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

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

The SMW division is looking very weak, yet people who dont know the history of division and were taken in by advertising of the Super 6 competition dont realise.
At present the division is fun to watch, as the fighters who are now the world class of the division all seem to fight at a similar level making good close fights, ie Froch and Kessler was close both times and Froch and Ward, I felt was close with Ward only a couple of points up.
Now Ward is the current champ and his best win is an unwell, double vision suffering, past best, rusty Kessler, that Calzaghe beat when prime, at the end of his career, in his last fight at SMW, and thats Wards best win!
It is also the best win of the current number 1 Froch, who was also beaten by that same past best fighter!

Bika now well past his best wins the WBC SMW title, when he was handled in his prime by old end of career past best Calzaghe almost 7 years ago.
When Bika was rusty and had done less than 2 rounds in 2 years he was able to push current champ Ward and winning the 12th round in a close fight to many.

Bika in my opinion wasnt even one of Calzaghes top 10 wins with Kessler, Eubank, Lacy, Hopkins, Mitchell, Reid, Woodhall, Jones, Veit 2, Brewer being better wins and fighters with greater resumes than Bika!

Calzaghe was too good for his own good and its now that he hasnt fought at SMW for over 5 years, fighters that he beat years ago when past best, still remain as the world class fighters of today and fight at an even level that he dominated.

Calzaghe left a massive void when he retired and makes the division look better now that he has retired because if he was still active he would still be head and shoulders above the others with clueless fans saying there is no one to fight at SMW and that it is a weak division

 

Strong how?
Ward the champs best win is an unwell, double vision suffering, past best, rusty Kessler, that Calzaghe beat when prime, at the end of his career, in his last fight at SMW, and thats Wards best win!
It is also the best win of the current number 1 Froch, who was also beaten by that same past best fighter!

Bika when rusty gave Ward problems and prime Bika was taken care of by old past best Calzaghe.
The division looks strong because what Calzaghe dominated fight at an even level, it wouldnt if Calzaghe was still present

 

Yet Bika is considered a top 5 win for Ward and not even a top 10 for Calzaghe to me

 

Who knows, he doesnt fight often, but even if its not, what better SMWs are there out there?

 

I rate Calzaghes wins over Woodhall, Reid, Mitchell, Lacy, Kessler, Jones, Hopkins, Brewer, Veit 2, Eubank above Bika who all have better resumes than Bika also. I rate Calzaghes win over Sheika who was coming off a win over prime Bika every bit as good as his win over Bika. Who has Bika beaten as good as prime Johnson.
Either way thats 10 wins for Calzaghe that I see over Bika straight out