If a fighter's "Greatness" is judged by his "prime", how long does it have to be?

It isn't like the canvas can duck a painter though, is it -questionmark-

 

People are forgetting about Calzaghe's assumed resume -fullstop-

 

Nobody, fights just couldn't be made -fullstop-

 

I've never heard of Cal ducking anyone, except of course Kess but that's been answered. Anyone know where the Iron boy is fighting...what channel?

 

If joe was concerned about his legacy he most definitely could have instructed his promoter to make fights or else. He continues to sign with Frank Warren, who is notorious for protecting his fighters and keeping them in fights he knows they can win and in the UK. Cant blame him because the fans over there dont care, they just want to come to the fights.
Look at the situation with Hatton, he did the right thing forced Warren to make the Tsyzu fight, and now finds himself in a legacy making fight with the sports P4P #1, once he got away from Warren and out of the UK. Calzahge had plenty of top notch opponents that he missed out on, including but not limited to Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr, Antonio Tarver etc etc. Joe seemed to run his mouth a lot, but never got the fights made, and that hurt him a bit. The Lacy fight certainly showed he was a solid player, but since then its been back to the C level circuit.

 

That is not the point. If the painter cannot for any reason paint his greatest imagined creation, he will not be able to take any credit simply for having thought it/ imagined it.

 

The Hopkins fight was attempted - B-Hop wanted none of it though -fullstop- What on earth would murdering Tarver have proved though -questionmark-

 

Calzaghe's assumed resume includes victories over Hopkins, Jones, Toney, DM, John Ruiz, Mormeck, Holyfield -fullstop- We should give him credit for those victories -fullstop-

 

That Fat, Cowardly, Disgrace of a Champion shouldn't even be mentioned in a thread about Fighters and GREATNESS!!! :bart

 

a fighters prime is 1 of the many factors that factor into greatness

 

:nut

 

We all know Calzaghe would have beaten the lot of them, but people insist on placing below them on P4P lists -fullstop-