Calzaghe can't punch properly

I do think he was a better puncher when he was younger, so I guess hand injuries must have played a part. I never rated his one-punch power and I have never thought of him as a strong puncher or a good finisher, but at least he did seem to have something behind his punches earlier in his career. Now every punch seems to be thrown with an open glove, and even when he is landing many clean blows it doesn't seem to be actually hurting or staggering his opponent, it's just the speed and volume that flusters them. I have always said that Calzaghe has poor technique and not a lot of technical skill, but whereas this unorthodoxy used to work for him in ambushing and blitzing opponents, now it seems all he can do is flurry his way to points decisions. I think hand injuries must have played a part. He looked like he couldn't have punched his way out of a wet paper bag v Hopkins and Jones.

 

Not that I would presume to know more about the sport than the previous posters but it looks to me like many of his shots are illegal. I thought that punches that land with the inside of the glove are illegal and certainly not scoring shots. The fact that they are effective is beside the point.

I'm not sure exactly why referees let him get away with it. Maybe referees don't want to be the first to warn such a high profile boxer about something he's been doing for years. Of course that doesn't explain how he ever got away with it in the first place.

 

He hurt Jones quite a few times. Completely disagree with you. He snapped his head back on numerous occasions and Jones was not looking like a guy who was having fun.

Against Hopkins, he hardly landed with any significant punches that weren't jabs or parried shots.

Calzaghe has decent power in his shots, there is no question at all about this.

 

How many times have you ever seen a boxer even talked to by a referee for it?

If it was a problem that the sport wanting eradicating, Calzaghe would be the perfect person to make an example of.

 

I don't watch amateur boxing much these days but a few years ago you'd often see warnings for incorrect punching but I can't remember the last time I've seen a top level pro pulled up for it.

 

Gr8 thesis mate...:deal

 

Calzaghe has recieved warnings before.. i'm positive.

 

They learned to win, above and beyond anything else, just win.

It's a trait admired by Brits, as long as your not a brit.

 

Calzaghe sacrifices power for speed to get points. He only punches with his arms. Powerful punches start at the toes!

Slapping - you can kill somebody with a proper slap -

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PR97yKSiUSg

Paul Vunak's a real artist. Fantastic smooth movement and dynamically effective.

 

Thats a classic ***** slap technique clip "If he grabs you here BOOM,if he grabs you there BWAM":rofl:rofl

 

I hope Calzaghe's getting a cut in the royalties from the sales of that DVD

 

Agreed. He can't punch in the way that he used to no doubt about it. It has been pretty funny watching his upcoming opponents comments on his punching technique over the years prior to the fight though. Both Mitchell and Lacy accused him of not being able to punch and then both ended up on the deck, presumably from some hard slaps

 

Yeah they always criticise before they lose...

 

Are you serious??

Jones is a fighter who has been annihilated by single shots from Tarver and Johnson, and Calzaghe landed literally hundreds of clean shots to his face and head in that fight and couldn't put him down once, or even seriously stagger him! If ever there was a fight that showed someone with no snap or venom in their punches, it was Calzaghe v The Corpse of Roy Jones.

 

When?