I dont care what anyone says.....James Toney is better and would beat .......

Godzaghe is also a premium boxer if needed and very hard to hit at his best.

 

If he gets outboxed by Peter, then Calzaghe would outbox him too.

 

Calzaghe isn't as fast as Jones was in his prime, no doubt about it.

But that said, Calzaghe is a very different kind of fight. No he isn't gonna feint from the outside multiple times to throw you off and land a clean right hand. What he will do though is stand inside and throw alot of punches. Now that may seem like a counter puncher's dream, but in reality Calzaghe isn't just throwing stock trade punches. He has a very intelligent swarming style. Just look at his style. Actually it reminds me alot of watching Pavlik how he catches guys down low and with uppercuts and right hands upstairs.

All those little evasive moves that Toney does like leaning to his left, rolling his shoulder and catching with his glove will be invitations for hooks to the body, uppercuts to the chin and right hands to the ear. Toney gets away with this alot against guys who throw stock trade punches. You know guys who aren't offensive thinkers, they just do what their trainer tells them.

I think Calzaghe-Toney is a closer fight than Jones-Toney, because neither guy is going to seize the advantage of footwork and distance. But I don't see Toney having an easy time with Calzaghe on the inside either. I think Calzaghe is a bit too smart, infact smarter than most of the 60some guys Toney walked over as supermiddleweight champion.

 

Yea but see you act like the only way to hit Toney is straight on from a distance. I've seen Toney get hit plenty from guys who aimed for his ear if you know what I'm saying.

Calzaghe doesn't just throw wide slaps either. Those are some short hooks he throws inside. Look how he caught Mitchell after being knocked down. That left hook was as short as they come. What is the best punch to land on a guy who leans into your left? The left hook right? What punch did Roy drop Toney with? And what position was Toney in when he fell? He was leaning into Jones' left, and got dropped with a left hook if I recall correctly.

And about that fight with Brewer. Calzaghe admitted that he didn't box Brewer like he should have. He went a little wild. That doesn't mean he is gonna be wild against Toney you know.

I'll say it again. I don't think Toney has an easy time inside with him. Calzaghe hasn't been where he is by throwing wide slapping punches his whole career.

 

And you know what. Now that I watch Jones-Toney again everytime Jones had Toney off balance it was the left hook that did it.

I have little doubt watching this that Calzaghe couldn't do much of the same.

 

Those weren't all leaping left hooks. :nono

Jones knew that he had Toney when he stood up to mimic him. He knew the next thing Toney would do, as he always does, is lean into that left. Thats what makes Toney so hard to hit with the right hand. But see Jones knew he had a small window to catch Toney leaning into his left.

Calzaghe isn't as fast as Jones, but that left hook is STILL faster than anything Sam Peter or any other cruiser/heavy throws.

And to Sam's part he caught Toney after the lean into his left. When Toney leans all the way then he's a sitting duck for a right hand behind the ear. That is where Sam did his damage and didn't need to be fast.

Now if Sam is smart enough to figure that out I have no doubt that Calzaghe can figure it out too. Toney essentially fought alot of guys who had a stock trade 1-2 style. Is it any wonder that Jones, who is a very unorthodox quick fighter :see also Calzaghe, beat the **** out of him?

Not to me. :smoke

 

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