How good was Calzaghe,or "smw Malignaggi" aka "Slapzaghe" lol?

[IronDanHamza]

He beat 3 fighters ranked in the Top 5 in the division being fought in throughout his entire career.

One of those being Jeff Lacy who’s garbage.

Thats all there is to know.

[Conteh'sLeft]

NOWHERE near atg, and would've definitely lost to prime Ward and probably Froch

His only unquestionable solid win was Kessler, who is B level at best

Kessler was a solid boxer whose career didn't pan out all too well due to repeated injuries and later he started to rely on his power and chin a bit too much for my liking , even going into Calzaghe fight he was plagued by hand injuries.

[Smash]

cant really remember the bhop fight its been so long ago but if he deserved that then he must have been pretty good, i do remember somehow about that time wanting him to fight dawson which i think he should have done really

i think he might have been a bit of a diva, could be wrong, but i do remember him pulling out of fights for what some might call smaller problems, he wanted to be **** on, glenn johnson was a bit miffed at one stage if i remember right, could be doing calzag a dis service here if im wrong, its a while ago

[El Más Loco]

Very overrated. He never beat a P4P IN-PRIME fighter.

[whollisboxing]

Lets analyze,he has 2 top wins over legends albeit controversial win over bhop in some's eyes & Bhop had lost twice to J.Taylor ,& RJJ was already hella washed up & had been ktfo twice in last 6 fights & 3 losses. His only other notable win was v Kessler.

So how exactly does he end up #6 or the legendary status hes given? His Wikipedia page even touts that boxrec rated him 1 of the absolute best of all time

I only saw his fights v Bhop & Jones live so I'm wondering how good was he(skillwise),was he ducked throughout his Prime?

Jeff Lacy was also a notable win because he was actually the underdog going in. It’s hard to believe now but Lacy was supposed to KO Calzaghe in a “passing of the torch” type of fight and Calzaghe flipped the script in a major way. I’m

[whollisboxing]

He beat 3 fighters ranked in the Top 5 in the division being fought in throughout his entire career.

One of those being Jeff Lacy who’s garbage.

Thats all there is to know.

Lacy wasn’t seen as garbage at the time though.

[IronDanHamza]

Lacy wasn’t seen as garbage at the time though.

Yeah because he was extremely overhyped for no reason.

Lacy beat no one ranked, looked terrible against Omar Sheika.

He was Top 5, so there’s that. But he was not an elite fighter.

[whollisboxing]

Yeah because he was extremely overhyped for no reason.

Lacy beat no one ranked, looked terrible against Omar Sheika.

He was Top 5, so there’s that. But he was not an elite fighter.

We have the benefit of hindsight now, but one quick look at some predictions going into the fight will tell you all you need to know. Calzaghe was an underdog going in, justified or not, and he put on a masterclass.

[jmrf4435]

Just wondering what everyone thinks? Is Calzaghe overrated af,or does he deserve to be considered 1 of the top 15 fighters of all time like Boxrec has him rated?

Edit they have him #6 all time

All east to say all that is in retrospect-

Floyd beat older guys as well- and when cal fought lacie lacie lacie was supposed to be the next big thing.

He's appropriately rated and would probably give ward a good fight given their styles

[LeOoze]

All east to say all that is in retrospect-

Floyd beat older guys as well- and when cal fought lacie lacie lacie was supposed to be the next big thing.

He's appropriately rated and would probably give ward a good fight given their styles

lol floyd was older than most people he fought in the 2010s