Calzaghe the KO Specialist Part 3 (Vid) (Viewers descrection is Advised)

KERRIGAN · Dec 31, 2011

realsoulja said: ↑

Part four to be comfirmed
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I'm not sure that such brutality should be given such a casual and flippant airing here, considering how young so many of the posters on this forum are.

However I think your opening posts should include links to the other threads where similar levels of Calzaghe's brutality is on display.

doylexxx · Dec 31, 2011

Joes got a higher KO % than George foreman and we can all see why LOL

So funny that one is considered one of the most murderous punchers in the heavyweight history and the other is considered a slapper by the boxing community.

It just shows you that stats and numbers mean very little.

UK bad refs influence on fights are far far worst than any kind of bad judging

terrible stuff

Dirty Bastard · Dec 31, 2011

Robin Gibb said: ↑

How do you recall the (Joe) Calzaghe fight?

''The main thing I remember about Calzaghe was how hard he punched. I thought he had bricks in his gloves at one point. On top of that - he was big, he was strong, he was hearty, he had fast hand speed and he had a very awkward southpaw stance.

He was unbeaten, he didn't know how to lose. I actually lost 20 pounds in a week and was preparing for a righty light-heavyweight. (Laughs) Has there ever been many more difficult tasks?

On top of all that, he puts me down in the opening 15 seconds, for only the second clean knockdown of my life. (Laughs) .''

''I've never been knocked down in the first round before Joe hit me with a powerful left-hand punch, which I never saw, and within half a minute of the bell ringing I was having to pick myself up and deal with the realization that I was in for a long night. That punch really hurt and thereafter it was a tough fight.''

Joe obviously went on to be an exceptionally great world champion.''

Chris Eubank

''I started out [professional] with the Ingles. I used to do a lot of body sparring with the likes of Bomber Graham, Johnny Nelson and Naseem Hamed. Nelson never had any bottle: he used to nick fights running away. But Naz was ****ing brilliant - so elusive and he hit really hard. Even when he were just 15, he told my uncle to get his autograph 'cos he were going to be a superstar.

Nigel Benn used me seven times over in Tenerife, including for the Gerald McClellan fight. I had a big bet, three figures, on McClellan to win in the first round at about 10-1. And he would've if the ref hadn't kept interrupting. Nige and me would spar half-an-hour a day, then both go out on the ****. We always had a headguard and 16 oz gloves and often I'd outjab him. Nigel weren't a liberty-taker.

But the best I've been inside the ring with was Joe Calzaghe in sparring. Beforehand, I thought he were quite boring to watch and looked as if he slapped but, **** me, he punches hard. If he slapped, Bernard Hopkins would've stood toe-to-toe with Joe, but he [Hopkins] got on his bike, didn't he? If Joe and Nigel had fought, I think Joe would have been able to take the pain and would've ended up hurting Nigel, bit like Michael Watson did.''

Tony Booth

(Booth's fought and sparred against a who's who of champions, prospects, contenders, and plenty of big punchers all the way from middle up to heavyweight).

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=4216&cat=boxer&pageID=2

''Joe's a great all rounder. He can box on the front foot. He can box on the back foot. When you make mistakes he punishes you, and he punishes you very quickly.

''I would say the first three or four shots in his combinations might be light, but when he gets you in range the last three or four are really hard believe me. Hard and quick, and so difficult to defend against.''

Richie Woodhall

''I thought I'd been hit by a lorry''

Karl Barwise

''This kid has everything''

Spencer Alton

''I've never been hit so hard and so often''

Andy Flute

Glen Catley and Dean Francis said that Calzaghe hit them harder than anyone and that was back in 92 at 156lbs.

Now who's the more credible source? Bitter little obsessed keyboard warrior ****** who's devoted almost his entire ESB existence to trying to discredit Calzaghe and poison others against him, or world class professional boxers who've actually shared a ring with Calzaghe and have scaled heights that realsouljah's entire worthless bloodline would have to consume industrial quantities of psychotropic drugs to even begin to imagine were possible?

Internet geek (fight record 0-0-0), or actual world class boxers who been hit on the whiskers by the likes of Roy Jones, Nigel Benn, David Haye, Carl Thompson, Enzo Maccarinelli, Michael Watson, Glen Catley, Dean Francis, Keith Holmes (I could go on but I think you get the picture)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnYGekiM7_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb3HiV6BiUQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqkGYwkNSY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0fS4tum0EI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA46_F4k6IA
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Punches will hurt more if you just lost 20 lbs hahaha :hi:
No disrespect to Joe because he was an awesome fighter but dont pretend he has power :hi:

Gander Tasco · Dec 31, 2011

who was actually winning the fight.

bailey · Jan 1, 2012

Gander Tasco said: ↑

who was actually winning the fight.
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Calzaghe very easily, but the stoppage was awful

Boxing Girl · Jan 1, 2012

Brutal....I bet Torres was never the same again.

