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Should he be ranked in the top 10 at 168-pounds? What do his KO wins over Spina and Pemberton tell us? What good does he bring to the Calzaghe fight?

Let's have fair assessments, no ulterior motives or anything. Let's not bother getting into separate camps etc.

Obviously the apparent mismatch appears good business as it's sold a lot of tickets and is poised for a very big TV audience (prime time Big Fight Live, shown free on HBO, in fact shown on a "free HBO preview" so that ppl without HBO can watch it...).

What can Manfredo do? What kind of show will Joe put on with so many watching? What does it do for JC's profile, if he batters a Contender guy?

I think anywhere between 8-15 is respectable... any lower would probably be harsh, any higher would be a bit favourable.

He should not be ranked ahead of.
Calzaghe, Kessler, Bute, Lacy, Beyer, Froch, Berrio.

Ones in which there is a chance.
Andrade, Tsypko, Larsen, Tatosvyan,