The thing is with Calzaghe ultimately that means he doesn't hold a candle to people like Roy Jones, Hopkins and even Eubank is that these guys, in the primes of their careers went after harder and harder opponents. Joe is old now..so he has A MASSIVE VICTORY OVER THE NUMBER 2 SM IN THE WORLD IN JEFF LACY...AWESOME PERFORMANCE..BIG THINGS AWAIT JOE CALZAGHE..SUPERFIGHTS ARE WITHIN REACH..SO LETS FIGHT.....sakio bika...and then Peter Manfredo jr What the fuck?? Look at people like Mayweather, Hatton, Hopkins, Winky etc..Mayweathers last 3 fights Judah, Baldomir, Oscar and now Ricky Hatton..all world title fights against valid opposition (I don't care what you say about Baldomir he was the linear Welterweight champ). Hatton has gone from Tsuyu to Collazo to Urango to Castillo..solid'ish opponents with names. Hopkins went from Taylor to Tarver to Winky..big challenging fights. etc etc etc
True champions like those mentioned above take on challenges and go strength to strength.They don't take 2 steps back after big victories...when the fuck has Calzaghe taken on a challenge where he was truely in any danger? So he fought Lacy..so he proved himself once..well done..doesn't a true champion want bigger and better challenges after that? You've had one big challenge in 10 years and now that you've past that challenge you're content to go back to fighting opponents from a fucking reality TV show? Don't make me laugh.
I don't care if his promoter is blamed because ultimately I respect Ricky more as a champion for having the balls to fuck Warren off and go to Vegas to get some challenges. Joe can do the same but no, he's content with 1 challenge in the whole 10 years he's been with Warren.
This is why I can never hold Joe's name in the same breath as people like Mayweather, Hatton, Hopkins, ODLH, Eubank, Benn, Trinidad, Winky etc all great champions who took on big challenges. Its disrespectful to those champions who wanted to make history and cement their legacy by taking bigger and bigger challenges rather than regressing.
Fuck JC