I agree with the majority of the threads on here. It's an unfortunate situation, but I can't help but think there will be a tinge of regret when Calzaghe looks back on his career. Don't get me wron he will be immensely happy with being Champ for 10 years, beaten everyone (if) and went the whole way with his Dad by his side, but he spent to long working up to the 1st BIG FIGHT.

If Calzaghe beats B-Hop and RJJ he will be considered a great, but IMO not Top 10 greats. He will have beaten everyone put in front of him, defended his title for 10 years, but after beating Eubank, arguably his first big fight was against Jeff Lacy and then a few years on Kessler. He has spent too many years fighting bums before the big name came along. He will hae great scalps on his record at the end of his career, so HOF is a guarantee, but to be considered Top 10 P4P of all time, you have to fight the best when they are the best, in their prime. i.e. Hagler, Hearns, SRL, etc...

RJJ IMO is the only one who can enter that list. B-Hop has now got too much damage on his record considering who he lost to and then subsequently who they have gone on to lose to, i.e lost (twice) to Taylor and then Taylor lost to Pavlik.

RJJ is a hero. The dominant force in the 90's. He beat the best. Title from Middle to Heavy. He was awesome and will be recognised (and rightly so) as top 10 P4P of all time.

I think that Calzaghe would win both fights...and I'm a huge fan, but he took too long to get to the mountain top and when he did, he only had a year left in him.