Who has a better legacy, Calzaghe or PBF

PowerPuncher · Nov 11, 2008

Fire1 said:

i thought it was how big the guy was "naturally when he began boxing" now its changed to "how long they been at the weight"

is there any other changes you want to make to determine the size of the fighter, now that you was proven wrong? (Gatti 5 7', 70 inch reach, began at 126lbs. 34 yrs. when they fought) (Mayweather 5'8 72 inch reach began at 130 lbs. was 27 yrs when they fought)
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Gatti was a solid 155 on fight night, Mayweather weighed 142

Thread Stealer · Nov 12, 2008

Mayweather.

Thread Stealer · Nov 12, 2008

PowerPuncher said:

Gatti was a solid 155 on fight night, Mayweather weighed 142
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Where did you get this info from? I don't remember their fight weights being shown on HBO, but I remember Gatti saying he expected to weigh 155 on fight night.

I always wondered what fighters' weights were on fight night when they weren't released (PBF's fights with DLH and Hatton, Cotto-Mosley, etc...)

newbridgeboxing · Nov 12, 2008

Calzaghe fought people from the pensioners fight club , whilst Mayweather Jr fought guys at the top in there prime !

Rock0052 · Nov 12, 2008

PugilisticPower said:

Yup. in 10-15 years from now, people are going to say "God damn, I wish I could've seen that Floyd Mayweather Jr box..... and how great would it have been to see Hopkins vs Calzaghe?" the same way we talk about Sweet Pea and his fights today.

For me, of this last generation of fighters.. here is my Top 5 in terms of legacy

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr
Why? - Undefeated, 5 weight champ, beat numerous P4P talent and kicked the ass of the only disputeable opponent he had.
2. Roy Jones Jr
Why? - Simply because he beat Hopkins, Toney, Hill, McCallum and took himself from being an average 160lber to being the HW champ of the world.

3. Joe Calzaghe
Why? - 46/0, Dominated a division, collecting all of the belts and being a champ at it for a decade, beat young up and comers, beat old cagey veterans, never really had a disputeable decision (Despite what idiots intimate about Reid/Hopkins) and remained dominant into his late 30s.

Also won 4 fights he wasn't supposed to win.

4. Bernard Hopkins (could easily interchange these two)
Why? - Dominated his division for years, beat the crap out of Tito Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya and despite losing to Taylor, came back and beat Top 10 P4P talent in Winky, Tarver and Pavlik before losing to Joe.

His losses against Taylor hurt him in my view, because he wasn't able to close the show and now Taylor has shown himself to be very beatable.

5. Oscar De La Hoya - could easily be higher, too
Multi weight champion, beat some legends in his time but his number of losses hurt him in my view, he also had some disputeable victories, such as the Pea performance.
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Good stuff :thumbsup

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