Joe Calzaghe under the micoscope

[Kev]

Well if in addition to beating Barrera twice Jones also reigned for 10 years as an undefeated super bantamweight champ, made 21 consective defenses of his title, unified the entire division and won all four belts then moved up and beat the man at featherweight then I would happily put him as an all time great

I'm still awaiting reply to this post above. I think Game Set Match is about to be declared

Read the stats , lots of Calzaghe's oponants had already been beaten at top level , lots were total bums , Hopkins ,Kessler , were big names , and thats it , i accept Calzaghe is a top fighter , but why oh why did he fight so many soft touches ?
Also when you use Marciano as an example , remember 1 fact , Rocky was the only champion at the time.
Calzaghe held the WBO JOKE title for most of his reign with 3 other champions.
See my point Bilbo ?

It also makes me smile , a guy like Nigel Benn / James Toney etc could threaten an opponent " I'm going to knock you out " and for the most part in Benn's case he did.
Calzaghe is more a " I'll slap you around a bit and take you to a boring decision " lol
The famed Calzaghe " they cant take my power " was laughable as even pathetic fighters like Rick Thornberry who were KOED at lower levels , went the distance , even British standard fighters like Starie.

This post makes no sense Al. You criticise his wins over fighters who have previously lost whilst at the same time when he defeats unbeaten fighters like Lacy and Kessler you dismiss them as unproven and overratted

Calzaghe has beaten every man he's ever faced, his record is 100% perfect.

You simply cannot dimiss his resume, he's a proven champion and one of the very best fighters in the world. Trying to criticise every single win he's had is just plain hating. Did you see Kessler fight at the weekend, that KO was sick, the guy is a top notch operater. Wins over Beyer, Mundine, Andrade he was a tough tough opponent and Calzahghe gave him a boxing lesson.