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pretty close in my eyes....
calzaghe held the WBO belt when it wasn't a world title. he did make 10 defences from 2004 & added the IBF belt with his win over lacy. best win was vs kessler. he also beat jones jr, hopkins, bika, lacy, manfredo jr, sheika, eubank & reid. the rest were european & domestic level. i was never a big fan of his style. a smaller chris byrd who did more slapping & shoe shining then punching sometimes. there are some good names there but was jones jr, eubank & hopkins at their best? still names none the less if you want to look at it that way. pascal, taylor, dirrell, abraham, johnson, bute, reid & mack with losses to kessler & ward. froch has fought much better competition & most of the guys he beat were in their prime other then reid & johnson. i like froch better as a fighter & he doesn't avoid anyone. calzaghe's 46-0 reminds me of valuev when he had the same record. it's a deceiving 46-0, there is something missing. he got that one signature win over kessler but RJJ & hopkins were not exactly at their best & you look at the rest of the names i listed they are fringe guys but then who the heck are the rest of these guys with bloated records? for boxing i think froch\kessler is a bigger fight.
calzaghe held the WBO belt when it wasn't a world title. he did make 10 defences from 2004 & added the IBF belt with his win over lacy. best win was vs kessler. he also beat jones jr, hopkins, bika, lacy, manfredo jr, sheika, eubank & reid. the rest were european & domestic level. i was never a big fan of his style. a smaller chris byrd who did more slapping & shoe shining then punching sometimes. there are some good names there but was jones jr, eubank & hopkins at their best? still names none the less if you want to look at it that way. pascal, taylor, dirrell, abraham, johnson, bute, reid & mack with losses to kessler & ward. froch has fought much better competition & most of the guys he beat were in their prime other then reid & johnson. i like froch better as a fighter & he doesn't avoid anyone. calzaghe's 46-0 reminds me of valuev when he had the same record. it's a deceiving 46-0, there is something missing. he got that one signature win over kessler but RJJ & hopkins were not exactly at their best & you look at the rest of the names i listed they are fringe guys but then who the heck are the rest of these guys with bloated records? for boxing i think froch\kessler is a bigger fight.
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