If Calzaghe is such a GREAT fighter and........

[S.G.]

So why do so many Brits think he is a better fighter than Hopkins if the same Brits conceed Calzaghe has an inferior record of achievements and a lesser place in history ?

well i can't answer that categorically as i don't agree with it

but to measure overall greatness both skills and record have to be considered, and maybe those people think Calzaghe's skills make up for his inferior record - or that his win in his head-to-head fight with Hopkins (the closest we can truly get to comparing their skills in the ring) means he's better

or maybe they are uninformed of B-Hop's career and haven't seen him perform at his best and don't know what he's capable of

[Addition]

If Joe fought in the states against the same fighters he has beaten his you think his achievements would be comparable to Hopkins achievements?

Obviously not, but he'd get more credit than what he gets now.

[egreezy]

Obviously not, but he'd get more credit than what he gets now.

I think there would have been more pressure on him to step up the competition if he fought in the U.S.

[Enemy/Friend]

No Joe is the worst fighter ever to put on the surface on the earth. Every living person/animal can achieve beating a crippled, sick, old and shot Hopkins and a dead Roy Jones Jr, and have 46-0. Mikkel Kessler is just a bum, who can't fight, he would lose to a drunken pirate.

There I said it, is that the truth you want to hear?

Is this your sad attempt at satire? Or are you really this ******?

[Dynamite Kid]

I think there would have been more pressure on him to step up the competition if he fought in the U.S.

Hopkins was not recieving much credit at all when he was reigning as the MW champ it took the Trinidad fight for people to wake up and realise how good he was

[larryx]

joe and hopkins shouldnt even be mentioned in the same breath,,,joes record is more padded the a football players uniform..hopkins fought hall of famers in their prime..calzaghe is a joke and should be ashamed of his smoke a mirror act..but he it got him rich and famous in the u.k

[larryx]

joe is 36 talking retirement taking fights with 40 year olds...bhop is 43 and since he's turned 40 he's fought..taylor,tarver,winky,calzaghe,pavlik...hell his resume over 40 is better than joes entire resume

[alframsey]

They are both brilliant fighters, but one is better than the other, that being.........Hopkins is the greater!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Another original and thought provoking thread. Bravo!

They're both great fighters.

[Mayfeather]

both awesome fighters