Quote Originally Posted by BubbleBox
Quote Originally Posted by bzkfn
Quote Originally Posted by BubbleBox
If Dawson beat Ruiz then he takes his record to 24-0 having beaten Adamek and IMO establishes himself as the best lightheavy at the moment! By beating Dawson he is beating a future star who people will remember as a possible opponent for Calzaghe when he is around.

In a perfect world I would like to see him fight the winner of Winky - BHop as well. That fight along with Kessler, Taylor and Dawson (who would have established himself by then) would be an awesome end to Calzaghe's career and means he would be a definate HOF!
Yea but he beat Lacy who was "a future star"...and now people just say Lacy was overrated. They would say the same about Dawson.
True...people are fickle!!! But the point here is that Calzaghe has dominated a division for over a decade! If he beats Kessler no one can dispute that. The point of beating Dawson is he then beats the best in the Lightheavy division IMO and therefore becomes a 2 weight champion. By the time Calzaghe has fought Kessler, Taylor and the winner of Winky-BHop - Dawson will have established himself if he continues as he is!

Two weight world champion. Wouldn't look bad on the record!
Well judging by current talk, maybe Dawson will have beaten Tarver by then, he was the division's previous ruler and someone Joe had previously wanted. So, should Dawson win that, then anyone who called Dawson overrated if Joe beat him would be taking out of their arse.