Calzaghe has no defensive skill

No, he didn't.

Calzaghe dominated the first round.

Then Mitchell knocked him down and then Calzaghe absolutely destroyed him and the fight only lasted 2 rounds.

'serious problems throughout' :rofl

 

I have a problem with 'serious problems throughout' when it only lasted 2 rounds.

And the bulk of the second round was Calzaghe beating **** out of Mitchell anyway.

 

joe went to war. he doesn't always fight like that.

 

If Calzaghe is so bad on defense why is he unmarked? He's had around 100 amatuer fights and over 40 pro fights, and he's suffered no more than a nick here or there. Mitchell was no "B" fighter , by the way, he was a solid contender, a beltholder, and a big puncher.
Actually i'm picking Hopkins in this one but this thread seems like a far reach to discredit Calzaghe , who despite seeming to have bad form, is damn effective, and one of the best fighters in the world today. I feel Hopkins is a bad match up for Joe style wise, but Calzaghe could still beat some guys that Hopkins might lose to, like Jermain Taylor, and Mikkal Kessler.

 

"He throws wide, winging punches which leave him open to shots straight down the middle"

Lacy said a simelar thing and got batterd.
Against Kessler Calzaghethrough more straight shots and boxed more rather than going head on like he did against Mitchell.
Joe's chin is excellent, he has good quick footmovement and he is a good judge of distance and he keeps his hands up when he has to. To say he has a poor defence is just plain thick. Mitchells best moments in the fight were when he managed to rip into Joe with body shots then a wild left hook i dont count 5 punches as a basis for saying someone has a bad defence - look to someone like John Duddy for someone who has no defence

 

2 rounds labels him serious problems Joe? hmm? I wonder what you think if he went 12.

 

i just watched winky wright v vasquez.

never seen this fighter winky wright before and have no idea how his career has gone, but boy is he poor defensively, bouncing up and down off the floor i needed a calculator to keep up.

obviously a fighter who has no defense.

 

This is a ridiculous thread..Joe has an excellent defence. He does like to go to war but if he didn't you'd call him over cautious..he can't win!

If you knew boxing you would appreciate how good his defence is, he's very hard to hit clean and yet he doesn't run away.

Also, Mitchell did not land cleanly in the 1st! That has to be a joke, Calzaghe boxed his ears off in the 1st round and hardly got hit.

 

I'd actually never seen the fight before, just watched it a minute ago. Yeah, Joe pretty much lands punches at will throughout the fight and rarely gets hit by meaningful punches. Not sure what fight the OP was watching.

 

Neither does he.

 

No Defence? Hmm. Why didn't Lacy bomb him out then?? there's more to defence than keeping your hands round your lugs!

 

atsch atsch

That's all I will say about this thread.

 

I really think it might be time to impose a ban for people under 500 posts to start a thread.