James Toney was a fantastic latent talent who REALLY could fight. Unfortunately, he is lazy and is not a committed or dedicated talent. Who knows how good he might really have been, but to extrapolate maybe's and what if's is not fair. At the end of the day, the professional, dedicated ultra-pro that is Calzaghe would have beaten lazy James up. At any weight.

"If you take two fighters with equal skills and equal training, then the fighter with greater will, with greater desire, will inevitably win" (Cus D'Amato).

That's why Calzaghe would beat Toney - not because he's a better fighter, not because he is a harder puncher, not because he is better defensively ...... but because he would enter the ring in peak condition (and we all know that Joe has pulled out of fights claiming injuries etc and we have criticised him for it. But..... Joe Calzaghe has never entered a boxing ring underprepared in his life) James is lazy, he lets his weight go, he looks for short cuts with steroids, he lays on the ropes. I quite like him for it because he's a throwback to the 18th centure bareknuckle fighters, but it counts aginast him as a professional athlete in the 21st Century.

Equally, we see great revisionism with poor Gerald McClellan. The guy was good, he had a good punch and a good media image. But, we should not forget that his best victories were aginst the ghosts of washed up Mugabi and Jackson. He moved up a weight, hyped beyond belief and was badly hurt. He couldn't keep Benn down, and we know Benn was vulnerable.

That is all. End if drunken rant.