Boxrec ranks Joe Calzaghe...

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  1. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    #24 P4P Greatest Fighter all time..

    Do you agree????

    Do you have him in you top 100 All-time??

    Where then?
     
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  2. Rubber Glove Sandwich

    Rubber Glove Sandwich A lot of people have pools Full Member

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    boxrec's rating system is drunk
     
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  3. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Where then?

    #533? JC
     
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  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Number 24. Hmmmmm.. id say hell noo.
     
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  5. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Boxrec uses a computer algorithm for all their rankings. In seeking objectivity, inevitably, there will be anomalies. This being one of them, clearly...
     
    DoubleJab666, Oct 24, 2022
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  6. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he does not make the TOP 100 ATG in my opinion. he is a sure HOF though
     
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  7. BCS8

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    Never done a top 100. He is the greatest SMW though.
     
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  8. Goran_

    Goran_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Calzaghe was a special fighter, there's really no such thing as pound for pound tho so why get wrapped up in stupid BoxRec lists we all know BoxRec is crap
     
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  9. Lil Niall

    Lil Niall Active Member Full Member

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    Dunno about 25 of all time but I would rank him above Andre Ward & Bernard Hopkins (which he isnt per Boxrec) but behind Roy Jones (again he isnt).
     
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  10. BCS8

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    So I think he's ranked so high because he beat some great fighters and never lost to anybody. I suspect that the Boxrec gizmo doesn't take into account what stage of the career the other fighter was when he lost to him. So over the hill RJJ = prime RJJ so far as the AI is concerned. etc ...
     
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  11. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    The last time I looked, they had Hopkins in the top 10 along with De La Hoya.

    As someone else has already pointed out, they use their own algorithm.

    Every knowledgeable fan knows that they’re a complete joke.

    The sad thing is, you get the casual element that lap it all up, especially on social media.

    It’s really annoying to me, because some of my favourite fighters, guys like Mike McCallum, don’t even get listed anywhere near the top 50-100 on most lists. So something like this is just an insult to a fighter like that.

    It’s now becoming rarer to see guys like Robinson, Greb and Langford in the top 5-10.

    Although these lists are all highly subjective, there’s got to be a certain criteria to follow.
     
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  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    He's actually way too low when you factor in he was trained in rickety old dilapidated large shed which didn't even have a proper ring and was a health hazard to even be around by a musician father who'd never boxed before and he's hands were a mess long before he even turned pro, like almost a decade before he did so, and he was a clean natural fighter not a walking PED factory like many of his peers and fellow greats who literally jumped in a car at the start of the race and drove to the finish line as opposed to running it on foot the good old-fashioned honest way like Joe did.
     
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  13. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Head to head I think Joe loses against prime Roy and Toney
     
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  14. BEATDOWNZ

    BEATDOWNZ Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    After RJJ he is.
     
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  15. BEATDOWNZ

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    And Ward.
     
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