He can't be. He's not a better fighter, it's that simple. His fans can drone on about warrior this, and resume that but the facts are he lost to a faded Kessler, was badly outclassed by Ward and Dirrell and needed two fights to convincingly beat Groves, who while very talented and with time and improvements could well be a future world champion, would be dealt with quite handily by most top class supermiddles at this stage of his career.
Calzaghe is far superior to Froch or Ward. Ward is a damned chicken, he will only fight in his home town, with his personal referee, judges and boxing commission, he won't fight anywhere else......................Stevenson brought out the fear in Ward, Ward refused to fight him at 168. Ward is a cheat..............