Strike · Jan 1, 2012

Calzaghe did have power. He stopped hitting properly when he got all the hand problems. Granted that was basically the worst stoppage I've ever seen, but I watched him when he came through and he used to turn the knuckle into his shots and he hit hard.

You can make troll thread and laugh all you want, world champions who have fought him have commented that he hits hard and the difference in how he fights in his early career to how he did when he started getting noticed in the states is clear. He adapted to his problems and became a smart fighter who slapped and threw few power punches. But when he was a young fighter he hit hard and he threw with intent.

realsoulja · Jan 1, 2012

Strike said: ↑

Calzaghe did have power. He stopped hitting properly when he got all the hand problems. Granted that was basically the worst stoppage I've ever seen, but I watched him when he came through and he used to turn the knuckle into his shots and he hit hard.

You can make troll thread and laugh all you want, world champions who have fought him have commented that he hits hard and the difference in how he fights in his early career to how he did when he started getting noticed in the states is clear. He adapted to his problems and became a smart fighter who slapped and threw few power punches. But when he was a young fighter he hit hard and he threw with intent.
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I think Calzaghe's handspeed and workrate overwelmed his opponents more than his power.

His power to me was around average, enough for his opponents to respect him. But no need to get carried away and say he had POWER, his stoppages mainly occurred from an accumilation of slaps, fairplay. But no way Calzaghe had concussive hellacious power he has never put anyone to bed other than his sons.

Robin Gibb · Jan 1, 2012

realsoulja said: ↑

I think Calzaghe's handspeed and workrate overwelmed his opponents more than his power.

His power to me was around average, enough for his opponents to respect him. But no need to get carried away and say he had POWER, his stoppages mainly occurred from an accumilation of slaps, fairplay. But no way Calzaghe had concussive hellacious power he has never put anyone to bed other than his sons.
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Riddle me this, Batman. Who's more qualified to pass judgement on Calzaghe's punching power?

You or Chris Eubank?

You or Richie Woodhall?

You or Tony Booth?

You or Dean Francis?

You or Glen Caltley?

You or Andy Flute?

You or karl Barwise?

You or Spencer Alton?

You do realize that the thread was as good as dead when I hammered that nail on its head, don't you? First hand testimonies are about as legit as is gets, and certainly infinitely more credible than the opinions of a bunch of self-confesed Calzaghe hating internet geeks.

Robin Gibb · Jan 1, 2012

Hard punches? Or merely average?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-oF372mj8M[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egHO3Uf_ToI[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjMPCxeKF0[/ame]

pipe wrenched · Jan 1, 2012

:shock::scaredas::scaredas:

I see some of the OG Calzombies have returned!!!

:kenny:kenny:kenny:kenny

Leonit · Jan 1, 2012

Great videos man!!! You should've started with number 11 to hype it even more

Robin Gibb · Jan 1, 2012

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDH4Y7hsO-M[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4EAqPDyV9g&feature=related[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5rw3MPCGVo&feature=related[/ame]

:smooch

CrossedLine · Jan 1, 2012

Hysterical stuff man. Smelly brit.

Snakefist · Jan 1, 2012

Robin Gibb said: ↑

Hard punches? Or merely average?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-oF372mj8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egHO3Uf_ToI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjMPCxeKF0
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ROFL! These are your examples of hard punches. This looks like average punching power at best. Darren little just has an amazing chin, eh? Look how fast that was stopped. Sure Darren Little had no chance, but he was eating those punches up like skittles. He didn't even get rocked really and when the ref stopped it he was about to attack back, not even on his heels. If Darren Little was in their with a up and coming fighter with real serious power he wouldve been KO'd unconscious within few seconds of the first.

The Eubank hit.. nope... this pretty much shows his average power. Eubank, past his best, throwing some wild uppercut and had his head in a completely different position gets hit by punches he didnt even SEE coming. Any guy with real punching power wouldve hurt him enough to at least make him wobble, or to the very least start to backpedal...

The other one is private...

Newsflash every fighter is matched against supreme stiffs that they are put in to KTFO to look good on tv as they build their records. These stiffs they KO in their first 9 to 11 fights should get KO'd rather easy, they should be on their backs... anything less than that is terrible.

There is nothing wrong with having average power. Why do you guys even have a problem with him having average power? He had great speed and was quick on his feet. Is that not enough? Do you know how many fighters in history had bad hands? Most punchers hands are bad. ODH had bad hands, Mayweather (he was a puncher in his prime weight class), RJJ, among many others, none of their power diminished. Joe has average punching power.

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