Is calzaghe top 20

[americanbot]

calzaghie won't make it to the top 100......this is about resumes. he's lacking WAY too much in that regard. fighters have to do everything to be considered atg status. calzaghie didn't. i even rate fighters like roger mayweather & Tommy Morrison over calzaghie. theres way too many fighters that i have to put above calzaghie.


he's not 100 ATG material.

[daggum]

Adding to that.

During his entire reign at 168, he fought a total of 2 fighters ranked in the Top 5 when he fought them..

ATG resume right there! 21 Title defences baby!

by my rough count louis fought 17 guys who were ranked in the top 3. calzaghe fought 2(3 if you count hopkins at lightheavy). lol.

[edgarg]

Calzaghe was undefeated as an amateur? How many amateur fights did he have? Thats ****ing weird, everyone has losses as an amateur. I never really heard of an undefeated amateur unless he barely had any amateur fights.

Not sure how many amateur fights he had but I seem to recall somewhere about 70-80. I could be wrong.

I believe he had one close loss and swore that after that loss he'd never have another one.

[edgarg]

Not sure how many amateur fights he had but I seem to recall somewhere about 70-80. I could be wrong.

I believe he had one close loss and swore that after that loss he'd never have another one.

Sorry, just checked him out and the report said..."reputed to have had an amateur record of 110-10.

[edgarg]

are you seriously comparing joe "i dont want tough fights"(actual quote) calzaghe to joe louis? louis fought almost every top fighter in the world for over 12 years(cept when he was in the army). he fought 20 title fights against top 10 ring rated fighters and a bunch more on his way to the title. he beat the linear champ and the top 3 contenders his first year as champ. as champ 90 percent of the time louis was fighting highly ranked fighters. most of the time calzaghe wasn't(8 out of 21). he never fought a ranked fighter to get a title shot and while champ he never even fought the number 1/2 guy(sven ottke) for most of his time at super middle.

I'm not questioning Joe Louis' credentials, in fact i have him at #4 on my all time heavyweight list, but the vast majority of the guys he fought, whether they were top 10, top 3, or whatever, had multiple losses, several with as many as 30 or more losses. Only the very top guys had 5-6 losses or so. Like Ezzard Charles for example.

[edgarg]

calzaghie won't make it to the top 100......this is about resumes. he's lacking WAY too much in that regard. fighters have to do everything to be considered atg status. calzaghie didn't. i even rate fighters like roger mayweather & Tommy Morrison over calzaghie. theres way too many fighters that i have to put above calzaghie.


he's not 100 ATG material.

I wouldn't put Morrison nor Mayweather even close to Calzaghe, although I'm not sure that he would make top 100.

[edgarg]

Calzaghe was undefeated as an amateur? How many amateur fights did he have? Thats ****ing weird, everyone has losses as an amateur. I never really heard of an undefeated amateur unless he barely had any amateur fights.

Laszlo Papp had over 300 amateur fights when they fought like pros, ane even he had 3-5 losses. He has the reputation of being the greatest amateur of ay weight ever.

[americanbot]

I wouldn't put Morrison nor Mayweather even close to Calzaghe, although I'm not sure that he would make top 100.

i would put morrison & mayweather over calzaghie........roger fought every & anyone in a tough era he gave almost everyone a tough fight. (including Whitaker & Tszyu)

get real bro...............

[Joeyzagz]

Easily Top 50 all time ahead of Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.

Id have to really draw out my list to see if he makes top 20. Lots of greats from the past.

[madmanc321]

are you seriously comparing joe "i dont want tough fights"(actual quote) calzaghe to joe louis? louis fought almost every top fighter in the world for over 12 years(cept when he was in the army). he fought 20 title fights against top 10 ring rated fighters and a bunch more on his way to the title. he beat the linear champ and the top 3 contenders his first year as champ. as champ 90 percent of the time louis was fighting highly ranked fighters. most of the time calzaghe wasn't(8 out of 21). he never fought a ranked fighter to get a title shot and while champ he never even fought the number 1/2 guy(sven ottke) for most of his time at super middle.

Louis dominated a **** erain boxing as did calzaghe, but when calzaghe had to step up to the plate against the elitee he won hands down.hopkins is still winning titles 3 years down the line and has been unbeaten since.plus the fact jc tried to make fights with hopkins jones and pavlik but all turned him down,so not his fault if the so called best refuse to fight him

Louis is atg but i bet you say klitschko isnt because the division is weak today yet the likes of tony galento where world class.
Calzaghe rates highly