Of course Calzaghe is overrated. Amateur boxing and professional boxing are two different things. Beating a shot weight drained Eubank means nothing. Kessler was a very good win. Hopkins fight was controversial and many scored it for 43 years old Hopkins. Lacy was a good win, but he has done nothing after losing or even before. RJJ is shot. Plus the title defense means nothing when you are beating bum after bum
Of course Calzaghe is overrated. Amateur boxing and professional boxing are two different things. Beating a shot weight drained Eubank means nothing. Kessler was a very good win. Hopkins fight was controversial and many scored it for 43 years old Hopkins. Lacy was a good win, but he has done nothing after losing or even before. RJJ is shot. Plus the title defense means nothing when you are beating bum after bum
calzaghe didnt have much appeal outside of his own country until his last couple of fights. just when people got to know him, he retired. alot of people felt that he was over rated because of this. aside from fanboys, no one thinks calzaghe is higher all time than the likes of leonard, hearns, duran, or even hopkins. he may have beaten hopkins, but hopkins career was much more glorious. calzaghe didnt get on top until he was getting older. he retired at the right time, one can only speculate as to if he would have beaten more great fighters should he have fought them.
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