H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Joe Calzaghe
Super Middleweight · United Kingdom
Joe Calzaghe ranks #17 in the H&G All-Time Index at Super Middleweight, with a 93.16 All-Time Index score and a 46-0-0 professional record. His best wins on record include Roy Jones Jr, Bernard Hopkins and Mikkel Kessler. His career span on this page is 1993-2008.
- All-time rank
- #17All-Time Elite
- H&G All-Time Index
- 93.160-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 46-0-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1993-2008
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career highlights
Career story
How Joe Calzaghe's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Signature wins
- Roy Jones Jr - 2008 - signature win
- Bernard Hopkins - 2008 - signature win
- Mikkel Kessler - 2007 - signature win
- Chris Eubank - 1997 - signature win
- Mario Veit - 2005 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,879 |
| 1994 | 1,921 |
| 1995 | 1,965 |
| 1996 | 1,989 |
| 1997 | 2,042 |
| 1998 | 2,057 |
| 1999 | 2,093 |
| 2000 | 2,130 |
| 2001 | 2,145 |
| 2002 | 2,161 |
| 2003 | 2,168 |
| 2004 | 2,189 |
| 2005 | 2,204 |
| 2006 | 2,220 |
| 2007 | 2,232 |
| 2008 | 2,236 |
Why this ranking
Joe Calzaghe ranks #17 with a 93.16 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His public win-loss-draw record shows no defeats, so there are no losses to add context to here. His standout win in our data is over Roy Jones Jr in 2008, who reached a 2,114 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. Holding the score back, dominance over contemporaries sits below the field of ranked fighters in this release. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 2,236 (±313), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
Career rating profileStrongly above the typical top-1000 fighter
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Top-level longevityStrongly above the typical top-1000 fighter
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
World-title recordStrongly above the typical top-1000 fighter
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Elite winsAbove the typical top-1000 fighter
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
Major title-control signalAround the typical top-1000 fighter
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Cross-era separationWell below the field of ranked fighters
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
Compare and explore
Put Joe Calzaghe next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Joe Calzaghe actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Roy Jones Jr#8 · Index 96 · 2008
- Bernard Hopkins#23 · Index 92 · 2008
- Chris Eubank#111 · Index 83 · 1997
- Mikkel Kessler#200 · Index 80 · 2007
- Jeff Lacy#404 · Index 76 · 2006
- Mario Veit#606 · Index 74 · 2001, 2005
Show 4 more
- Richie Woodhall#685 · Index 73 · 2000
- Robin Reid#722 · Index 73 · 1999
- Sakio Bika#909 · Index 72 · 2006
- Charles Brewer#950 · Index 71 · 2002
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Sven Ottke#41 · Super Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (1997-2004)
- Carl Froch#70 · Super Middleweight · 7 overlapping years (2002-2008)
- Arthur Abraham#83 · Super Middleweight · 6 overlapping years (2003-2008)
- Thomas Hearns#86 · Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1993-2006)
- James Toney#99 · Super Middleweight · 16 overlapping years (1993-2008)
- Michael Nunn#157 · Super Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1993-2002)
Show 6 more
- Jermain Taylor#166 · Super Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (2001-2008)
- Lucian Bute#182 · Super Middleweight · 6 overlapping years (2003-2008)
- Markus Beyer#209 · Super Middleweight · 13 overlapping years (1996-2008)
- Robert Stieglitz#232 · Super Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (2001-2008)
- Chad Dawson#233 · Super Middleweight · 8 overlapping years (2001-2008)
- Juergen Braehmer#292 · Super Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1999-2008)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Joe Calzaghe also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 46 bouts we hold full data for from 1993 to 2008, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,236 (peak dated 2008-11-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±313 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.