Joe Calzaghe's Greatness?

[BigStereotype]

Maybe top 50 ATG. Great fighter who should have pushed himself more to fight other great fighters.

[mrboxer]

i think joe is a good fighter,and he beat the top fighters in his division,and he has an undefeated record, he has proven himself to be in the alltime great category for his weight division

[carlos slim]

What greatness are you talking about?

great defender of the illustrious IBO belt

[The_Demon]

great defender of the illustrious IBO belt

calzaghe never held the IBO belt

[CarlosG815]

Maybe top 50 ATG. Great fighter who should have pushed himself more to fight other great fighters.

You are one ****** mother ****er.

[BigStereotype]

You are one ****** mother ****er.

And you are an extremely skilled debater.

[11wordisbond]

I believe he was a very good fighter but not all time great by any stretch of the imagination.

[Jim Jeffries]

And you are an extremely skilled debater.

I'd have Calzaghe probably cracking the top 100 ATG. Hurt by not becoming undisputed until very late in his career, and retiring soon after moving to LHW, despite seemingly still near the top of his game.

Greatest SMW of all time, but that is a fairly new division and often just a stepping stone for other greater fighters like Roy Jones Jr and James Toney on their way to LHW.

[BigStereotype]

I'd have Calzaghe probably cracking the top 100 ATG. Hurt by not becoming undisputed until very late in his career, and retiring soon after moving to LHW, despite seemingly still near the top of his game.

Greatest SMW of all time, but that is a fairly new division and often just a stepping stone for other greater fighters like Roy Jones Jr and James Toney on their way to LHW.

Yeah, I'd have him 60-40 range, purely skills-wise. His resume isn't as awful as people make it seem - Hopkins and Kessler are good wins - but it's nowhere near ATG status. So I'm just talking pure boxing ability, he was good.

[Jim Jeffries]

Yeah, I'd have him 60-40 range, purely skills-wise. His resume isn't as awful as people make it seem - Hopkins and Kessler are good wins - but it's nowhere near ATG status. So I'm just talking pure boxing ability, he was good.

He had an awkward style, very good hand speed, work rate and reflexes that would make him a difficult fight for anyone. He just tended to fight down to his opposition and his best wins came after his physical peak.

I do think he relied too much on physical ability to be able to do much damage if he chooses to come back at 38/39. He's likely to lose to the super 6 winner or Bute at this stage. Probably Froch would be his best bet, but he should take a tune up first.