Quote Originally Posted by leggy View Post
why is it every fighter hes beat you find an excuse ? for example jones and hopkins were shot, (imo hopkins isnt past it gave calzaghe great trouble and ruined kessler) lacy was overrated, kessler 1 dimenstional

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

he beat every he faced, face it he was is a great boxer 1 of the best
I'm pretty much going to echo what everyone else has said. Calzaghe's best win was against Kessler, both in terms of performance and in terms of his opponents skill-level at the time. Lacy was also a good victory, regardless of what people now think about him. Hopkins was also a great victory, although I feel Hopkins edged the fight, it was close and it could've gone either way. Regarding the RJJ fight, Jones was clearly a shadow of what he used to be; Calzaghe performed very well, but this version of Jones does not rank with Hopkins or Kessler in terms of the challenge he presented to Calzaghe.

People are always going to deride him because he took so long to fight elite, well-known competition. It's as simple as that. It doesn't mean Calzaghe isn't a great fighter and an incredibly skilled one, it also doesn't mean he would've have had a very good chance of beating that opposition, but we'll never know and some people are always going to hold it against him.

I really think the Manfredo fight irreparably damaged Calzaghe's reputation.