When was Joe Calzaghe's Prime?

[Fenster]

I've come to believe prime is rubbish in most cases.

No fighter should be labled "past his prime" unless he is showing a consistent obvious deterioration in performance.

All Cazlaghe critics, and many of his fans, say he beat a "past his prime" Hopkins, yet Hopkins recorded TWO of his greatest wins immediately before the fight and by his own admission his GREATEST perfomance after it.

As Ouma said (sort of), physical prime and mental prime occur at different times, so what is better, when you have two solid hands or a clearer/calmer/smarter/experienced head?

[ross]

Joes best performance and the one that means the most for his legacy is the Kessler fight, he proved he was still top of his game at 35 against a unifie, undefeated, younger and very well regarded fighter, he also showed very good skills by adjusting, he took some big flush shots and fired back, he also had Kessler hurt, the fight had everything that proved how good Joe was, listen to teward commentating on it and he gushes with praise for Joe and calls him a "fighting machine".

It doesnt matter what part of Calzaghes reign you fight him, he is an irresistable force

The younger version could overwhelm you with hurtfull combinations, the older version could box your head off and outwork you.

[Master]

Joe had two good healthy hands when he beat Eubanks and would have wiped Collins out at that time. However he was inexperienced and was tired after round 4. He was more experienced when he fought Kessler and Lacy but not as hurtful a puncher. He was crap during his fights with Starie because he had an elbow injury but livened up when he blasted Sheika.So the answer is don't really know.

[ross]

The thing I find so special about Joe is he has maintained the desire to be the best and has kept the work ethic to boot, he has been very consistant.

I you were watching his match with Starie or Salem would you believe that his best days were yet to come?