Who is the greater fighter Marquez or Calzaghe?

10 of those yrs Calzaghe milked that title by padding his record and protecting that 0 ..The only reign I can compare that too is the Honky Tonk Man's intercontinental title reign :hey

 

Marquez.

 

I considered both ATG's, but Calzaghe is a 'normal' ATG, while Marquez dwells in the "Great" ATG's.

 

JMM by far..
-Longer career
-Across more weight classes
-Better resume

 

I dont consider calzaghe a great fighter so its obivous.Still a good fighter though.

 

protecting that 0 from who?........name a fighter that could've took it?....

 

This was in another thread :

Had he dared to be great early

Nunn
Benn
Hopkins earlier
Jones earlier
Collins
Barkley
Cordoba
Littles
Van Horn
Liles
Nardiello
Close
Rocchigianni
Nicotra
Johnson
Mccallum
DM
Nunn
Toney

And it didnt have to be at super middle but had he fought real comp early he would not have had that 0 ! But 10 yrs after fighting Eubank he fought nothing but stiffs !Up until he fought Kessler and Lacy ..

 

you are a joker you name half the guys roy jones was ducking

Them fighters should be on jones resume they were in his era not calzaghe's


joe calzaghe beat the guys that beat
benn
Liles
Close
Johnson
Toney
Mccallum
Rocchigianni
Nardiello

Steve Collins ducked calzaghe

joe calzaghe is only fighter in history to beat both Hopkins and
Jones rofl:rofl

 

It really should have stayed in the other thread :nono

There isn't any reason to believe that any potential opponent for Calzaghe at 168 would have beaten him. With the exception of Ottke, he pretty much cleaned out the division.

175 is a completely different matter, and he would obviously be a big underdog against any pre-Tarver version of Jones. It's unclear how he would have fared against bigger lightheavies like Michalczewski and Tarver, as the only fights he had at the higher weight were against similar sized opponents in Hopkins and Jones.

It's a misconception that Calzaghe didn't fight the best available at 168, and not fighting in America is a complete red herring. What could have really enhanced his overall standing would have been more wins of significance at 175, many of which could have been made in Europe.

 

Calzaghe taking it in the rear. LOL.

 

Marquez, but I don't think it's so obvious that if you think Calzaghe you are crazy by any means. Marquez's resume without Pacquiao is very underwhelming considering how lofty people view him.

 

The 24 Joke Al voters should be permanently banned. Of course it's probably just three posters with several alts, but ESB would be a better place without them.

 

Big Calzaghe fan but this is a no contest

 

Love Joe but we just did a top 100 fighters list in Classic and everyone pretty much agreed Marquez to be on it, and Joe not.