If Joe does indeed beat Bernard Hopkins next month will he have had the more successful career?

I know people will question Bernard's age but if Calzaghe does beat him, on paper at least he looks to have the better resume.

Consider the following, he reigned as a champion of his division for even longer than Hopkins. He will also if he wins be a two weight world champion. He, unlike Hopkins will have remained undefeated throughout his entire career.

Hopkins has the bigger names on his resume but in reality his two biggest wins came against much smaller and overmatched opponents.

I mean in all honesty, does ANYONE think Calzaghe would have been unable to defeat even prime a De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad, or for that matter Winky Wright?

Calzaghe's at least has done something that Hopkins could not, and that is defend his belt against the number 1 prime challengers in his division. In putting a smackdown on Jeff Lacy and then securing a dominant win over Mikkel Kessler he did what B Hop couldnt do against the only great challenger he ever really faced in Jermain Taylor.

Certainly Taylor aside there are no names on BHops resume that are any better than the likes of Eubank, Brewer, prime Robin Reid etc, Glen Johnson maybe.

The one other achievement B Hop has achieved of course is his win over Tarver an impressive feat, but Calzaghe equals that in my mind if he does indeed go on to beat Hopkins.


So what do you guys think? I reckon Calzaghe wil indeed have done more than Hopkins, slightly, but I doubt this view will be widely accepted, at least not unless Calzaghe also goes on to beat Kelly Pavlik.

Your thoughts?