Since the start of the 90s so few fighters have more than one or two great wins

[winac]

Looking at all the fighters of this generation so few have more than one or two wins against truly great fighters who were in their primes at the time of the fight

Roy Jones: James Toney, Antonio Tarver

Bernard Hopkins: Felix Trinidad, De La Hoya, Antonio Tarver, Winky Wright

James Toney: None

Oscar De La Hoya: None

Winky Wright: Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley twice

Shane Mosley: De La Hoya twice

Felix Trinidad: De la Hoya

Floyd Mayweather: None

Marco Antonio Barrera: Erik Morales twice, Naseem Hamed

Erik Morales: Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao: Marco Antonio Barrera first fight, Juan Manuel Marquez

Juan Manuel Marquez: Marco Antonio Barrera

Joe Calzaghe: None

I am only including wins against great fighters not wins that could be deemed great for other reasons

[MoneyMayFan]

LOL@floyd none

get the **** outta here

[winac]

LOL@floyd none

get the **** outta here

It is true. He may have great wins but none are against truly great fighters in their prime

[NakiFan]

Calzaghe: none lmao

[Dan...]

Calzaghe: none lmao

He said he was considering great wins against great fighters in their prime. How many of those would you say Joe has?

[NakiFan]

Maybe its cos if a fighter loses then people say he is shot or not very good, so its basically impossible to beat a great prime fighter.

Unless you are american of course.

[MoneyMayFan]

Well since i think oscar beat tito i would switch that
and i dont think tarver is a great fighter

[Abstraction]

pretty much agree with the list, except for Mayweather, come on now, he has had good wins.

[winac]

Well since i think oscar beat tito i would switch that
and i dont think tarver is a great fighter

Okay well I am going on whether someone has a win in the official record books. The first man to beat Roy Jones is surely great but if that is your opinion fair enough

[Dan...]

Maybe its cos if a fighter loses then people say he is shot or not very good, so its basically impossible to beat a great prime fighter.

Unless you are american of course.

The question is what great fighter in their prime did Joe beat? In all honesty I am not hating.

The answer is none. He has two great fighters on his list - Roy and Hopkins - and neither were in their prime when Joe beat them. That is end of story.