I wouldn't necessarily say Hopkins was shot to pieces. That was a solid win, considering what Hopkins did after their fight.
Hop's wasn't prime, I'll give you that, but he was not shot. He still went on the beat Dawson, Pavlik, Cloud and Shumanov after his loss to JC. I can't think of many past greats who could beat that group of guys in their mind 40's.
Calzaghe would be decimated. There is no way Beterbiev would refuse to walk through Calzaghe's weak punches if all else failed; he'd happily take six to land one. It would be a disaster for Calzaghe.
I don't understand how Calzaghe would have resisted in a division where he has only fought two fights. He beat both greats, but he would have lost to both if they were prime. And in both cases he was on the floor in the first round. This is not an encouraging circumstance if the opponent is Beterbiev. Beterbiev wins. Maybe KO 10, like Gvozdyk.
I think if Hop's was truly shot as you say, he would have lost to Pavlik and Dawson. But hey, your intitled to your opinion. I just have a slightly diffrent take on the matter.
He did lose to Dawson. Would have been twice, but Hopkins stopped after a low blow in first fight and it was a no decision I believe. Don’t think Calzaghe could take the power punches of Artur.
The guy who has KOd everyone Vs the guy who got knocked down by two old past-their-prime fighters when he stepped up to LHW! Uh yeah.... If Calslappy was as good as his fans thought he was he wouldn't have had so many confidence issues and would have stepped up to LHW years sooner. He almost pulled out of the Lacy fight before his dad talked him back into it. Kid didn't have the heart you all thought he did. Read up on his career pre 2004 and you'll see how many postponements and pullouts he had. He was Euro level for so long for a reason