After 21 bouts: Amir, Hatton, Joe

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What about at age 22?

He'd not long since turned pro by age 22.

In September 1993 Calzaghe was signed up to the Terry Lawless and Mickey Duff stable and made his professional debut at Cardiff Arms Park on the Lewis-Bruno bill the following month. By June 1995, Calzaghe had won nine out of nine fights, seven in the first round and two in the second. At the end of 1995 Calzaghe was voted Young Boxer of the Year by the Professional Boxing Association and the Boxing Writers' Club, with Barry McGuigan's top tipping Calzaghe for 1996: "He punches ferociously, moves superbly and has the best of the European technique and US aggression."[16] By October 1995, he had won the British title, stopping Steve Wilson in the eighth round. Calzaghe's critics said that he had not really been tested. Calzaghe said in reply that he could only beat whoever was out there and prepared to fight him.

In November 1996, Calzaghe moved to Frank Warren's stable. Warren, who had managed Nigel Benn for his first twenty fights, declared: "Joe Calzaghe is a far better prospect, in fact he is my fighter for the new millennium."[17] Warren spent the summer of 1997 chasing a fight for Calzaghe with either WBC champion Robin Reid or WBO title holder Steve Collins. The fight with Collins was arranged, but at a late stage Collins withdrew because of injury, was stripped of his title, and then retired.

From Wikipedia.

So, in 1993 he'd only just turned pro = age 22.



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[Ben_London.]

Not about who you lose to mate, it's who you beat.

Is beating a much smaller, shot old fighter who was blind in one eye because of a nasty cut a good win?

I think Hatton's beating Pep and Thaxton were better wins, since neither were old, shot, nor smaller fighters.

Calzaghe fought some older boxers like Jones, but none were that much smaller than him.

And Joe never got knocked out by a number of boxers he faced who were on the same level as Prescott, because Joe has a solid chin.

[S.G.]

What about at age 22?

everyone has a different career at the end of the day

Khan has an extensive amateur record at the top level to help break him into the game and has had much more resources and support available to him than even Hatton had

how about Floyd Mayweather, another fighter with an exemplary amateur record and was tipped for success and stardom from a young age like Khan? He beat Tony Pep, Genaro Hernandez and Angel Manfredy all in his second year in the pro's

Oscar De La Hoya, same thing, was a world champion by his 12th fight.

Khan, with his Olympic medal, gigantic media hype and and win over Kindelan was expected by most to follow this path - he didn't need to work his way from the bottom to the top