punching machine and still had great skills to go along with it, the old Hopkins lost purely because he didn't have the work rate or the stamina to fight for the full 12 rounds which wasn't the case with the younger Hopkins, i suggest you do some homework on a younger Hopkins and don't just base him off a few of his older fights.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkusdarkusQuote:
Originally Posted by ds91Hopkins would get beat worse ??? to be fair you could argue he won at 43, imagine the Hopkins that faced Glen Johnson, that Hopkins would dominate Calzaghe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markusdarkus
Styles make fights, Hopkins would have opened up and been hit. The only way to beat Calzaghe is to let him lead whilst staying off the ropes. I think Taylor would be a tougher fight for Joe than Pavlik again styles.
Hopkins in his prime didn't even open up too much. He just picked his shots better then he does now and could wear someone down.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkusdarkusQuote:
Originally Posted by ds91Hopkins would get beat worse ??? to be fair you could argue he won at 43, imagine the Hopkins that faced Glen Johnson, that Hopkins would dominate Calzaghe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markusdarkus
Styles make fights, Hopkins would have opened up and been hit. The only way to beat Calzaghe is to let him lead whilst staying off the ropes. I think Taylor would be a tougher fight for Joe than Pavlik again styles.
Hopkins prime even the Hopkins that fought Trinidad, would beat Calzaghe
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Originally Posted by southakron314
Leonard, hearns, Pavlik (lol), Hopkins?
man you hate Joe Calzaghe.
All time i have to go Roy Jones UD, Hagler and Toney would have give Calzaghe a good fight i want to say Robinson but he only had one fight above 160.
Archie Moore at 175 is a tough fight for anyone and i think Bob Foster would also UD Joe in a tough fight.