Grade a fighter day 30: What grade do you give Joe Calzaghe?

[HitmanTommy]

Vote accordingly. These votes, rankings and threads will all be mailed to the fighters addresses in a giant sized neon colored envelope and they will see these votes and rankings. If you would like to give a reasoning for your vote, leave a comment as I am sure they would love to read it. After a sizable amount of rankings how been determined, everything will be mailed out to the fighters and they will have an opportunity to respond to their grades and rankings by replying to email address I will provide them with. If they decide to leave a message, I will post it for everyone to see.

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* Votes above = All votes above their majority grade totaled up

*Overall grade = Majority grade percentage + all percentage votes above majority grade totaled.

Rankings are determined by adding the fighters majority grade percentage + all vote percentages above their majority grade.


HOW THE RANKING SYSTEM WORKS.

Lets take Lomachenko as an example. 44.64% voted him an A which is his majority grade.

23.21% voted him above an A so his total is 67.85%


A fighters majority grade does NOT change. Whatever the fighters majority grade is showing after the poll closes will be the class he is permanently in. A fighter in the B class CANNOT outrank an A fighter even if his percentage total is higher. He can only outrank other fighters in his class and below. Never above.

Majority Grade A+ Class All Time Great

Ranked #1 Roy Jones Jr. 92.00% A+ votes
Ranked #2 Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. 63.16% A+ votes
Ranked #3 Bernard Hopkins. 60.00% A+ votes
Ranked #4 Oscar De La Hoya. 54.76% A+ votes
Ranked #5 Marco Antonio Barrera. 43.75% A+ votes.
Ranked #6 Michael Spinks. 39.29% A+ votes
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*************Overall grades are totaled up for each individual class.****************

A Class (fighters that were voted A by the majority of the public)
Ranked #7 Juan Manuel Marquez 44.19% A votes/37.21% A+ votes = Overall grade 81.40%
Ranked #8 Andre Ward 37.84% A votes/35.14% A+ votes = Overall grade 72.98%
Ranked #9 Vasyl Lomachenko 44.64% A votes /23.21% A+ votes = Overall grade 67.85%
Ranked #10 Naseem Hamed 48.28% A votes/ 13.79% A+ votes = Overall grade 62.07%
Ranked #11 Shane Mosley 43.40% A votes /15.09% A+ votes = Overall grade 58.49%
Ranked #12 Gennady Golovkin 30.16% A votes/23.81% A+ votes = Overall grade 53.97%
Ranked #13 Miguel Cotto 37.50% A votes/15.00% A+ votes = Overall grade 52.50%
Ranked #14 Guillermo Rigondeaux 36.36% A votes/ 9.09% A+ votes = Overall grade 45.45%

A- Class (fighters that were voted A- by the majority of the public)
Ranked #15 David Haye 30.00% A- votes/0.00% votes above A- = Overall grade 30.00%

B+ Class (fighters that were voted B+ by the majority of the public)
Ranked #16 Terence Crawford 41.67% B+ votes/ 45.83% votes above B+ = Overall grade 87.50%
Ranked #17 David Tua 43.33% B+ votes/10.00% votes above B+ = Overall grade 53.33%

B Class (fighters that were voted B by the majority of the public)
Ranked #18 Ricky Hatton 28.21% B votes/53.84% votes above B = Overall grade 82.05%
Ranked #19 Frank Bruno 42.86% B votes/33.33% votes above B = Overall grade 76.19%
Ranked #20 Fernando Vargas 33.33% B votes/ 38.90% votes above B = Overall grade 72.23%
Ranked #21 Antonio Margarito 33.33% B votes/37.04% votes above B = Overall grade 70.37%
Ranked #22 Zab Judah 30.95% B votes/33.33% votes above B = Overall grade 64.28%
Ranked #23 Hasim Rahman 47.62% B votes/9.52% votes above B = Overall grade 57.14%
Ranked #24 Adrien Broner 30.30% B votes/9.09% votes above B = Overall grade 39.39%

B- Class (fighters that were voted B- by the majority of the public)
Ranked #25 Amir Kahn 22.73% B- votes/ 47.73% votes above B- = Overall grade 70.46%

