Joe Calzaghe Or Felix Trinidad?

[Chunk..]

Calzaghe didn't exactly fight Hopkins and Jones while he was in his prime did he??

I don't like it when people say Calzaghe wasn't he his prime when he fought Hopkins and Jones, which is true in a sense but what did Calzaghe lose with age? Power? That's about it.

Now compare that to the Roy Jones he fought in his last fight before retiring?

It's not the same comparison quite frankly. Calzaghe had the advantage over both those guys when he fought them.

[Royalty]

Joe Calzaghe.

[-EX-]

Trinidad fought better fighters and should be ranked higher...if they were at the same weight I think Joe would beat Tito...

Trinidad always seemed to have problems with "boxers who were real technical." In my opinion...

[jrosales13]

Trinidad fought better fighters and should be ranked higher...if they were at the same weight I think Joe would beat Tito...

Trinidad always seemed to have problems with "boxers who were real technical." In my opinion...

But, Calzaghe was not a boxer who was real technical though...

[crold1]

I think Calzaghe was a superior fighter to Trinidad but their careers are actually fairly similar as is their level of comp. They both won a belt against a faded titlist (Blocker, Eubank); both defended against some good fighters, some not so good fighters, missed some tough titlists (Ottke, Quartey), and did some unification. They both ruined a young undefeated fighter (Lacy, Vargas); both beat a faded shell of a great (Whitaker, Jones); both had a BIG win that sparks some debate (Oscar, Hopkins; the Oscar fight is far more debatable). Both were sat on for years in their physical prime by major promoters. Depends what you like. Calzaghe was smarter and more versatile; there was never a style where he got embarrassed, though his technique was often awkward. Tito could erase a lead with a single shot but there were fighters who could make him look amateurishly one dimensional (and he really wasn't).

[-EX-]

But, Calzaghe was not a boxer who was real technical though...

Yeah but he seems awkward and unorthodox(he learned boxing from a jazz musician)...the guy doesn't even punch correctly at times...

I think he wudda confused Tito in there...I don't think he would dominate though...Tito would probably drop him at some point...since Joe likes gettin dropped early

[BEEHOP]

Tito, easily.

Jesus, what's next Joe C or Ray Robinson? Knowing some posters here they'd say Joe.

[BEEHOP]

Also Tito, may have gotten beat up by Bernard Hopkins, but he was fighting him 7 years earlier at his best weight, not 44 years old and blown up at LH.

[Chunk..]

Tito should have stayed away from 'The welterweight Killer' Bernard Hopkins.

[B-Money]

not even close.

trinidad is an ATG in my time.