Joe Calzaghe conquered Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins and as a result, sealed his place as the best of his generation. History has spoken. But, of the remaining contenders who was the best in his prime? I'll throw the Mayweather nuthuggers a bone and include lil' Floyd in the mix. Of Hopkins, Jones, and Mayweather, I've got to vote for Hopkins. Yes, Jones beat a young Hopkins, but I do believe the Hopkins of 1997-2000 would have beaten prime Jones. Hopkins was too crafty and would have been able to eventually get in and land on Jones' glass jaw. IMO Mayweather cannot be considered because he dodged the really big hitters, ie..Kostya Tszu, Antonio Margarito, and Miguel Cotto.
Listen here biatch, JC is a fake white boy like Marciano was. That is the truth. He is and always will be a good fghter but not even he deserves a mention as a great.
Shut Up u Racist Cunt.
Floyd Mayweather... he has the defense, craftsmanship and smarts of B-Hop and the athleticism and offense of Roy Jones...
he's almost like both of them melded into one doubly great fighter
I do believe Roy was the best in his prime.He was the all around better athlete and had all the tools.The problem was, he wanted to be an even better business man and avoided taking serious risks inside and outside of the ring. I'm more impressed with Hopkins' resume. Twenty years from now his accomplishments I think will overshadow Roy and Floyd's.
No way Hopkins is more skilled than Mayweather
That's debatable, Mayweather is more skilled on defense but he's not as skilled on offense, and I think Hopkins blends offense and defense better, it's debatable but I give the slight edge to Hopkins. And Hopkins' defensive skills aren't that far off Mayweather's because I doubt Mayweather would be able to avoid getting hit when he's 43.
based on skill, talent, heart, chin, overall strategy, and tactics. Its gotta be pbf.
Also his versatility.
Mayweather that beat gatti, that shape he was in, couldve beaten anyone in history on 140 pounds.
Joe Calzaghe conquered Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins and as a result, sealed his place as the best of his generation. History has spoken. But, of the remaining contenders who was the best in his prime? I'll throw the Mayweather nuthuggers a bone and include lil' Floyd in the mix. Of Hopkins, Jones, and Mayweather, I've got to vote for Hopkins. Yes, Jones beat a young Hopkins, but I do believe the Hopkins of 1997-2000 would have beaten prime Jones. Hopkins was too crafty and would have been able to eventually get in and land on Jones' glass jaw. IMO Mayweather cannot be considered because he dodged the really big hitters, ie..Kostya Tszu, Antonio Margarito, and Miguel Cotto.
calzaghe fans are getting dumber by the minute, i never liked roy and bernard is my favorite american fighter but to say bernard was better than oy in his prime would be , straight up dishonest, calzaghe fans are becoming like a dumb smarter version of floyd fans, but with more credibility
FACT: On this poll, prime RJJ is considered better than prime Mayweather. This is interesting since Hopkins was probably better in his prime than both.
Seriously what the **** were you smoking when you made this comment? I mean do you seriously believe Hopkins was BETTER in his prime than BOTH Roy Jones Jr and Floyd Maywether Jr? Did you sleep through Roy Jones Jr's prime career?
Roy Jones was obviously the better of all three in his prime.Anyone who cant see that must be blind.Thankfully the the majority Voted Roy otherwise this pole wouldve been a joke.
what are you talking about facts
you dont know if what has been reported is accurate its all tit for tat you can only form an opinion on what the media put across to you which might not even be the truth or Floyd or his respective oponent might be bending the truth to suit them so
facts:pat:
Man, I am talking about stuff like "Mayweather's stamina isnt all that great"... In ring stuff, who called out who is not very interesting to me. And neither you, I dont remember you arguing about that. Am I wrong?
what are you talking about facts
you dont know if what has been reported is accurate its all tit for tat you can only form an opinion on what the media put across to you which might not even be the truth or Floyd or his respective oponent might be bending the truth to suit them so
facts:pat:
FACT: On this poll, prime RJJ is considered better than prime Mayweather. This is interesting since Hopkins was probably better in his prime than both.
come with facts to contradict me once, then talk all the shit you want
what are you talking about facts
you dont know if what has been reported is accurate its all tit for tat you can only form an opinion on what the media put across to you which might not even be the truth or Floyd or his respective oponent might be bending the truth to suit them so
facts:pat:
Let's don't do this. I won't be cajoled into cutting and pasting the articles...again... just to prove a controversial point. We can agree that not fighting Margarito or Cotto was a disappointing move by Mayweather. Now that we can agree to. And it didn't help his claim as being the best of all time.
Obviously he is not the greatest of all time, but I don't blame him for hyping himself. And yes fighting Margarito and Cotto wuold have been nice, but many other fighters (in all eras) did the same or worse, so it doesnt really bother me.
Let's don't do this. I won't be cajoled into cutting and pasting the articles...again... just to prove a controversial point. We can agree that not fighting Margarito or Cotto was a disappointing move by Mayweather. Now that we can agree to. And it didn't help his claim as being the best of all time.
i would not bother arguing with wmute the guy is pro Mayweather
Zoo did NOT call out PBF, more than PBF called out Zoo. They said "yeah sure great fighter, great fight."
And yes of course it was a bit longer than 10 seconds...
Let's don't do this. I won't be cajoled into cutting and pasting the articles...again... just to prove a controversial point. We can agree that not fighting Margarito or Cotto was a disappointing move by Mayweather. Now that we can agree to. And it didn't help his claim as being the best of all time.
Roy Jones > Calzaghe prime for prime
Hopkins > Calzaghe prime for prime
Calzaghe had to wait till they where much older to beat them lolz
this part is true Calzaghe's workrate would not have been a major factor if he had fought Jones,Hopkins in their primes
but its a major factor when your oponents are 40 years old
Tsyzu call out Mayweather lmao...yeah right, After beating mitchell tsyzu said he would like to fight Gatti in atlantic city (Big money fight then) but he had a mandatory which he couldnt get out of in the shape of Hatton, After losing to Hatton he just disappear..