Who's the best at 168 pounds, assuming that everybody comes in at his prime--Joe Calzaghe, Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins or James Toney?
I can see Cal beating Hopkins, but not a prime Jones or Toney.
roy jones already beat a prime toney and a prime hopkins so that part is settled. i didnt give joe a shot at beating lacy but thought it would go the distance. if he fought a prime roy it wouldnt go the distance that i'm fairly confident about it. roy would dominate everyone at this weight.
Joe COULD beat Toney, but I think Joe eventually would get caught by Toney and fucked up bad. Toney comes out of shape, Joe whoops him. Toney just has a lot of problems with the handspeed of a guy like Joe. But Joe doesn't have as much speed of foot or hand as Roy did to quite mess with Toney so consistently.
Hopkins I feel could deal with Joe. Bernard is just too tough and has seen every style. If he can get 4 rounds off of a fairly prime RJJ, he can get 6-7 rounds off of Joe.
Roy eventually beats them all.