As of right now, who could beat Calzaghe?

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First off, this was not the question at hand, we're talking about Joe.. So, if you have to defend Joe in that fashion, by comparing his resume to someone elses resume who you consider not so good, then you're already scraping the bottom of the bucket..

It's pretty damn clear that his opposition was less than mediocre in his prime, that is NOT even debatable..

Jones and Hopkins CLEARLY had much better opposition in their prime.. without even going through names, they had a LOT more exciting careers as far as big fights..

This is Hopkins Prime opposition during his reign at Middleweight. Care to revise that statement?

Robert Allen THREE TIMES
William Joppy
Morrade Hakkar
Carl Daniels
Keith Holmes
Antwon Echols TWICE
Syd Vanderpool
Simon Brown
Andrrew Council
John David Jackson
William Bo James
Joe Lipsey
Glen Johnson
Steve Frank
Segundo Mercado

That list is better then what Calzaghe faced.
Antwon Echols was a dangerous fighter in his prime, Council was a good fighter, John David Jackson was a good fighter, Glen Johnson was and is a very good fighter thats when he was still the undefeated version of Glen Johnson.

Big H, why didn't you list Trinidad in that list? Just curious..

In his prime, he faced better opposition, no doubt..

Even past his prime, in the last few years, he's fought De la hoya, Taylor twice (two close decisions), Tarver, Winky, and an up and comer in Pavlik..

Compared to, Lacy, Kessler, Bika, Manfredo, Roy Jones of late for Calzaghe..

There is no comparison.