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    Default Re: If Calzaghe's record is so bad, whose is better?

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    Calzaghe beat Eubank as a young fighter let's not forget that.

    Also look at B Hop. He didn't get his first signifcant fight until he fought the welterweight Trinidad in 2001 at the age of 36, the same age Calzaghe is now!

    Calzaghe is actually ahead of Hopkins. At this age Hopkins had only fought Trinidad, Calzaghe already has wins over Eubank, Lacy, Kessler and Hopkins and is fighting another legend in Roy Jones next month.

    Hagler didnt' get any big fights until he was past 30 either.
    Bilbo do you realize how much of an underdog Bernard Hopkins was against Felix Trinidad ? and do you know Felix Trinidad was being compared to SRR. And was very high in the P4P rankings ?

    Bernard Hopkins also beat Antwun Echols x2 who beat Charles Brewer, which is one of Joe Calzaghe's better wins, and also a win over Keith Holmes who dominated a young Richie Woodhall, which is also one of Joe Calzaghe's better wins.

    Also aren't you forgetting Glen Johnson, John David Jackson, Simon Brown, ETC. they are all solid wins.
    This isn't about B Hop though Ice, you'll notice he's not in my list of fighters.

    i'll ask you again, who, of the fighters I mentioned in the current p4p list has a better resume than Calzaghe and why?
    Well firstly most of those fighters have only been champions for a few years, and fighters like Marquez, Margarito, have only recently been starting to get the fights and respect because they were ducked for years.

    Calzaghe has been a champion for over 10 years, which is x3-x4 aslong as every fighter on that list. So i think its unfair to compare how about in 5 years from now lets see if its debatable whether Joe Calzaghe has a better resume than most of the fighters on that list.

    Of course Joe Calzaghe has better resume overall than most of the fighters on that list, because of how long he has been champion. But the fact of matter is, that out of all those title defenses only few names stand out.

    And even those wins are questionable, like Chris Eubank being late replacement for Steve Collins, and he had to lose ridiculous amount of weight in a short time. And don't even get me started on Jeff Lacy.

    I never said Joe Calzaghe hasn't got a good resume overall, but he could of took more risks and moved up in weight like he said he would. I find it funny now the division is starting to get stronger, he has moved up in the weight and is fighting RJJ the same RJJ he called a hasbeen before his fight with Felix Trinidad. He contradicts himself all the time.
    Last edited by ICB; 10-28-2008 at 05:28 PM.

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