Is Joe Calzaghe's Punching Sytle The Ugliest In History?

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  1. The_President

    The_President Boxing Addict banned

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    I can't think of one fighter whose punching technique and style was/Is as ugly as Joe "Slappy-White" Calzaghes.
    This: :bbb Is DEFINITELY NOT Joe.
    :fight This is Joe.
     
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  2. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    He definitely is awful.
     
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  3. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well Gene Fullmer's style was a different kind of ugly but still ugly nonetheless.
     
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  4. Sdt

    Sdt Active Member Full Member

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    everybody already forget the great Brian Sutherland?

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iswvwuZc18[/ame]
     
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  5. The_President

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    BTW, "Slappy-White" is not meant as a racial distinction. Slappy White was the name of one of Red Foxx's side kick comedians and the name seems quite appropriate for describing Calzaghe's punching technique.
     
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  6. Sdt

    Sdt Active Member Full Member

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    No don't try to go back on your word you ******* racist !!!.... just kidding
     
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  7. The_President

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    LOL, that guy is bad!!
    Still, I give him the edge over Calzaghe for straighter punches. :lol:
     
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  8. Dracon

    Dracon Frédéric Bastiat Full Member

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    I may be one of the few here, but I kind of like his awkward style. I just like guys with a high puch output... Still, not my all-time favorite, but entertaining.:smoke
     
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  9. Goodhill

    Goodhill Iron Horse - born to lose Full Member

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    The Mullet Man - priceless!
     
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  10. The_President

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    I also like swarming, high output fighters like Pacman, Arron Pryor, and Edwin Valero, but Joe Calzaghe is not a proper punchers like these others.
    His whirlwind flailing arm style really is quite unique and untraditional, especially the way his open hands come down across his opponent's face from top of the head to chin dragging his open glove across his opponent's eyeballs.
     
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  11. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I'm not a Calzaghe fan, but i think he's treated quite unfairly on this forum.
    Dispite his ego and tendacy to beat up over the hill ATG's, almost everyone here knows where his slappy style comes from. But with it he still won the fights!
    Imagine if the guy didn't have those brittle hands, and still had his punching power in his later fights... Would anyone still make fun of him then? :think
     
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  12. tito44

    tito44 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is true, early in his career when his hands were not so brittle he did not slap anywhere near as much. The fact that he could beat so many guys late in his career with his hands, just shows how great he was.
     
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  13. The_President

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    I've seen Calzaghe's fights when he supposedly had good hands. I was not impressed, and even then he was nothing special.
     
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  14. Rhino718

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    :good
     
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  15. Arran

    Arran Boxing Junkie banned

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    yeah he was so **** he fluked through 46 fights...and dropped Eubank (although weight drained)
     
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