If there were still only 8 weightclasses....

with one champion per class, like the old days, who do you guys think would be the champions of their weight classes today?

for me:

HW: Wladimir Klitchko
LHW: Calzhage
MW: obviously Taylor
WW:Mayweather?


thats all i got right now.

 

haha LHW calzaghe, yeah right mang... What kind of creds does he have to all of a sudden be the man at LHW, hes not even the man at 168lbs, let alone 175!

 

who would you pick then?

 

HW: Wlad.
LHW: Kessler.
MW: Pavlik.
WW: Cotto.
LW: J. Diaz.
FW: Pacman.
BW: Rafael Marquez.
FW: Cristian Mijares.

 

HW: Wladimir
CW: Mormeck (soon to be Haye)
LHW: Woods
MW: Taylor
WW: Mayweather
LW: Pacquiao
FW: Juan Manuel Márquez
BW: Rafael Márquez

 

I would put Hopkins over Calzaghe, Even Kessler over Calzaghe.

 

HW- Klitschko
LHW- Hopkins
MDW- Pavlik (after Sept. 29)
WW- Mayweather
LW- Juan Diaz
FW- Rafa Marquez

 

I'd put Dawson, Calzaghe, and Kessler above Hopkins at LHW.

 

I'd put Calzaghe, Hopkins, Wright, Taylor, Dawson, Johnson and Pavlik over Kessler. Maybe Woods.

 

LHW Calzaghe?, please man. I know that Calzaghe is very skilled and strong but what has this guy done apart from fighting Lacy(after cancelling twice)?, Manfredo?, Bika?, shot Eubank?

 

Heavyweight: Wlad
Light Heavy: Calzaghe
Middleweight: Taylor
Welterweight: Mayweather
Lightweight: Casamayor
Featherweight: Rafael Marquez
Bantamweight: Fernando Montiel
Flyweight: DOnaire

 

Just because he hasn't dosen't mean he couldn't. Hopkins beat an over rated Antonio Tarver and a Wright who was fighting 2-3 classes above his best weight.

Dawson and Kessler have both got a claim to make but all three are definitley ahead of Hopkins at this stage.

 

Let's see how Calzaghe will be able to fight the top LHW at age 41 and succeed. You might want to reconsider discussing when it comes to accomplishments if Calzaghe is in your side because there obviously isn't much to brag about here and might never be. Did you ask yourself where was Calzaghe when guys like Roy Jones, Tarver, Hopkins, Toney and many others were fighting each other?, was he waiting for them to go to England too?, or maybe they ducked him like Warren wants you to believe, sure they are that's why Hopkins is the one calling him out now despite being 42 years old. Hopkins has accomplished more in his fights at the age of 40-42 than Calzaghe's entire career.

 

So who would you say would beat him at LHW once he beats Kessler ? Only Hopkins imo and I think then i'd still favour joe.

 

Hopkins has a chance, so does Dawson and Tarver. Calzaghe hasn't fought at Light Heavyweight and is failing to make major fights in his own division, why the hell should he be #1?