For me its calzaghe.
I dont think its his fault though.
Its down to frank warren.
Calzaghe shouldve gone to the states and started battering the sh1t out of all the other opponents that roy jones faced and then making himself more well known out there, forcing the bigger fights earlier on.
Its such a shame that never happened.
If calzaghe wins against jones in their coming fight then he goes down as one of the greats.
Its a shame though that with a record of 48,0,0 (if he wins) we will never really have seen what he couldve been had he gone to the states earlier.
I blame this on his manager, had it not been for him then perhaps the great matchups wouldve happened when calzaghe/jones/hopkins were all younger.
The sad fact is that calzaghe will always have the question mark over his head as to how great a fighter he was, was he simply only as good as he is now (a legend, but not a top 10 ever) or...was he one of the best fighters ever, easily surpassing roy jones...who knows? We will never know now, all because his manager didnt bring him stateside and kept him in the uk.
A shame.
Either way, with wins over eubank, kessler, lacy, reid and hopkins, then a win (if he does) over roy jones (not at his peak) then it just goes to prove what ive said...
We can look back and say, 'was calzaghe simply a legend', or 'could calzaghe have been the best in this era of boxing'...we'll never know, such a shame imo.
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