take a look at this clip were jc clearly is punshing with the inside of the glowe or "slapping" as people call it! how come the ref is alowing this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwo7cK-ddGw
I guess few people consider it a serious infraction worthy of warning against. Can anyone say what the advantage is of slapping. To my layman's knowledge I would have thought it would be significantly less powerful than a traditional punch and probably adds to JC's hand problems.
well you put less energy into it. you can throw 5 slaps to 3 taps. look at a fighter say meldrick taylor he has very fast hands but doesnt sit on his punches. calzaghe sits on his back foot and throws harder faster shots...good eonomics to me
Kessler is not getting any help from the ref in his upcoming fight. He has to win this one all by himself.
Look closely at Sheika's punches. Thrown like a lady! To be honest i thought the stoppage was a bit early, but the finish would have come sooner or later.
just let them fight . are you not glad calzaghe v kessler is happening ? what is it with all these "calzaghe should be d/q, calzaghe should have point deductions, etc etc before a punch has even been thrown. it is not as if calzaghe has not aready had 40 plus fights throwing the exact same slaps as he did in his pro debut, that anyone should be surprised by the way he throws punches. what is it exactly , some posters on esb are asking for ???????????? seems to me they want kessler to win by default or the fight not to take place. kessler will know what to expect , and yes every calzaghe opponent bar none in the build up to the fight says calzaghe slaps. nothing new there, he does.
Thats why he stays in the UK. Calzahge is actually a good fighter, with good handspeed and hes tough. I hope to see him in more high profile fights, he deserves it.
kessler fans have been going on with anti calzaghe/warren **** for ages now saying JC was scared of the mighty kessler and would never fight him.there just getting their excuses out there now the fights going ahead.pre-emptive excuse making .
bort is right. the more childish of the danish/kessler fans have said kessler v calzaghe must happen. now its occuring they want calzaghe d/q for punch technique . mind you there will be morgan palle threatning to pull out in the lead up to the fight over one thing or another, judge/ref/ring size/colour of calzaghe`s shorts/ring girl not got 36dd/ etc etc.
In Australia he would be called for 'cuffing', not sure what the rules over there are? After the Hatton/Tszyu fight I'm not sure there are any.
so how do you explain his two fights outside the uk where he wasn't warned/deducted points/dq'ed for his style?