Boxing's Ten Commandments (from a technical perspective)

The jab is your most important punch

 

i should have added 'and treated in that way.'

also McGrain that was excellant, balance is the most important thing in boxing.

 

good footwork is as important as anything else. Without it you are limiting what you can do

 

Revise it to: Thou shalt have the technique and the skill to stand in the eye of the storm with younger, fresher, bigger, stronger opponents, and triumph.

 

Fantastic post. I strongly disagree that Calzaghe won the fight, but a fascinating post nonetheless :happy

 

Thou shall claim the victor was on 'roids if thy loses.

 

Calzaghe fought a horrible fight against Hopkins, maybe the right hand in the first made him do that. On off day against a wonderful fighter and he still got away with it, an extremely impressive win in that context.

 

The fight was horrible, awful. It was there for Hopkins but that version of ol' Hoppy was too circumspect to pull it out of the bag like he would have done a good 5/6 years back.

Hopkins had this real bad habit later on of casually plucking at his foe and then thinking he was miles ahead.

 

Let's not forget that Calzaghe, at 36, wasn't exactly young either. Especially if you consider that he has a young man's style.

 

Calzaghe had a high velocity, Maxie Rosenbloom type of style. He can be criticised from dusk till dawn for slapping and throwing tons of light seemingly inconsequential slapping type punches, but just like Slapsie Maxie, that was his style and he used it to perfection, perhaps because brittle hands prevented him from throwing harder punches. Maybe Rosenbloom wouldn't be so popular today because of his propensity to slap, but he's at least given his props in "classic" type forums for his ring accomplishments, and what makes him any different from Joe Calzaghe, who won his fights...all of them...basically in the same way.

 

Imo a key moment in the fight was when hopkins was trying to get a hand off the ref/ well not a hand but help or time off.
This from a fighter who has good mind games, shows toughness, fought on against echols 2.
This imo is a big thing in the fight.

Also i felt hopkins did edge it, but also could go either way.

I had $$ on Calzaghe

 

I disagree with this. Calzaghe of 06-07 was the best JC ever IMO. He could still fight at a rapid pace for 12 rounds at that age as proved against Lacy, Bika and Kessler, so his style and effectiveness had not been compromised by then. I look at the young Calzaghe and see a guy who went life and death with Robin Reid, then look at the tail-end Calzaghe, who adjusted mid-fight to defeat Kessler. The street-smarts, composure, experience, and strength of mind and body gained from 97-06/7 had clearly benefitted Calzaghe immensely. If 2007 Kessler had been in the ring with the young Calzaghe instead of Reid, Kessler was having the full 12 the way he had the first 6 with 2007 Calzaghe, and winning that fight.

 

A very enjoyable read, and a good case proven well:good

 

Good post, and I agree. That Calzaghe would be the one best equipped to beat Prime Jones IMO (also I feel he would come up short)

Calzaghe was a fighter who was all about ring smarts IMO. I think when he finally had some 'key performances' it was his ability to make adjustments and implement his Jazzy style on his opponents. Often at breakneck pace.

 

How do you explain this (0:34)?

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