Quote Originally Posted by bilbo
I think it's clear that Roy Jones was the greatest ever to pass through the super middleweight division but Calzaghe has had more title defenses there than anyone else and has owned the division for 8 years so I have no argument against him being considered the greatest supermiddleweight.
I agree, on acheivement at the weight he's definitely number 1.

Quote Originally Posted by artest2000
look at this video of roy and tell me joes better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXdBK...ch=roy%20jones

you simply can't

jones was the best. i don't care if jones had 1 fight at supermiddle he still was in middle weight making him the best ever. you see great and best are two different things jones never Archived much compared to other great fighters but he would have beaten them all. its that simple.


you see robinson was greatest but jones would have beaten him at middle or super middleweight.

pound for pound he would have beaten all comers.

baby


Just because someone looks impressive in some fights doesn't necasarily mean he would look just as impressive against a different fighter who has different attributes. Many people looked at footage of Lacy and thought he would destroy Calzaghe, if they hadn't fought these people would still have the same opinion now. Many people thought Shane Mosely was untouchable until he fought Vernon Forrest.

IMO RJJ would definitely be favourite against Joe, but it wouldn't be a walkover. With Joe's hand speed and workrate he may well have been the the guy to pose most problem's to him, it's a shame we'll never know the definite answer.