Better fighter: Joe Calzaghe or Oleksandr Usyk

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    Brewer was effective if you couldn't get him outta there. Outside of the flukish Dirrell KO, Plant isn't a big puncher. Charlo hasn't proven his power above 154 really. I'm not convinced he would crack Brewer at 168. Nothing Charlo has done suggests he has more power than Calz.
     
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    He obviously has more power at 160, would it carry at 168, i would think so since he's a big guy.
     
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    Yeah, that's all fair. I'm no Calzaghe fan btw. He's a bellsniff and was a horrible ducker until very late in the day. No real way if knowing how good he actually was because he never tested himself enough. Froch fought everyone and anyone. He's a knob on comms but he was a warrior in the ring. I rate him higher than Calzaghe, historically, fwiw.

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    It's all well and good that Froch fought more guys, but every single Froch victim would be a huge underdog to Calz. The opposite is not true. I would pick the fresher Kessler of 07 to beat Froch clearly, and I would pick even faded Hopkins Joe fought to outbox Froch.

    I can't in good conscious rate Froch above Calz. I think Froch has gone from underrated to one of the most overrated fighters ever.
     
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    You also picked Abraham to easily beats Froch.....
     
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    I did, but in retrospect, would AA stand a chance against Joe?
     
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    F no lol
     

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