he was under-rated, when he fought well he fought very well, but he was accused of not being a true fighter at heart and only b eing in it for the glamour
He was a decent, under - rated boxer at his best, IMO. He won the WBC strap from Nardiello in Italy if I remember correctly. No mean feat! 3 or 4 defences before running into Sugarboy Malinga, who beat The Dark Destroyer on points. So yeah, probably deserves more credit than he got.
Good fighter, just below world class. On his best night would give anyone problems though, but suffered from inconsistency and bad lifestyle habits. Loses to Benn and Eubank, better chance against Collins though.
Good enough to beat Calzaghe only to be robbed of the decision in my opinion. Yeah, deserved a bit more credit than he got I'd say.
Gave Calzaghe his toughest fight,beat sven ottke but was robbed and won the wbc title in Italy,world class fighter but too inconsistent..