Joe Calzaghe: Overrated or underrated?

[daggum]

this explains his career perfectly.

[Holywarrior]

this explains his career perfectly.

That gif kills me

He was a good fighter. An ATG? Not so fast IMO I can name 100 fighters far greater. He's on a Kostya Tszyu level and Tszyu is hardly an ATG as well imo

[badass316]

All I know is that he beat every guy who was darker than him so in my eyes that makes him and all time great

LMFAO!!

[Ham Porter]

On one side of the world, you have people saying Calzaghe ducked RJJ, Toney and B-Hop in their primes but on the other side, it's that Calzaghe never got a chance to fight them because of negotiations falling apart & whatnot. Is Slappy Joe's 46-0 record justified or padded?


Discuss accordingly.


P.S.: He ended up fighting RJJ and Hopkins at the end of his career (as well as dismantling Jeff Lacy & beating Mikkel Kessler), but take that as you will.

Spastics, usually. The sort of people who aren't particularly well informed and those who don't deal in facts. If they did, they'd realise how laughable the notion that Calzaghe ducked Hopkins is.


And when was James Toney even a viable option? Even he's stated that the fight was never an option, and for good reason: he was a cruiserweight and Calzaghe was operating a good twenty pounds below that weight.

[DreamMerchant12]

Damn the polls are dead even.

[BigAlexSand]

Resume not half bad, skills underrated, power overrated.
In my opinion if Marciano can't be looked at as an ATG in his time by most, than why the hell would Joe.

[BigAlexSand]

Who actually think he would have beat a prime RJJ, BHOP, or Lights Out.

[Iceta Lives]

Five words: Robin Reid and Bernard Hopkins

[DreamMerchant12]

Who actually think he would have beat a prime RJJ, BHOP, or Lights Out.

I don't think he would, but they'd be great fights.

[Tarl of Bristol]

Well, originally he was "afraid of flying" until Hopkins was in his mid forties and Roy Jones was shot to pieces

He also had big concern in regard to the judges and as evidenced by the Hopkins fight, Calzaghe was right to have those concerns.