Quote Originally Posted by powerpuncher View Post
there is always a debate on how good calzaghe actually was. i always say that he was a good, not great fighter. he had a few solid wins but that was it. really kessler and bhop are his only wins that i consider good. he had a fews others like bika, eubank or reid that were alright. the rest didnt mean much. i remember negotiations being made earlier in his career for him to fight bhop, jones, and glen johnson. they all fell through. he didnt have many good fighters around him, but he could have definitely negotiated weight to make better fights than he had.

and i cant believe that anyone would ever think margarito was anywhere near a HOF fighter. he is garbage. even when he cheated he was a B class fighter.
Hop was 44 yrs old. Plus Hop won.
Eubank was well past it in 1997 as well.
RJJ had had 3 fights with Tarver already, KO'ed by Glencoffee as well. when they fought. and 40 yrs old.