From a legacy point of view it's Calzaghe who definitely has more to prove, at least in the eyes of American's
Jones Jr has already proven himself over and over, in his prime he was nigh on unbeatable.
Joe has had an outstanding career but only in the last couple years is he finally fighting the big names.
If he were to lose this certainly there will hundreds of haters on here who will post 'I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO!!!!! and FINALLY I'M VINDICATED!!!!' type crap.
Whilst the boxing world at large will still respect Joe's acomplishments he really needs this win to put himself amongst the greats.
And I really think with a win here he will be close to achieving that.
Whilst I don't think Jones is the fighter he was he's no less the fighter than Mike Tyson was when Lennox Lewis got to him, or maybe even Barrera when Juan Manuel Marquez got to him.
It's still a huge name on Joe's resume no matter what the haters, naysayers and negativity spinners will say.
If he wins he will have beaten hands down the two most outstanding American fighters of this generation in these weight classes.
He needs this win, he really needs this win.
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