C+ Class (fighters that were voted C+ by the majority of the pubic)
Ranked #26 Deontay Wilder 30.30% C+ votes/42.42% votes Above C+ = Overall grade 72.72%
Ranked #27 Paulie Malignaggi 31.58% C+ votes/28.95% votes Above C+ = Overall grade 60.53

C Class (fighters that were voted C by the majority of the public)
Ranked #28 Shannon Briggs 31.71% C votes/ 46.34% votes Above C = Overall grade 78.05%

D-F Class (fighters that were voted D-F by the majority of the public)
Ranked #29 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. 38.10% D-F votes/ 61.89% votes Above D-F = Overall grade 99.99%

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[HitmanTommy]

lets get it going?

[LeOoze]

B-. Best win is either Kessler or hypejob Lacy.

[PRINCEKOOL]

This is a tough one. The man was unbeaten, and at one time? He did separate himself from the pack, with his performance against Jeff Lacy. For me A + fighters have abnormal abilities somewhere in their artillery, they have great wins or even just great performances even during a loss.

I will have to grade Joe Calzaghe at Grade A +, his endurance was abnormal compared to most of the fighters you see today. There is no way Alvarez would be playing about in the super-middle weight divisions during the late 90's or early 2000's, Alvarez does not beat Joe Calzaghe.

Joe Calzaghe whenever he was questioned inside of the ring, always answered 'There and then first time'.

I think his win vs Chris Eubank Senior was also underrated, even at that stage of his career? Eubank Senior would of beaten all of these super-middles in today's era 'Far too strong psychically, awkward and had punching power'.

Joe Calzaghe grade: A +.

[2Shotz]

Hated the way he feasted on old man Jones & an ugly fight w Hopkins but no denying him respect. Undefeated career. Undefeated champion. Kessler & Lacy were good wins. Had great hands even if he did slap his shots a bit much. Can’t complain about Joe. A.

[Quercusalba]

Simply the best fighter the UK has ever produced. Joe is a slam dunk A+ for me.

[Brother Mouzone]

A+, undefeated unified champ .Beat legends RJJ & Bhop ...Plus remember when he beat the breaks off of that hype job Lacy .

[HitmanTommy]

This is a tough one. The man was unbeaten, and at one time? He did separate himself from the pack, with his performance against Jeff Lacy. For me A + fighters have abnormal abilities somewhere in their artillery, they have great wins or even just great performances even during a loss.

I will have to grade Joe Calzaghe at Grade A +, his endurance was abnormal compared to most of the fighters you see today. There is no way Alvarez would be playing about in the super-middle weight divisions during the late 90's or early 2000's, Alvarez does not beat Joe Calzaghe.

Joe Calzaghe whenever he was questioned inside of the ring, always answered 'There and then first time'.

I think his win vs Chris Eubank Senior was also underrated, even at that stage of his career? Eubank Senior would of beaten all of these super-middles in today's era 'Far too strong psychically, awkward and had punching power'.

Joe Calzaghe grade: A +.

You know what..... I can't really argue about giving him an A+.

Well deserved.

[Toffee]

Well he beat two of the top 3 ranks from previous votes. Undefeated. Unified champion.

It's an A+

[siablo14]

This is a tough one. The man was unbeaten, and at one time? He did separate himself from the pack, with his performance against Jeff Lacy. For me A + fighters have abnormal abilities somewhere in their artillery, they have great wins or even just great performances even during a loss.

I will have to grade Joe Calzaghe at Grade A +, his endurance was abnormal compared to most of the fighters you see today. There is no way Alvarez would be playing about in the super-middle weight divisions during the late 90's or early 2000's, Alvarez does not beat Joe Calzaghe.

Joe Calzaghe whenever he was questioned inside of the ring, always answered 'There and then first time'.

I think his win vs Chris Eubank Senior was also underrated, even at that stage of his career? Eubank Senior would of beaten all of these super-middles in today's era 'Far too strong psychically, awkward and had punching power'.

Joe Calzaghe grade: A +.

Calzaghe could not KO Canelo and judges would give the fight to Canelo.