Prime Roy would beat prime Calzaghe at 168

Jones at his best is in another league to Calzaghe
Lets see at 168 Calzaghe nearly lost to Robin Reid , was decked by Cadbury Salem and Byron Mitchell .

If Jones had defended against Peter Manfredo , Evans Ashira , Ricky Thornberry , Tocker Pudwill , Mario Veit twice , Branko Sobot , Juan Carlos Giminez Ferrerya , Will MacIntyre and Miguel Jiminez he would have been rightly savaged and or laughed at .

Joe also had a habit of fighting blokes Ottke had already beaten . I would suggest that Abraham fighting Dirrell or Kessler fighting Ward on their home patch was a harder task than any Joe ever set himself .
Calzaghe's refusal to give BHops a rematch wasnt the act of a fight all comers type champion either . Joes’ resume isn’t too flash and Kessler being thrashed by Ward didnt make it look any better .
Roy on the other hand has no resume at 168 except his win over Toney . I’ll go with Jones .
At his prime he would have stopped Calzaghe , **** he had him on ***** street and Roy couldn't even punch anymore .
The young Jones would have had little difficulty in hitting Joes chin and that would have been bad news for Joe .168 for most of its history has been a stepping stone division ala 130 or 140 pounds, its not a glamour division .

You can make an argument Froch has a better resume at 168 than Calzaghe .
Jermaine Taylor , Pascal , Dirrell , Kessler . Joe went 6 years without fighting anyone as good as those four . ( Maybe Byron Mitchell although I’m dubious .) Joe is a super smart , superbly conditioned fighter – boxer with an ugly unusual style . Heavy handed he isnt lol

Where is Joe's equivalent of Hops – Lipsey or Jones – Reggie Johnson?
Every one of Joes stoppage victims I’ve seen were overwhelmed by a barrage of light handed punches that they couldn’t get out of the way of . For a good southpaw Joes left cross is a slap . His jab is his best punch in my opinion .