Quote Originally Posted by BIG H
Is it just going to be another bunch of arguments from everybody discrediting him? I can't see him getting any real credit, everybody will just say Hopkins, was Old and Shot and that Calzaghe would never have beaten him in his prime. For all we know Hopkins may well be better now than he ever has, I haven't seen any demise in his performances (o.k Taylor fights were muck) and he was very impressive against Tarver and Winky.

I can just see us all going round in circles again, the way we did after he beat Lacy (the fighter everybody said he must fight) Kessler (the guy everybody said he must fight)
Sorry but i have to disagree BIG H i didn't think Hopkins was that impressive against Wright, i thought the fight was rubbish and a dirty affair. Unfortunately for Calzaghe he come around at the wrong time, when there was no more Benn, Prime Eubank, Collins, Watson, and also fighters like Hopkins, Toney, Jones, were all at different weight classes. The Super Middleweight division has not had any stars in over a decade, and as for Hopkins vs Calzaghe i will give Calzaghe plenty of credit for the win. Hopkins is a top 3 P4P fighter and is one of the best fighters of the modern era, Hopkins isn't in his peak and i would be silly to say so, but Hopkins is still a good fighter and remember Hopkins peaked at a late age. It still doesn't get him into top 20 of all time like other people think, and i don't think he will move up in P4P rankings either because i have him at number 3 i believe, and he won't move up past Pacquiao or Mayweather.

And can i just say that i give Calzaghe all credit in the world for Kessler win, but sorry not the Lacy win. He was so overrated its not even funny, all these people that were picking Lacy had they even seen Lacy vs Vanderpool or Lacy vs Sheika ?? because if they had i find it hard to believe they would pick Lacy over very skilled fighter like Calzaghe, because Lacy struggled badly in those fights with mediocre fighters.

And one last thing i think Calzaghe should of moved up to Light Heavyweight years ago. He always talked about it because he had trouble making the Super Middleweight limit.