What Past Boxers Could Have Beat Joe Calzaghe ??

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Well remember that Joe fought most of his career @ 168, under the new weigh-in rules. Joe's talked about how tough it was to make 168, so mos tlikely he'd be a light-heavyweight under the day-of-the-fight weigh in procedures.

There's quite a few light-heavyweights I'd pick over him (Foster, Spinks, Qawi to name a few). Of the more recent fighters, I'd pick a prime Roy over Calzaghe. Probably Toney at 168 as well. And the Hopkins of the late 90s/early 00s. I don't picture Hopkins having too much trouble going up one weight class to 168. Even though he made 160 rather easily, he was always a physically strong guy.

I don't like Hearns and Leonard's chances that much. They were too small and not the same fighters they had been when they fought around the 168-175 range (SRL had some help with the weight and the WBC for those titles).

Maybe the Hearns of the mid 80s that went to light-heavy wins over Joe. I don't think the 1991-92 version wins though.