Ward, Stevenson and Kovalev send him quickly back into retirement. I don't even believe he'd beat Chilemba or Alvarez.
A big factor in this is what Calzaghe we place at 175. Are we talking about the old faded version that finally made the jump or a younger prime Calzaghe making the move up ahead of when he did?
he would be some use against 40somethings but wont hurt the others, the major players would quickly finish him off. joe went to LHW not to make his name there but to make some retirement funds against oldtimer former legends whilst avoiding non-wbo guys at smw who would hand him serial losses.
Comfortably beats everyone bar Kovalev. Still fancy him to outwork Kovalev too, but it would be close, Kovalev might get it by scoring enough knockdowns.