Comments Thread For: Joe Calzaghe examines the places of Canelo and Crawford in boxing history

[BoxingUpdates]

?Father Time catches up with everybody, and I just hope he doesn?t go on too long,? Hall of Famer Joe Calzaghe said of Saul "Canelo Alvarez.
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[SouthpawRight]

TBud high tier top 30 maybe top 25

Saul lower tier top 75?

[IronDanHamza]

Both are light years ahead of Calzaghe.

[hugh grant]

Kovalev thinks Nelo was much better than Ward.

[DeeMoney]

TBud high tier top 30 maybe top 25

Saul lower tier top 75?

Dang, before I even opened this up those were the EXACT numbers I was gonna throw out there (great minds, right?) Though the more I chew on it, I could see Bud being a bit higher.

Sad thing is, people will read that as an insult. In a sport with the long history of boxing....thats a heck of a compliment.

[SteveM]

TBud high tier top 30 maybe top 25

Saul lower tier top 75?

Just ,"no" to both - you are under the weather suffering from a malady called recency bias

[SteveM]

Kovalev thinks Nelo was much better than Ward.

What can we take from a drunk?

[BlackRobb]

Slappy Joe simply runs his Welsh mouth way too much. Not one fan or pundit ever said Bud was one of the greatest jr. middles or super middles. Calzaghe dies inside his soul whenever he's asked to acknowledge the greatness of other fighters ~ a very insecure Brit.

[SteveM]

Dang, before I even opened this up those were the EXACT numbers I was gonna throw out there (great minds, right?) Though the more I chew on it, I could see Bud being a bit higher.

Sad thing is, people will read that as an insult. In a sport with the long history of boxing....thats a heck of a compliment.

How many people know the long history of boxing? I suggest excruciatingly few.

[archiemoore1]

Roy Jones himself said, "Bud is one of the top 10 most skilled boxers ever, maybe top 5.". That was Roy's opinion. Roy was the coldest ever, the fastest, the most talented, but anyone can be timed. In Roy's prime, he was timed, dropped and stunned by Lou DelValle from the Bronx. But they sparred a lot together. I think Roy was messing with his sister at one point, who was a good boxer herself. So Roy and Lou DelValle had some kinda grudge against one another when they fought, it was a bit personal. But Bud has the timing and the skills to land clean on anyone he boxes. So I can't say how that fight would've went but it would be incredible to see. Bud against any all time great would have been amazing to see, including against Calzaghe, even though he came in the ring looking damn near 200 lbs. I still wanna see Bud at 160.