Who would Calzaghe need to beat to be recognized as a great fighter?

[Malicious]

Jones was fighting at light-heavyweight when Joe was at super-middle. Jones refused to fight in the UK. Hopkins was fighting at middleweight and agreed to fight Calzaghe before doubling his demands the next day. Tarver fought at a different weight and wasn't on the radar until the fights with Jones. Winky was fighting at light-middleweight until 2005 and then middleweight until last summer. Ottke point blank refused to fight Joe anywhere other than Germany. The other names would not have been acknowledged as good wins.

Lol, excuses, excuses. You must be either an insider or Calzaghe's manager with all that negotiation info. I doubt either. Hopkins has always had a light heavy frame, Joe could have moved up to light heavy comfortably. Winky could have comfortably made super middle, as could Joe have probably made middle. All these weight excuses are BS. We've currently got a super feather signed to fight a light middle (Pac-Oscar). That's 4 weight classes diff. The fact is Joe has been hard to get into the ring.

[roujinziro]

It's hard to argue that Joe isn't a great fighter at this point. He may not be the hardest puncher, and throw unsightly slappy punches. But there's no arguing that his style scores him points on the scorecards and wins fight, which at the end of the day is the most important for him. Had Calzaghe fought in the US earlier in his career, he'd probably be getting more respect.

[Mozza]

Lol, excuses, excuses. You must be either an insider or Calzaghe's manager with all that negotiation info. I doubt either. Hopkins has always had a light heavy frame, Joe could have moved up to light heavy comfortably. Winky could have comfortably made super middle, as could Joe have probably made middle. All these weight excuses are BS. We've currently got a super feather signed to fight a light middle (Pac-Oscar). That's 4 weight classes diff. The fact is Joe has been hard to get into the ring.

Actually to provide that information all you need is to have been a boxing fan for more than a few years. Most of that information is incidental stuff relating to weights and the rest has been easily accessible from media outlets for years.

[Zocalo]

He needs to beat Anderson Silva in a MMA fight ...

[The Hammer]

He needs to beat Anderson Silva in a MMA fight ...

But if he fought Silva and beat him, Anderson would be forever called a bum.

The *******s just NEED to say "Calzaghe never beat anybody"....

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

He is already, Top 10 of his era and he is top30 ATG. He is really good. But people just hates on him for no reason!!! real fans know how good he is!!!!!!