How would Joe Calzaghe have fared against John Conteh at LHW?

Hopkins won by 1 round. Not a robbery but it could have gone either way.

 

Probably when he was beating little guys. Certainly a long way before the Calzaghe fight.

 

Difficult to tell with Hopkins. He gets more wiley with age.

I do think Joe would have beaten the version of Hokins that RJJ beat easier.

What do you think?

 

RJJ dominated him.

Unless he was gonna ko B-Hop it's not possible to do it easier than Roy.

 

You miss read my thread. I didn't say he would have beaten him easier than roy. I said I believed he would have beaten that version easier than the older version that he faught!

 

Sorry mate my bad.

For the record, I agree

 

He's getting smarter but every decision he's lost has been because of the other fighters workrate. He hasn't been able to keep up for quite a few years now.

 

That is also true. But I just think he has turned himself into a bloody awkward guy to fight.

Although he did show in the Pavlik fight that he can still open up. But this could have been as much down to Pavliks impotency that night. However good Pavlik is or isn't he certainly didn't seem himself that night and I don't think it was all Hopkins.

He did get unbelievably tired in the Calzaghe fight which he probably wouldn't have done in the old days. But I think his awkwardness is what gets him through most fights.

 

I'm surprised at the number of posters who are judging Calzaghe better than Conteh at a weight that he only fought twice, and then against old men who both had him down in the first round. Conteh would win this fight by a country mile, and thats not rose tinted specs...Calzaghe never faced anyone as good as Conteh in his prime

 

People have seen more of Calzaghe and he's fresher in the memory, maybe thats a reason?

 

People are forgetting how great Conteh was in his prime.

 

So am I. And I consider myself a big Calzaghe fan. Think Gaz has it right.

 

Calzaghe's hand problems pale into comparison to Conteh's troubles.
Conteh late TKO or lopsided points decision.

 

But I don't think that is necessarily an issue as in those days Calzaghe, even when fighting at supermiddle, would've been a lightheavy by the rules so it's irrelevant really.

Some interesting arguments eitherway by other people though.

Sure I remember seeing this come up in the classic forum before.

 

But if you allow a prime super middleweight Calzaghe 24 hours to rehydrate you have to allow a prime lt heavyweight Conteh the same luxury and he'd be up around 190lbs on fight night. A same day weigh in would suit Calzaghe better, at least that would keep both fighters close to 175.