Calzaghe is now the 2nd best SMW of all time

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  1. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    OF ALL TIME

    its still a great thing to be able to say


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  2. kk17

    kk17 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol: Ward has to be on top for a few years at least
     
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  3. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calzaghe beating Hopkins > Ward entire career so far

    :lol:
     
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  4. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yeah ward has now surpassed Joes supermiddle record, although it was a **** record to begin with

    Ward gonna go a lot further than that son
     
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  5. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You cant be talking about the WBO years fighting cans surly ?

    Joe won the ring title at suppermiddle and made 3 defenses :patsch

    Ward is where Joe was at and about a decade younger and only getting better.

    Still the 2nd best all time is not so bad .
     
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  6. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    I always considered Roy the "best" SMW of all time.. But didn't have enough fights to be the greatest. If that makes any sense.

    Calzaghe I always thought was the greatest.. Ward is certainly shortening that gap though and very fast.
     
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  7. Jordan_Davies

    Jordan_Davies Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    2007 Kessler > 2009 Kessler
    Lacy > Green
    2007 Bika > 2010 Bika
    Reid > Abraham
    Eubank tie Froch
    175 Hopkins - 168 Dawson

    Add in Calzaghes other wins

    Roy Jones Jr - Past prime
    Byron Mitchell - WBA Champion
    Charles Brewer - IBF Champion
    Richie Woodhall - Former WBC champion
    David Starrie - Should have been WBA/IBF Champion
    Omar Sheika - Win over Glen Johnson (dropped Johnson)
    Mario Veit 2x - Wins over Charles Brewer and Juergen Braehmer
    Kabary Salem - Only lost to top supermiddleweights
    Mger Mkrtchyan - European champion
    Will McIntyre - only stopped by calzaghe in his career
     
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  8. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Now that's a BIG Call.!!!!
     
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  9. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    Not after beating a drained Chad Dawson... Ward is not the best SMW, Joe is above Ward as Joe beat Hopkins and Hopkins moved on since to dominate the lt heavy weight division sorry but I disagree here strongly.

    If Manny Pacquiao doesnt get credit for bringing Delahoya down 7 pounds to fight him, Ward shouldnt get any credit either
     
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  10. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    When judging the Greatest SMW, they have to be only fights at the weight... Hopkins and Jones don't count for Calzaghe..

    The Jones fight doesn't mean anything, but the Hopkins fight does.. it is pretty close, I still have Calzaghe ahead though.
     
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  11. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ward is good but has had 3 years at the top , try doing that for 6 or 7 years and fighting outside of his own postcode.
     
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  12. Bazooka

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    Allot of people forget that Sheika beat Johnson and dropped him.... :good
     
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  13. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jones is the BEST Supermiddleweight of all time.

    Ward is CLEARLY the greatest.

    **** Joe!
     
    Xplosive, Sep 9, 2012
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  14. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    How the **** dont Hopkins count look at his record after Joe, look who he fought and beat before Joe get a ****ing clue
     
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  15. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yep Ward is the trump card. He is the best SMW of all time.
     
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