How hard does Joe Calzaghe hit?

It was not a damaging it was more of a technical knock down. Chris Eubank was way off balance, he laughed and nodded to Joe Calzaghe.

 

He has good power because he comes swinging fast and plays with leverage but he sacrifices most power for speed and volume of punches. Joe himself says that his left hand over the top and his left uppercut are his big punches... Well, he also says he has some pop behind his right lead but I think it's an accurate, fast scoring punch more than anything else. Hopkins is far more solid fundamentally because he moves behind his punches, doesn't put em together as he used to but still is able to unleash 3 punch combinations inside quite fast ( Winky fight).

 

Agreed it was not damaging but it was a legitimate albeit flash knockdown. I suggest you watch it again because everything in Eubanks reaction showed acknowledgment and respect, not laughter. He's said himself after getting dropped he knew he was in for a fight.

 

Yes after the fight he said

"No wonder Steve Collins did'nt want to fight him"

Chris Eubanks performance against Joe Calzaghe was one of his best "taking into account he took it at 2 weeks notice/coming down from light heavyweight"...i always remember in the last round. Chris Eubank got Joe Calzaghe on the ropes, and Calzaghe feel forward.

"But Eubank never hit him again"

 

green calzaghe vs weight drained eubank so imo both factors cancel each other out.

yes, he did say that after the fight, but it wasnt the line I was referring to. It was in an interview and in specific reference to the punch that dropped him.

weight drained or not, putting eubank on the canvas isn't done by someone with no power

 

Since Calzaghe V Lacy, no American boxer has put in a performance of the standard that Joe put in that evening. Underdog completely and utterly outclassing a highly fancied champion. People can talk about his resume, but I'd rather talk about his skill as a boxer.

I still think its gonna be a difficlut fight for Joe, but Im confident he can win because he has more to his game and has great boxing talent and a great chin

 

I have always thought Joe Calzaghe is a slightly bigger version of Oscar De La Hoya..with better stamina.

"Oscar De La Hoya..can throw a punch technically slightly better"

 

How did Eubank vote in this pole? Mule? Pop?
Bryon Mitchell? Mule?
Manfredo? Slapper?
Kessler?

 

Eubank 'He may look like he slaps sometimes, but he slaps hard.'

coming from a man with a granite chin that says a lot

but that was a decade ago, Joe never puts full power into his shots these days

 

Against what level of oposition? The Peter Manfredos?

No, but he didn't look all that great against Kessler either.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl oh ****..I Highly fancied champion or a guy that was an up and comer who just got a championship in less then 20 fights. That fight was to see IF Lacy was the real deal. NOBODY, nobody that knows boxing compared him to Mike Tyson. His only attribute was his physique and toughness. He already looked average and tried to force knockouts against lesser opponents. PS nobody cares about what SHOWTIME says pumping up there own fighter who happend to draw a good sized crowd.

 

That's a matter of opinion. Kessler was a dangerous opponent who huge amounts of people picked to beat Joe, and Calzaghe beat him convincingly.

 

that's the thing. you know, i know and everyone here knows that 90% of the online boxing community, boxing fans worldwide and the media were convinced that lacy was going to smash calzaghe as if he meant nothing.

lacy was the big muscle bound, all american hero and calzaghe the weak overhyped, overproteced eurobum. that's the truth.

calzaghe fans can dine out on that win for the rest of their lives all they ****ing want because of the **** that was spoken by most leading up to it about what big bad jeff was gonna do to the **** poor welshman.

 

Key word in that statement. Accumulate. His "tko/ko"'s come from accumulative punches, not power but activity.

 

where's that pic of lacy?