Hopkins not being appreciated

no but they're called mandatories for a reason. Calzaghe doesnt do rematched but he finds time to rematch mario veit who he KO'ed in 1. Say what you want about hopkins title reign but he was THE MAN for 10 years. In SMW you have sven ottke who accomplished exactly the same as joe at the weight in exactly the same time frame

 

He was "the man" for 10 years? Not exactly. He didnt bother to unify that little IBF Trinket he had for many years, not until Don's little Tourney that he won against Holmes and a blown up Welterweight. Meanwhile, he was fighting on Undercards and USA Today's "Tuesday Night Fights" because then, as now, he had a hard time selling out an outhouse. But he did stay on top fighting Allen a record 3 times. Care to discuss the Hakkar fight?

 

he fought a guy who wanted to get on his bike the whole night but caught up to him and stopped him what is there to discuss

 

Hakkar would not have been allowed to approach Joe Calzaghe for an autograph.