When Was Calzaghe's Prime?

he was champion for like 13 years and won all his fights so i guess that he has been prime for a long time, but the best win he had was against Lacy, it was a boxing lesson.

 

Id have to say the last couple of years thats when he won his biggest fights.The rest of the time the opposition was not always that good.

 

Kessler

 

The reason that this is tough is that for most boxers their physical prime is also the time when the were the most difficult for their opponents to beat.

That's not the case with Calzaghe, I would argue. His physical prime was the first part of his world championship career. The time when he was hardest to beat as an opponent was the later part.

 

in the lacy fight, he was the underdog in the US, but he showed his skills more than anything else..handspeed and footwork..he defined the division

 

Not an easy question. He might never had an 'absolute prime' part of his career, since when he looked the best (Lacy, Kessler), because of the injuries, the punching power wasn't there anymore. He became 'Calslappy' because of the hand problems.

The punching power of the Mitchell fight or earlier combined with the very impressive performance in the Kessler fight - that is Calzaghe's prime - and that never happened.

 

Threat of what though? Threat of stopping his opponent? Or the time when he was most likely to beat the widest range of opponents? I would consider the second to be the correct definition.

In which case a lot of boxers' primes are when people would consider them past prime. 2006 - 2007 in Calzaghe's case.

 

i would say 2003 when he beat mitchell in the second round after his first knockdown of his career and then showing the decency not to do any further damage to mitchell when he was out on his feet

 

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2006-2008 he accomplished more in those 2 years than he did his while career

 

As a physical specimen - he's nowhere near prime, however as Calzaghe says - put him in now with the Calzaghe who beat Eubank - and he kicks his ass, like Hopkins - he's found way's to compensate.