tough question, hopkins spent majority of his career at 160 but he never allowed himself to go past 170 when he wasn't fighting or he would have found it impossible to get back down, looked very good at 175 and big when he fought there. calzaghe spent majority of his career at 168 but would often go as high as 200 inbetween fights, looked ok at 175 but hopkins looked bigger. jones spent majority of his career at 175 but was always small at the weight, fought as low as 154 and as high as 200.
who do you reckon was the biggest of the three ?
imo all the fighters youve mentioned are all natural SMW's.
hopkins made the 160 limit through self discipline and sacrifice but imo he was always a SMW who worked really hard to get down to MW.
175 always looked a bit too much (physcially) for RJJ to wear but he always managed to get away with it because his reflexes and speed looked so much better.
calzaghe strained to make the SMW limit for a long time, his body in general is very big, he doesn't have the same amount of muscle as say RJJ but he has broad shoulders, a big waist and thick legs. even once he had stirpped his body of fat he looked he bigger and thickly set than hopkins and RJJ. vs RJJ in his last fight he weighed in bang on the limit and looking at him there its a wonder how he made 12st.
id say out of all of them calzaghe was the bigger man, then hopkins and then RJJ
interesting sidenote what about toney - what would you say his natural weight division was and was he a bigger man than calzaghe?
Weird question. Naturally bigger? What does that mean?
Is it Hopkins who is the tallest?
Roy who has fought as high as 200?
Or Calzaghe who walks around over 200?
calzaghe is 6 foot, hopkins is 6'1, jones is 5'11
roy jones first fight was at super welterweight
bernard hopkins first fight was at light heavyweight
joe calzaghe's first fight was at super middleweight, but he was known to blow up to 170 easily, his walk around weight is about 175-180 i'd say
o bullshit! On 24/7 Joe said he comes down from 205-210 to fight.
calzaghe is the bigger man hopkins is number 2 and jones is 3rd
setanta sports said that calzaghe was 183 lbs vs hopkins and hopkins was 190 lbs in their fight.
roy jones would go to 183 on average when he fought at light heavy, about the same as joe.
why are you talking to flawless anyway?
did you see his post when he was making fun of you and said you were 5'2 and 400 lbs.?
lol yeah
he went from saying i'm 5'3 300 to saying i'm 4'11 430 :rofl:
i ignore him 99% of the time, figured id engage him atleast 1% of the time
I think Hopkins, he was bigger than Calzaghe when they fought at light heavy and I think he routinely rehydrates to over 185, I don't think Jones does.
Did I say it did??
Hopkins is clearly bigger than RJJ. Even had they fought at catchweight or at 175.
jones looks bigger to me than hopkins
hopkins is just taller
Roy Jones was the smaller out of trio. I remember when Hopkins/RJJ were arguing about when they will fight the second fight. RJJ said he was the bigger man. Hopkins laughed at that claim. And rightfully so
Calzaghe and Hopkins would be the exact same size IMO
being shorter doesnt make you the smaller man