Quote Originally Posted by shza
But surely if he could pull off a Calzaghe victory at super-middle it would have to go down as not just his greatest achievement, but one of the greatest achievements in boxing for some time when you consider Calzaghe's breathtaking performance against Lacy a few months ago and Roy not being at his best since the Clinton Woods fight some four years back.
What a joke. I'd put it lower on RJJ's achievement list than Toney and B-Hop. And definitely lower on the "greatest achievements in boxing for some time" list than Hopkins's going UP TWO DIVISIONS in weight at 41 years old to win the LHW title from Tarver--something SRR couldn't do.

I mean, this would be Roy's biggest victory in a while, but I'm not sure it even would outrank beating Ruiz, since that involved a former MW going up to HW and winning a title (without steroids).
Exactly I feel the same way. Calzaghe is smaller than Roy to begin with a little. And its only Joe Calzaghe, besides beating up Lacy who else has he fought to get such acclaim? Old Byron Mitchell? Old Charles Brewer? A bunch of unknown European competition like Kabary Salem, who knocked Joe down and lost a decision to him. Or Mger Mktchian?