Mayweather, Calzaghe - why rate Mayweather higher?

erm ok Joe Calzaghe has had 44 named boxers on his chart, boxers ok and he won sum were world champions, not evrey1 flyodd faced were the best in the world , sum wernt even in prime,

and i was just saying really that before you judge somebody out give more reasons that a sentence answer!

 

Well someone's gotta be ahead of the other. There's a 9 years gap between Calzaghe's first and second most notable wins (Eubank in 97 and Lacy in 2006), period during which Mayweather beat Hernandez, Corrales and Castillo (twice). A better resume earned Mayweather the best P4P title.

I fail to see what Calzaghe did, since 2006, that surpasses Mayweather's achievements. He deserves kudos for his win over Kessler but that's not enough to bump Mayweather off the first spot.

 

I aint arguing with the guys achievements! cos mayweather has fought the best! but dnt discredit joe for wht he has done in boxing either cos he has had to dig deep to win sum fights in that period and basically ur saying he fought nobodies!

P4P means best fighter in the world (in Boxing) and sum people can argue that joes skills are better and sum argue that Mayweathers are better but dnt make joe look as he is a loser!

 

There is a ranking system in place...You go up in rank depending on who you beat and how you beat them. Floyd has done more, he has beat more champions that Joe. As a result he is referred to by the experts and boxers as well as the best. It's pretty simple. It's not astro physics...

He has also climbed up weight divisions and taken titles in those divisions...

I would really like to see Joe Fight Pavlik and Dawson...I think he get more praise beating them than a 43 year old Hopkins...

 

Yea we should start a thread Calzaghe vs Dawson and get pettition of evreyone to sign it to make that fight!

cos that is so much better than Calzaghe Hopkins

ahh well we can still talk about what might of been on here!

 

Calzaghe hasent beat anybody we consider Great

 

A fighter is ranked based on what he does...Mayweather has done more in the sport. Joe is a great boxer...one of the best but he hasn't piled up the resume that Mayweather has and in the boxing world skill is proven against proven fighters. That is where Mayweather is ranked higher than Joe...

Joe can do a few things to rise up to the #1 spot...He can fight Pavlik, Dawson and grab one of the Heavyweight titles and then he will have done what Mayweather has done...He would be #1 in my book and probably the boxing world if he won those 3 fights...

But he hasn't so he is not #1...he is one of the best tho but you have to earn the #1 spot...

 

To me, it's very simple.

Mayweather has fought BETTER COMPETITION and won titles in 5 WEIGHT CLASSES (130, 135, 140, 147, 154). Today, those weight classes are regarded as the most competitive in boxing (or at least WAY up there).

Calzaghe has fought softer competition, has dominated one division (168 ), and it has been recently a very soft division. From 1999-2006, JC fought almost all virtual unknowns and guys with totally padded records.

While JC did dominate his division, since Eubank, he has not dominated ANY great fighters. Lacy was one-dimensional and Kessler's record was padded with mostly non-contenders. In the end, what PBF has done is much more impressive. He has gained 20% of his original fighting weight in muscle and remained just as dominant. Calzaghe could NEVER do that.

I don't even know what there is to debate. PBF's resume is far superior, and until he loses, he is the man in boxing.

 

Sums it up perfectly. Nothing else to say..

 

joe is a great great fighter but i agree. mayweather is fighting elite and different types of boxers everytime out. he can beat and dominate all boxing styles which i know joe can do too. but fighting that guy from the contender was pretty bad

 

He named 3 boxers, 1 of which was weight drained to **** and past his best, one has since been proven to be ****, and the other one we still don't know all that much about.

Compare that to the names Floyds beaten and you have to conclude there is one mighty gap between the 2 of them.

 

You can't criticise joe's ability he is a talented boxer.

but i think its going to be tough to call him an alltime great because of the lack of elite fighters on his record.

 

Can't remember who it was but someone tried to score points the other day by bringing up Joe 'spanking the Yank' Will McIntyre :rofl :rofl :rofl

Just another crazy day on planet Calslappy.