Joe Calzaghe's punches

Not one fighter has been able to walk through his 'feather' punches so I guess that says it all.

If he was that much of a light puncher why do his opponents have none or very little success in getting through to him? And that constant bemused look on his opponents in between rounds must say a lot?

 

the criticism comes from his level of opponents which is far more relevant than his KO ratio.

it's like the terms 'undefeated' and 'world champion' in boxing - it's all relative.

 

Pavlik has had scar tissue issues in his right hand causing a lot of pain, we have never seen him turn into a slapper.

 

i give him credit..... he knows judged and fans love active fighters i.e juan diaz,paul williams etc. ppl arent used to seeing that many ounches thrown and they love it especially when there subjected to watching slopkins and pinky not throw much...........punches in bunches gets the win every time

 

Totally diferent

 

From mostly BS Tko stoppages (see Manfredo)or terrible opposistion (see british fighters-Lockett was the best middleweight)

 

They are slaps but he is overall a great fighter

 

i agree with people that he slaps sometimes but i also agree with you that he carries some power - and still does.

career path, self-proclamations and so on are all poor from the man, but i don't think he deserves to be judged on his power.

watch kessler get hurt to the body in round 5 or 6 (from memory) - it's easy to spot - and then take a look at all the ranked super-middles kessler fought and beat prior to the calzaghe fight.

kessler had as solid a resume as you could ask for leading into the calzaghe fight but it was calzaghe who had him hurt.

 

What he lacks in power he makes up for in speed. Those slaps come at fighters fast as **** and from all angles and they are overwhelmed, plus in a lot of his later fights he would give a flurry of 5 or 6 slaps as sort of range finders, and then set up a power punch that does significant damage, enough to put people off walking through his punches.

bleh, crap post sorry.

 

Scar tissue and brittle bones arent the same thing. Only a delusional hater **** would suggest they are.

 

it's not a crap post because you disagree with it.

i agree with your post though but you need to understand that, like i said above, it's calzaghe's resume and career path choices that put him in a relative grey area that most fighters of his calibre have bypassed by the time they are in their late twenties.

 

The Byron Mitchell fight is worse IMO because all though Calzaghe punches stunned Mitchell he was OK to continue and Calzaghe was protected in that fight.

 

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That's the Frank Warren school of boxing for you.

 

so so boring

 

same could be said about jones - sosa, but collectively it could be said that fighters with a bigger reputation get premature decisions while underdogs are made to work harder for their (T)KO.

my experience is this generally applies.