Thought Calzaghe fought a lot of people at the right time ... towards the end of there careers but when you think about Frochs best achievement is the fact he is 1-1 against Kessler a man Calzaghe beat in his prime. As much as it pains me to say it because I hate Calzaghe personally but I think his is better
I dont think amyone really thinks Froch is better than Calzaghe they maybe just like watching his fights more
Very Easily Calzaghe Look at the big wins for both Calzaghe - Eubank SMW champ Reid SMW champ Woodhall SMW champ Veit int world champ Mitchell SMW world champ Brewer SMW world champ Bika SMW world champ Lacy SMW world champ Kessler SMW world champ Froch - Kessler SMW world champ Bute SMW world champ Magee int world champ Abraham SMW world champ Pascal didnt do much at SMW Dirrell didnt do much at SMW but did beat AA Johnson didnt do much at SMW (didnt include Reid as he was past his best) Taylor didnt do much at SMW Now if you look at those lists arguably Frochs best win is a faded Kessler that Calzaghe beat when prime. Magee was beaten by Reid who Calzaghe beat, Johnson lost to Sheika who Calzaghe beat, Dirrell, Abraham and Pascal have not done very much at SMW.
Froch's level of competition before the Super 6 was about the same as Calzaghe's string of pathetic "World Title" defenses. Calzaghe's popularity and the fact people think he's some ATG sums up the mindless, gullible, knuckle dragging, lager lout, Sun reading herd mentality of many UK boxing "fans".
Froch, and he isn't finished yet. Maybe Calzaghe has the better win but resume is about all your fights not just 1 because if that was the case then Montell Griffin has a better resume than Calzaghe.
would joe have beaten all those fighters froch boxed including ward? any good boxing man knows joe would have made easy work of those guys, because he always rose to the occasion.
i think theres 2 different issues here 1st yes you can list names of world champs both have faced and in that respect calzhages looks better but you have to look deaper into the resumes dont just look at the names on paper and say ooh yes he was wbc/wbo champ, most of the champions calzhage fought at the time were not recognised as the best fighters in that division and he was masivley favoured, he missed out fighting the likes on hopkins and rjj in their primes, froch has fought pretty much all the guys who are/have been considred the best middle/super middlweights in his time, arguement to weather their any good is a different matter, from that point you can also argue calzhage is a greater fighter so there was not many around to give him a decent fight i personally think calzhage would have beatan everyone on froch's record bar maybe ward which would have been 50/50 but what pushes froch resume as being better is that hes been in alot more fights where the odds have been 50/50 or worse for him and hes come out on top, i give alot of stock into a fighters resume for those 50/50 fights
No the American media hyped Lacy to beat Joe, If you believed it it's on you. Did you beleive the media here in the UK that David Haye was going to spark Klitsckho as well or that Hatton would beat Mayweather? Look at Lacy before and after the Calzaghe fight, never beat a world class fighter before or after the bout so he wasn't world class it's really that simple. As I said you could argue that Pascal's a better win as he has proved himself to be a world class operator.