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

[IronDanHamza]

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.

It’s neither here nor there.

He gets credit for the win because Lacy was Top 5, right or wrong.

But there’s a limit to that credit because he’s garbage. We know he’s garbage and he literally has never beaten a ranked fighter in his career.

[tonysoprano]

Some fighters reputations get better with time. His has got worse.

That's because people have had the benefit of passing years to assess his totally abysmal record of title defences against bums and cherry-pick wins over faded legends like Bhop and the ghost of RJJ

Not even in the top 150 boxers of all-time let alone top 15, he was basically a glorified BJS.

[Stuntman Mike]

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

Cmon man his name is Calslappy

He definitely doesn't deserve to be in the top 15 of all time

lacy was the definition of a hype job

Eubank was way past it

Jones Was too

Hopkins fight was pretty close some considered it a robbery

Kessler was his best win but hardly steller


The rest of his wins were domestic

Slappy had a padded record

[Stuntman Mike]

I'm going to watch slappy vs hopkins tomorrow and give a breakdown of every round and everyone is welcome to argue it ..it will be up tomorrow get your popcorn ready for finally settling the hopkins vs slappy controversy

[BodyBagz]

His slap jit zu was original and brought some levity to otherwise boring fights.

[Lupara]

People always go on about how underrated he was...

not for me.

CV is trash

[elfag]

Yep he totally did enough to win , Bhop was trying to get him into a pawing rhythm with his jab and land right hands like he did to Tarver, which he did effectively in the early rounds but Calzaghe adjusted after four rounds or so and won almost all of the rounds after that, all Hopkins was doing later in the fight was try to spoil it by clinching and faking that he got hit low.

Hopkins didn't do enough to win the fight and 116-111 was the correct card.

I thought calzaghe won back when i originally watched it. But it still wasnt a satisfying win for me. Calzaghe won on activity against an older fighter. hopkins landed the bigger cleaner shots and had a knockdown. but still gave away rounds from very low output. Not unlike his two fights with taylor when he was doing better in some exchanges just way too inactive and then he would always cry at the end of the fight saying he was robbed. Calzghe cant bust a g**** and hops has a solid jaw, he should have let his hands go. We saw in the pavlik fight he actually did have stamina when he wanted to. Thats on his fault for thinking judges would just give it to him if he lands 10 shots a round.

[elfag]

People always go on about how underrated he was...

not for me.

CV is trash

He avoided prime jones. And i dont want to hear people say oh but roy was at 175. Its still a duck, when your division is chit and there is nothign going on then he made the decision to avoid the bigger fight at 175. He certainly didnt mind going to 175 after roy was shot