No ones saying he should have an all time great card. His division has been weak, no doubt as evidenced by Roy Jones less than good card, but his card looks very very poor. When you have only Kessler and then a Jeff Lacey with only 21 fights as your highlights it don't look good. Hell there aren't a lot of HOFers he could've fought, but how about guys like Montel Griffin, Virgil Hill, or even Mike McCallum. Even green guys like Harding or Reggie Johnson. Hell Winky Wright would look good on his resume. There are literally a dozen other names that would've added tremendously to his card and his legacy. If he would've fought Antonio Tarver sometime in the last 10 years that would've garnered a hell of a lot of respect from me. Tarver and Glenn Johnson would look better on the record than Kessler and Lacey to many boxing fans. I bet he could get Jermain Taylor or Kelly Pavlik to fight him if he wanted. How about Feliz Trinidad if he upsets Jones? Felix would be a nice victory for Joe and in my eyes joe would be a solid favorite. Calzaghe can fight, no doubt, he just has yet to prove he can beat the best in my eyes. I mean Peter Manfredo was a TV show contest winner and is considered a joke. I consider the Lacey, Kessler, Jimenez and Veit wins to be quality wins, but none of them career defining or great wins. Maybe some of those other guys were Marvin Haglers or Carlos Monzons in disguise and I'm just ignorant of their greatness, but all time great fighters usually have more to their resume than Calzaghe currently has in my eyes.

I won't argue the reasons why his card is so weak, maybe guys ducked him or he didn't want to leave the UK, I don't care. At the end of the day his card is way too weak whatever the reason. Now he is 35 years old and probably past his peak and will have to find several good fights to cement his legacy State Side.