Who you really think can beat Calzaghe?

hopkins would dismantle calzone. kessler would stand a good chance. im crossing my fingers for manfredo...

What did I say that was racist? I said that all the BLACK fighters that were mentioned could beat Joe? How is that racist?! I didn't call anyone here a name. I refer to Joe is a cracka and that is what he is. He's cool to me. He's good but a little overrated. I have nothing against him. That is just a term, nothing personal. Thats like someone calling you a sp!ck though.. You just don't do that shit.

calzaghe is a southpaw, and bhop is a counterpuncher whos best punch is the counter right hand. southpaws are vulnerable to the counter right hand bernard decisions calzaghe jermain? i think so. he can hang with the best. winky has problems with volume punchers. calzaghe throws 100 fast punches a round, he'd work winky. i personally dont rate calzaghe that high.

Awful take Filth. Green was buzzed multiple times by Emmet Linton who is a true Junior Middleweight, Calzaghe may throw some wide shots at times but the kid mixes in some hard ones as well-Joe is like a pitcher who throws curvebals, changeups, sliders and fastballs...watch the Lacy fight again there were some punches that landed flush against Lacy that would have been the end for someone such as your boy Green. The funny thing about this thread is the respect that Joe is recieving-it makes me very proud-hell it wasnt long ago when you couldnt find anyone on this site to say anything positive about the Welshman. Like the Russian crowd in Rocky 4, its nice to see people with the ability to change. i've never seen lacy calzaghe, i've avoided it cause i don't want to see lacy get made into Blow's bitch. good point about linton though, i did see that fight. if green got lazy and droppped his hands he'd take a serious bitchslapping from calz. i guess i'll have to put all my hopes on my homeboi Bute

I would pick Hopkins, Taylor, and Kessler over Calzaghe. And I would pick Jeff Lacy in a rematch. ... Just kidding

Calzaghe is the one Brit fighter who should be regarded as being elite and many don't see it that way. Jermain Taylor is one of my favorites, but I think Calzaghe would beat him. B-Hop would be a good fight, but I think Joe comes in too wide with his punches and would get caught right down the middle. RJJ in his prime embarrasses Calzaghe.

hopkins, woods, ouma would be a gd fight

I Protect Calzaghe Some What... BUT He Has 2 Prime Years Left ..Please Let Us Know How Good You Really Are All right now I see what you mean.

..........I don't understand this post. you and me both...must be Friday..lol...Johnnie Walker day

I Protect Calzaghe Some What Be He Was 2 Prime Years Left Please Let Us Know How Good You Really Are ..........I don't understand this post.

I Protect Calzaghe Some What... BUT He Has 2 Prime Years Left ..Please Let Us Know How Good You Really Are

BHops is too old and Calzaghe's workrate will overwhelm him. A younger Glen Johnson would have been an interesting fight for Joe with a move up in weight, although with his handspeed, I can see a replay of the Lacy fight. A prime RJJ would have been a true test, but we'll never know...

Bernard Hopkins.

Welter's mistaken. I haven't see a ton of Froch but from what I've seen I'd expect about 120-106 Calzaghe No sorry mate Welter Knows the score. Froch would KO Calzaghe.

So many of the people who post about Calzaghe being over-rated, or a slapper really dont have any idea whatsoever. Calzaghe, at the age of 34 has only ever lost one competetive fight in his life (that was the one loss in his rather amateur career, against 116 victories. In that amateur career he won 3 consecutive British ABA titles, becoming the only boxer to ever do that. In his one and only competetive loss, the opponents father was the referee). In the vast majority of his amateur career, Calzaghe was very very rarely taken the distance. Amateur boxing is much less known for its KOs than professional boxing, but Calzaghe KOed his opponents much more often than not because he is a hard hitter. He doesnt necessarily have hard one-punch KO power (and lets be honest, why would he want to? Lots of the guys who have a lot of one punch KOs tend to rely on that and rarely have hugely successful careers), but he does and always has had incredible accumulative power. Upon turning professional, Calzaghe won his first 9 fights. All within 2 rounds (7 of which in the first). He has only gone the distance in 11 of his 42 victories. The majority of the guys he hasnt been able to knock out have been exceptionally durable bastards like: David Starie (never knocked out, only ever stopped once) Miguel Angel Jimenez (never knocked out in his career) Kabary Salem (never knocked out in his competetive career) Evans Ashira (never knocked out, only stopped once) Chris Eubank (never knocked out in his competetive career) Robin Reid (only ever stopped once in his competetive career and that was late, by Lacy), Sakio Bika (never stopped) Jeff Lacy (never stopped or knocked out, only one loss against Calzaghe in one of the most one-sided contests of all time) In a long 42 fight professional career, Calzaghe has only ever been taken anywhere near close once in a fight against Robin Reid where he badly damaged his hand. Not an excuse, cos he won. Just a fact. He has held his title longer than anyone else in world boxing at the moment and is moving towards not only being the longest reigning champion of all time, but also close to having the most defences of his title too. He has only been down twice in his career despite fighting some rather big hitters and both time he got up to stop his opponents. With all of that in mind, he barely makes anyones top 5 or even top 10 list on here. So how can he possibly be considered to be overrated?

Hopkins Might Be Too Old Winky Mihght Be Too Small Taylor Might Get Knocked Out Tarver Might Get Peppered To Death Klesser Might Not Be Ready

A few posts up I called him chinny. Was I being unfair? I think it is safe to say you were being unfair. He got caught with a perfectly placed shot after nearly pitching a shutout. His legs looked fine and he responded perfectly-he fought back hard and continue to win rounds! That knockdown showed a lot about Dawson, he doesnt appear to be some front runner that when tagged shows his true colors. I will be curious to see how he responds in the future when getting smacked on the chin but right now I think Chinny is going too far.

WHAT IS ALT? And what did i say to get banned? You get banned for racism. And you will.

He's good but Calzaghe is an overatted craka. And all those AFRICAN AMERICAN boxers that were mentioned can beat him! OK this alt's ready to be banned. PLease now.

AT LAST SOMEONE WITH A SENSIBLE ANSWER UNFORTUNATELY THIS FIGHT WILL NEVER HAPPEN CALZAGHE DOESNT DO RISKS Welter's mistaken. I haven't see a ton of Froch but from what I've seen I'd expect about 120-106 Calzaghe