Floyd Mayweather is the black Joe Calzaghe.

OK...who did Joe Calzaghe duck at 168? What fighters could he have fought at 168 to better his resume? With 21 title defenses over a 10 year period, who would have he had to fight to make his resume better...keep in mind, we're talking 98-08 in the 168 pound weight class...

and it has to be at 168...you can't fault a fighter for not moving up or down in weight...then you have to criticize fighters like Kostya Tszyu and Bernard Hopkins.

 

Calzaghe didn't get the big fights because he didn't run after them, his demands were all delusional. He wanted people to go to Wales if they want his title, a vacant WBOgus paper title he won fighting a past prime Eubank. He never cared to run after big fights nor did he bother to mention any in his day, how can you claim to dominate a division without thinking about unifying?. Everyone knows if Lacy and Kessler didn't force the fight and made the flight with their own titles those fights wouldn't have happened either. You know there's an issue when randoms out of the blue, Kessler and Lacy in this case, start unifying and Calzaghe who made a career in that division didn't even attempt it by running after the other champions like Kessler and Lacy did.

 

Some of you may forget about calzaghe.... Jeff Lacy was highly touted before Calzaghe schooled him.
And a hopkins win at any point is impressive.

I hate calzaghe, but he did ok.

 

Actually to say Lacy was overhyped and overated is very disputable.

Just like me saying Calzaghe ruined a decent fighter in Lacy!

He always stated that he would travel but wasn't going to fight for peanuts!

 

I think I'd rank the Corrales and Judah wins above the controversial Castillo win.......but that's just me.

 

You are not my teacher, friend. But if you are fixated on assessment, you can read my posts on this thread and determine for yourself if I am worthy to converse with you. :good

 

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Yeah, after he schooled him.

I remember a lot of people thinking Lacy was going to win.

 

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Hello, again. I can certainly understand the not fighting for peanuts thing. But what most people don't know is the Showtime was the only network that showed Joe Calzaghe fights (in the US)....and they desperately wanted to see a matchup with Joe and their fresh young gun, Jeff Lacey.

What that tells me is that if they hadn't've pushed for the Lacey fight, then Joe probably wouldn't have taken it. I return, once again, to the idea that Joe was content to sit on his throne is Wales. He did not chase after big fights as all great champions must. He only took the deal when it was letter perfect.

 

Give me a break!!...no one is stating that Floyd isn't a great fighter...you're completely missing the point of this thread...

We're talking about the opportunities to make big fights...has Floyd had every opportunity to prove his detractors wrong with the right fights and simply has avoided them when the public has demanded them? This has been Floyd's M.O. since his "scare" at 135 against JLC...over the past 7 years, Floyd has jumped from weight class to weight class proclaiming to be the greatest of all time without fighting the best at 140, 147, and 154.

His resume looks great before the fights with JLC, since that time, it is questionable. My point is that Joe Calzaghe never received the amount of opportunity that Floyd has to prove his greatness.

 

Floyd is not a great fighter.

He is a master boxer, with limited aggression and superb defense.