Who is the man to take Calzaghes mantle at 168lbs?

[Vimto]

For me ward is the only man in Calzaghes league and deserves to become the next great 168lb fighter taking the mantle from the Europeans.

Calzaghe asked on Britisher tv was asked do you think Bute is the man to take over at 168lbs and he said no ward beats him and other than himself no-one can challenge Ward.

High praise indeed.

[Jack Napier]

whoever win super 6, if they don't move up after

[SplitSecond]

ward is an overated **** who beat an overated kessler

[NinjaMan!]

For me ward is the only man in Calzaghes league and deserves to become the next great 168lb fighter taking the mantle from the Europeans.

Calzaghe asked on Britisher tv was asked do you think Bute is the man to take over at 168lbs and he said no ward beats him and other than himself no-one can challenge Ward.

High praise indeed.

Ward would whip Calzaghe's slapping machine ass.

[Kris Silver]

Calzaghe is agreed by many, even past top SMW's to be the best ever SMW.

To start talking of Ward as likely to become that, or even clearly the best at SMW NOW even, is seriously pushing it. Very few people were saying as such before the Kessler fight. So you have to accept he's being over hyped on the back of a mere one win.

Still, I do think he's the clear best of the current crop, I'll give him his due.

[Vimto]

Ward would whip Calzaghe's slapping machine ass.

No-body in history would "whip" Calzaghe i also doubt ward beats him.

[RimmyDelicious]

I think it is between Ward and Bute, and what a fight that would be.

[Cherry Picker]

I think it is between Ward and Bute, and what a fight that would be.

Ward would beat Bute handily.

[100%BoXeOAzTeKa]

Lucian Bute

[$Bullsfam$]

It's obviously the winner of Dirrell vs Ward. The winner would school Bute and be the best super middleweight ever. I think the winner of this tournament has done way more then Calzaghe's ever done at super middleweight to take that claim.

I mean nobody's going to beat him in defenses, but who were the top guys he beat at 167? Lacey, Kessler, Manfredo, Bika? Bika & Manfredo weren't even good enough to cut the tournament. Lacey was a hype job. And Kessler isn't as good as we thought he was and Ward actually stopped him. Everybody in this tournament is better then Calzaghe's whole SMW resume.

So thats why I believe the winner will be the greatest super middleweight ever but it's up to them to prove that. I doubt they will stick around as long as Calzaghe did even though they can still beat up Pavlik and Bute, but I'm sure they'll want to fight Bad Chad soon. I think they'll be the best QUALITY but won't prove it with number of defenses.