POLL: Have Joe Calzaghe done enough to be considered an ATG (Top 100) ?

[Haglerwins]

How can he make you happy?

Settle his debts. Rematch Hopkins and for the love of.. get in there with Johnson. Glen queried Joe for a fight AGAIN after Jones and I haven't heard as much as an acknowledgement of it by his camp in response. Not fighting Dawson is borderline understandable so I'll give him a pass.

[S.G.]

top 100 is a pretty tall order

if he is in it he'd be near the back

i voted "no"

[Pugilistic™]

In my opinion yes.

[bluemax]

THe Answer Is YES

YES!!! Calzaghe is definitely an ATG. He has beaten everone he's fought and hopefully will do the right thing and retire undefeated. He's never got his just due even when he humiliated Jeff Lacy and in my opinion beat him so badly his carreer was over. This guy is an awesome fighter!

[IMDAZED]

YES!!! Calzaghe is definitely an ATG. He has beaten everone he's fought and hopefully will do the right thing and retire undefeated. He's never got his just due even when he humiliated Jeff Lacy and in my opinion beat him so badly his carreer was over. This guy is an awesome fighter!

Beating everyone you fought doesn't make you an ATG...ever noticed how all the ATG's have more than 3-4 losses? Because it's about who you fight...and Jeff Lacy ain't it.

[Burning Desire]

Here's list of 99 fighters that could all be rated higher than him.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Joe Louis
5. Sam Langford
6. Harry Greb
7. Ezzard Charles
8. Willie Pep
9. Roberto Duran
10. Archie Moore
11. Jack Johnson
12. Benny Leonard
13. Ray Leonard
14. Pernell Whitaker
15. Carlos Monzon
16. Jimmy Wilde
17. Barney Ross
18. Bob Fitzsimmons
19. Marvin Hagler
20. Joe Gans
21. Sandy Saddler
22. Julio Cesar Chavez
23. Alexis Arguello
24. Mickey Walker
25. Rocky Marciano
26. Roy Jones Jr
27. Lennox Lewis
28. Evander Holyfield
29. Gene Tunney
30. Bernard Hopkins
31. Jack Dempsey
32. Manny Pacquiao
33. Eder Jofre
34. Salvador Sanchez
35. Tony Canzoneri
36. Kid Gavilan
37. Ike Williams
38. Charley Burley
39. Floyd Mayweather Jr
40. Emile Griffith
41. Larry Holmes
42. Thomas Hearns
43. Jimmy McLarnin
44. Ruben Olivares
45. Barbados Joe Walcott
46. Tommy Loughran
47. Michael Spinks
48. Jake LaMotta
49. **** Tiger
50. Jose Napoles
51. Fighting Harada
52. Panama Al Brown
53. Manuel Ortiz
54. Tiger Flowers
55. Kid Chocolate
56. Bob Foster
57. Billy Conn
58. Wilfredo Gomez
59. Carlos Ortiz
60. Terry McGovern
61. Joe Frazier
62. Stanley Ketchel
63. Tommy Ryan
64. George Foreman
65. Jim Jeffries
66. Jack Britton
67. Ted Kid Lewis
68. Carmen Basilio
69. Wilfred Benitez
70. Oscar De La Hoya
71. Felix Trinidad
72. Joe Brown
73. Aaron Pryor
74. Ricardo Lopez
75. Abe Attel
76. Shane Mosley
77. Carlos Zarate
78. Harry Wills
79. Azumah Nelson
80. Pancho Villa
81. Erik Morales
82. Luis Manuel Rodriguez
83. Marco Antonio Barrera
84. Mike Tyson
85. Pascual Perez
86. Miguel Canto
87. Marcel Cerdan
88. Flash Elorde
89. Holman Williams
90. John Dundee
91. Eusebio Pedroza
92. Antonio Cervantes
93. Nicolino Locche
94. Jimmy Bivins
95. Mike McCallum
96. Sonny Liston
97. Khaosai Galaxy
98. Benny Lynch
99. Bob Montgomery

[DrewWoodside]

Of course.
He has over 20 title defenses. You have to be special to achieve those sorts of numbers.

How many vicoties is Zsolt Erdei away from that milestone of a ton of defenses.. I don't think it will make him atg either.

[mickyward5656]

thats the common misconception of new boxing fans who dont know much about boxing from 1990's. eubank,reid,brewer were all very good wins. eubank was a bigger win than lacy and jones for instance.

lmao so your telling me wins over eubank,reid,and brewer are quality wins that make him an atg? your ****ing nuts son....

[mickyward5656]

Ill put it this way: If Hopkins is an ATG then you have to make room for Calzaghe as well.

He will always have that undefeated halo around him just like Mayweather and Marciano so you will hear his name in ATG discussions no matter what.

Hopkins beat far greater oppenets than joe did and joe slipped past him at the age of 43. so NO.
If Hopkins is an ATG then you DONT have to make room for Calzaghe as well.

[IMDAZED]

When fans are split down the middle as to whether you're an ATG or not, and the majority of your votes come from your own country...you're probably not.

When your best win is over Mikkel Kessler...you're probably not.