We all know calzaghe has skill... But when did he ever put it head to head with another fighter with just as much skill ...
Calzaghe was a great amatuer fighter..Won at least a couple of aba's..
Toney shone brighter in the professional ranks..
Calzaghe is more of a strait boxer..While toney is an awkward, slick, cunter puncher and ( at 16 Could bang too..
So we know that james was a killer at middle and super mid..He put his skills up and showed us what he could do against some of the baddest fighters possible..
But we never saw calzaghe take on that type of opponent to make the assumption..
But going on whats fair..Bieng that i'll say..Joe will be just over half as effective against a fighter like toney considering he looks great against nobodies but you give him the benefit of the doubt because we know he owns the skill...
I would say it came down to james late tko /ko..
Dont think joe ever had trouble hitting an opponent the way he would with a prime and in shape toney..and i dont believe that calzaghe could hurt toney.. Toney just has a typewriter head..Big ol thing.. Never know..Toney might have even finished off joe c before the fight begun..
If toneyb talked the same trash to joe that he did to both eubank and benn on a jonathon ross interview a fair while back..I dont think joe would have kept it half as well.. Probably resulting in a bika like performance against someone ten times the fighter that bika is...lol
Peace