How can Froch be considered better than Calzaghe

Calzaghe was willing to fight the best at 168, that's why he fought Lacy and Kessler.

 

Exactly, plus Calzaghe was a 4-1 on favorite to beat Hopkins, after what Jermain Taylor did to Hopkins it was supposed to be an easy fight for Calzaghe, most pundits said so, Clazgahe himself though so (which is why he took the fight), but Joe got dropped, was out boxed for the most part, looked terrible, was lucky to come away with a highly debatable SD win, got a reality check about his ability and thus ducked the rematch.

 

But not willing to move up and fight Jones when it mattered, because he knew would lose badly.

 

Hopkins was Ring Magazine top 5 p4p and had beaten Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright (2 good southpaws) prior to fighting Calzaghe.

 

Froch isn't willing to move up and fight Kovalev because he knows he would lose badly.

Calzaghe was willing to fight the best fighters in his division just like Froch is. Joe had the balls to move up and fight a top 5 p4p fighter, when is Carl going to try another division?

See how that sounds? Just give both guys respect.

 

But Froch has had plenty of good fights to make at 168, Calzaghe didn't and was fighting bums whilst the P4P number one in the World was just one weight class above him. But Calzaghe was happy to play it safe in his comfort zone, saying that, prime Jones would have stopped him inside 8 rounds at most.

 

Froch wasn't willing to fight Dawson , even after Dawson saying he would come to Wales.

 

Still, you can't use Calzaghe not going up to 175 sooner as a reason for Froch being better than him if Froch himself has never been willing to go to 175.

 

Froch is considered better than Calzaghe because as the fight progresses, Froch recuperates more between rounds than his opponents ( for some strange reason ). In other words, he doesn't tire to the same degree his opponents do or if they do match him in the "conditioning" department, Froch looks sort of like a journeyman.

 

I don't think froch can be considered better than calzaghe

 

Calzaghe was never out-worked in the later rounds and his workrate never faltered, often it improved as a fight went on. Calzaghe was super-human in terms of stamina, conditioning and recovery power, so I dont see how your argument works.

 

Froch is great. Calzaghe was better.

 

Slappy Joe is a good solid champion but he ain't elite or Class A.

 

Best in his division. Highly ranked p4p. Elite.

 

so how comes they were his last meaningful smw fights?

bizarre that they are almost his first meaningful smw fights!