Would Calzaghe ever come out of retirement?

[ElTerribleMorales]

No, he won't come back and I don't think Froch's success bothers him in the slightest. He thinks he got out at the top and has that 0, that's all that matters to him. He wouldn't risk it.

exactly, IMO Calzaghe never struck me as the type of fighter who was fighting for greatness

He beat a relatively prime Hopkins better than anyone else has done, beat up the American critics darling Lacy quite easily, beat a prime undefeated Euro titlist in Kessler handily and also in his youth boxed the pants off the ancient (31 ancient...hahaha) Eubank. His style was extraordinary and he beat a number of other very decent opponents. In his own way he was great, nobody was ever able to work him out.

He had a great career and is one of boxings best ever fighters, at least IMO.

how did he beat him better than anyone else if there is still a huge controversy whether he really won the fight? in terms of record, Froch's record is about even with Joe's

[Master]

I cannot see Joe coming out of retirement even if it was for a crazy amount of money and a high profile fight like Froch or Cleverly.

[shza]

No, he won't come back and I don't think Froch's success bothers him in the slightest. He thinks he got out at the top and has that 0, that's all that matters to him. He wouldn't risk it.

exactly, IMO Calzaghe never struck me as the type of fighter who was fighting for greatness

He beat a relatively prime Hopkins better than anyone else has done, beat up the American critics darling Lacy quite easily, beat a prime undefeated Euro titlist in Kessler handily and also in his youth boxed the pants off the ancient (31 ancient...hahaha) Eubank. His style was extraordinary and he beat a number of other very decent opponents. In his own way he was great, nobody was ever able to work him out.

He had a great career and is one of boxings best ever fighters, at least IMO.

how did he beat him better than anyone else if there is still a huge controversy whether he really won the fight? in terms of record, Froch's record is about even with Joe's

Agree with this. I scored the Hopkins/Calzaghe fight for Hopkins by a point. I also don't follow how Hopkins was "relatively prime" there. Hopkins was at his prime against Trinidad. Anything post-Taylor is definitely a different story -- though he's obviously still very good.

That being said, a prime Calzaghe definitely beats today's Froch, for sure. And I do respect Calzaghe -- the dominating victory over Kessler did that for me. But he's not (and never was) on quite the level of a truly prime Hopkins or Roy Jones Jr. I'm not sure he was even on the level of a prime 168 James Toney.