Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
I genuinely believe it. Calzaghe for me is the best fighter I have ever seen and like others on here I have seen my share of fights and fighters. You put him in with someone who will trade and he will beat you to the punch and get more off, put him in with someone who will spoil and he will outwork you. He will adapt to any fighter and also be better looking to boot. I rate Calzaghe over Mayweather and always have. Mayweather is cute, but Calzaghe will still throw 80 punches a round your way. If Cotto and DLH can win rounds Calzaghe takes far more. Mayweather loses on points and there is nothing he can do.

I am a Calzaghe fan and am proud of it. The man was ballet, he was poetry, he was a druggy and he could cut up the space time continuum with effortless grace and was also a bit Welsh sounding. He was like nothing before and nothing to come and will live on within You Tube until the eventual ending of man and the return back to pre digital harmony. He will also likely live for several decades more and continue to be a fine looking man with a bigger penis than ElFinito.
I'm sorry, I like you and all that Miles but that first paragraph made me sick in my mouth a little. That would never, ever, ever happen.

1) Calzaghe would never fight Floyd if they were in the same weight class and both prime.
2) Floyd would make Calzaghe look absolutely stupid. You can throw punches in bunches against most fighters and land the odd slap, but if Manfredo was riding and slipping those shots, what the hell do you think Floyd would do with those counter hooks and uppers? P4P it's a huge mismatch.
3) Calzaghe adapts? Floyd is the master at adapting..You wanna brawl? He'll counter the shit out of you ala Jesus Chavez. You wanna throw 100 punches a round? He'll make you miss and win the round by throwing 30-40 accurate shots. You wanna box? Don't be stupid. You mention Cotto and DLH - Both fighters lost and the same would happen to JC. I guarantee his output falls against Floyd when he realises throwing a hundred hand slap like E.Honda doesn't work against Floyd.

Long, stiff jabs work against Floyd. That's where DLH and Cotto were successful. JC has nothing of the sort.