British fighter of the decade (2000-2009)

Still one of the best mate, and considering Jimmy wilde and Freddy Welsh are top notch boxers themselves but from 2000-2009 Calzaghe acclomplished the most. Just go back to sucking you bottle mate

 

I'll go for Calzaghe but, I think it's pretty close between him and Lewis which is quite pathetic for Calzaghe considering he has fought for almost three times as long as Lewis this decade and only has what, two more notable victories.

Also that KO loss for Lewis must go against him. Still it's Calzaghe.

 

Look at the votes moron, now once again..... '**** Off'

 

I agree

Its just Calzaghe's sheer volume of resume over that time that edges out Lewis

But Lewis C.V has more quality about it - but his last fight was in 2003.

Since then Calzaghe

has gone on and won

WBC / WBA / IBF World Titles

Won the Linear / Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight title

and been undfeated throughout

its got to be Calzaghe

 

So? George Bush got voted in as president, still didnt prove anything

 

Nice comeback. Lewis' career ended in 2003 and he's still pushing Calzaghe for the best fighter of the decade. Simple enough really isn't it ?

 

Calzaghe.

Hopkins is better than his best win, Vitali Klitschko. Hopkins is a legend of the sport, Vitali is mocked for his questionable resume.

Kessler is better than the Tua's and Grant's of this world without doubt.

The rest is a much of a muchness :good

 

Calzaghe but if Haye beat both Klits I'd change my mind.

 

I think Lewis' victory over Vitali is about the same as Calzaghe's over B-Hop when you consider the respective stages of their careers they were in they fought. B-Hop is at the tail end of his whilst in 2003 Vitali was at his very peak. Also, Joe's victory was pretty contentious whilst Lennox managed to stop Vitali (even though he was behind on the scorecards)

 

Lewis

 

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Lewis tired and blowing

Been rocked several times

Behind on the scorecards

Then the fight is declared over in his favour

I am a big Lewis fan and his class might have pulled him through if the fight had gone on

However I bet he was relieved when it was over

That was more a forutnate victory then Calzaghe grinding out a close points win to Hopkins

 

I choose Calzaghe.

 

Calzaghe was at the end of his career also, and so was Lewis. There is nothing really in that. Vitali Klitschko ain't Hopkins and never will be, his achivements are lacklustre in comparison.

Contentious? Lewis was losing the fight and it got stopped on a cut. He deserved the win, I always believe a battle wound caused by a punch is a fair victory, but he didn't get the victory in any more of a clear way than Calzaghe because the fight was in Vitali's favour. Calzaghe won on points in the US against a spoiler.

 

I'm not so sure, people always bring up the fact that Lennox stopped him on a cut, but at the end of the day it was a cut opened by a punch and in the last round Lennox was continually catching him on that eye and worsening the cut, Lennox had won the last round round and Vitali was just as knackered as he was.

 

I still feel Calzaghe had the better decade by the way, although as many people have already posted; if Haye can beat both Klits (big ask) then he walks it.