who is greater, Bernard Hopkins or Joe Calzaghe?

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  1. executioner147

    executioner147 Execution Time Full Member

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    you spelt "calzaghe" wrong twice in there you dick
     
  2. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I agree with Hopkins as the choice, Calzaghe also had 20 plus defenses. So that alone isn't enuff.
     
  3. RobertV77

    RobertV77 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Trinidad had a far far better career than Joe and he wasn't middle aged when Hopkins worked him. Hopkin's victories over Pavlik and Tarver are better than any victory Joe has on his resume aside from the questionable decision he won against Hopkins. Joe never bothered to clean up his own back yard let alone face the biggest challenges the world had to offer.
     
  4. Brit Sillynanny

    Brit Sillynanny Cold Hard Truth Full Member

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    First Lockett or Hagler

    Now Calzaghe or Hopkins

    :lol:

    Here .. Hatton vs Pryor .. who would have won prime for prime?


    Now we can go with ...


    Enzo vs Foster .. who would have won prime for prime?



    LOL ...


    Prince Harry versus any Down baby in an IQ test ....




    Finally a close matchup
     
  5. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins. Is there even really a debate?
     
  6. horst

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    There shouldn't be. Calzaghe is to Hopkins what Terry Norris is to Sugar Ray Leonard. Hopkins, like Leonard, is one of the premier fighters of his era and a bona fide ATG. Calzaghe, like Norris, is a very very good fighter from the same era and undoubtedly HOF class, but while he holds a dubious win over the superior fighter, is nevertheless inferior in pretty much every way.
     
  7. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    it's so many things wrong with this statement, yet he's calling someone else an idiot.:think
     
  8. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    what are you, 12? this post has cost you all legitimacy. i'm ignoring the rest of your posts and i advise everyone else to do the same.
     
  9. VX.Nefarious

    VX.Nefarious Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    you're a ****in joke, so eat a ****in dick
     
  10. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins wins this one by a landslide.
     
  11. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    If I were to consider only their record-setting careers at MW and SMW respectively, there's little to pick between them.

    Head to head, I believe Calzaghe takes it at 168 or 175, in 2002 or 2008.

    But Bernard's longevity and his superior resume outside of MW (Tarvrer/Winky/Pavlik) gives him a slight edge.

    I don't know in what order history will place them, but right now, BHop has a very slight edge.
     
  12. Brian123

    Brian123 ESB WORLD CHAMPION Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe beat more future World Champs, present World Champs and past World Champs-and oh yeah Hopkins-easy call for Calzaghe but in the U.S (of which I am) Hopkins will get the nod here.
     
  13. PugilisticPower

    PugilisticPower The Blonde Batman Full Member

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    Lol, dickhead - Calzaghe has had over 20 title defenses and now everybody is passing the belts like hot potatoes in his division too.
     
  14. RobertV77

    RobertV77 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Whats your definition of a champion? Lets see that list.
     
  15. Jeff Young

    Jeff Young Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins, and it's not even close...