After Pacquaio, who will be the next fighter of the decade?

No, but Calzaghe suffered how GGG is suffering, the biggest names avoided him and it hurt his legacy. He would have beaten everybody I have no doubt but as Pacquaio was awarded the title I have to accept that and I can understand why they did over Joe, simply because Joe couldn't get people to fight him.

 

Can't be Ward.... he literally has done nothing in 4 years and even before that I don't class Dawson as a credible win.
Prior to that his resume looked good on paper but he hasn't capitalised on it.

I agree with the rest, but replace Ward with GGG, I still think GGG will get Canelo at some point and unless he ages overnight he will KO Canelo, when he does that his star power will go crazy and we will have a super star in boxing again.

 

You're trying to pit me against Calzaghe when everyone knows I see him as unbeatable, in terms of what they did in that period, through no fault of Joes, Pacquaio did more because people thought they could beat him and everyone knew Joe would overwhelm them.

Pacquaio won titles at 8 divisions, jumped 2 weights to kill ODLH, people think only about ODLH losing a few lbs, what about Pac's weight jump?
he beat Marquez 3 times ( yes 3 one judge scored a KD round 10-9 to Pac when it was a 10-8 round giving him the win) and he deservedly beat him no matter how Marqueers sugar coat it.
He beat Morales, Barrera too, these are ATG not just HoF.
The list goes on and on, and he beat people in remarkable fashion doing things no-one has done in boxing.

Pacquaio based on achievements and his ability is the fighter of his generation. Calzaghe is the unsung fighter of the generation because no-one would fight him to show what he could do, until he got his hands on a prime Hopkins that is.

 

Come on man, you put Green in there? AA? Barrera?
Bika it's disputable he won, a draw was a better result but it was in Oakland.
Yes he beat Froch, Froch pulled off some great wins, but he looked a lot worse than JT did for 11 rounds who was doing great again Froch. Dirrel was a harder fight for Froch too, if anything that exposed Ward a little.
Kessler, again dubious circumstances but I will give him that, Green was an absolute joke and a statue to be hit. AA was already on a losing streak and a blown up MW.

Nothing Ward has done stands him out, and GGG may not have the names, but the fashion in which he wins puts him much higher than Ward, Kell Brook even though he went up was a great win, Brook is no joke as he will prove in the 154 division, Lemiux too.

If Ward beats Kovalev then yes it would be a great win, unless its a stinker and controversial, if he goes to HW he will get obliterated, Hughie Fury would spark him out right away.