Calzaghe left a massive void when he retired. The SMW division in particular.

The S6 highlighted that the division didnt have much in it when you consider its start up that
Kessler had lost to Calzaghe, but was the only one with pedigree and was rusty going in
Froch was a world champ who hadnt beaten a top SMW
Taylor was coming off a loss and not beaten a top SMW and was 1-3 coming in
Ward hadnt done anything of note
Dirrell hadnt done anything of note
Abraham was a former MW who hadnt beaten a top SMW and his big MW was?

 

Ward is coming up for 30, by that time Calzaghe had made 9-10 defences and had beaten
Eubank a better SMW than anyone on Wards resume
Reid a top SMW who looked unlucky to Ottke years later
Woodhall a top SMW
Starie a top 10 SMW
Sheika a top 10 SMWwho had just beaten prime Johnson
undefeated Veit who would go on to be an interim world champ, at just turning 30 Calzaghe beat another top SMW in Brewer

Eubank is better than Kessler or any other name on Wards resume,
Woodhall at SMW is better than Dawson
Reid is better than Bika
Veit is better than Green

Then add Sheika, Starie, Giminez and a couple of nothing defences.
Overall Calzaghe has done more when you consider that Froch in order to fight ward scraped past shot boiled down Johnson, but in order for Sheika to get to fight Calzaghe he had to get past prime SMW Johnson which shows you how much weaker the division is today

 

Calzaghe clearly beat Hopkins and the fact that you would want to see a return with how bad Calzaghe made Hopkins looks says it all.
Remember after Calzaghe beat Hopkins people in Hopkins own team suggested retirement due to how Calzaghe made him look, but I doubt many said that after he beat Pavlik

What part of the UK are you from? How old were you when you moved?

Calzaghe hit Hopkins far more often than Hopkins could hit him. Hopkins is often the stronger down the stretch but against Calzaghe, Hopkins looked lost.
Calzaghe had to fight Veit or he would have been stripped and Veit as interim champ awarded the title

atsch

 

Thats better at least you are not trying to mention an era you havent watched.
I notice by the smileys that you look to be butthurt, you tried to post without them earlier and look where it has led you, mentioning Vcash because you admit you are not a doctor, admit you got it wrong when talking about Reid, admit you got it wrong when mentioning Magee and then admit you got it wrong when trying to diagnose someone .
It just doesnt end for you. All because you made a fool of yourself trying to sound knowledgeable about something you never witnessed

 

Prime Ward fought faded rusty Kessler suffering double vision, that Calzaghe beat at the end of his career when past prime.
Ward struggled with Bika more than Calzaghe and that was past best late in career Calzaghe beating prime Bika compared to ward fighting rusty Bika.
Ward struggled with Boone and looked fortunate to some, forget that one?

So Froch was at the top of his game having come off a win over past best boiled down G Johnson by Mdec, to get a shot at Ward, yet for Sheika to get a shot at Calzaghe he had to beat prime SMW G Johnson which he did, which once again shows how the division was tougher previously