Hopkins is 43....43. I could care less about Rings P4P having him top 5. Calzaghe needs to win this fight to avoid a disaster. Maybe in the UK beating grand fathers garners a lot of points, but if Joe is even close to an all time great fighter, he mops the floor with a 43 year old counter puncher. I know beating a Eubanks, a green Lacy and Kessler who has fought no one is quite a feat. Hell Joe C is so tough he beat a Game show winner in 3 rounds when it took Slow Motion Lacey a whole fight to beat him. Thats impressive. I know that Calzaghe is the hero of the moment, just like Hatton and Hamed were before him, but he has a lot to prove to me still.

I've said it before, but GREAT fighters have fought more than just a few top notch opponents in their career. It seems some fans are impressed by a guy that fights 35 nobodies and then sprinkles in 5 pretty good fighters and maybe 4 guys who can be considered top competition (and that is arguable). Joe's card doesn't cut it in my book.

Compare Joe's card to anyone and he comes out on the short end. It is not a good card. He needs several more top fighters to impress me like he impresses his loyal fans.

Hopkins is still good, but he s 43, if Joe is this all time Great? Well, an all time great at 35 smokes an all time great at 43. But what if Hopkins wins? I'm sure Joe fans will elevate Hopkins to Godlike status as to make it look like their all time great only lost because he fought "one of the 2 or 3 best ever." Fact is, that a 43 year old Bernard Hopkins isn't a top 100 all time fighter (he has had a top 20 all time career). Joe C is just past his Prime and if he claims to be top 100 all time, this fight is a must win for him IMO. If he KOs Bernard he can elevate his status quite a bit. Not sure who I will bet on.