I dont see Calzaghe winning at all

Since when does Calzaghe get considered to Bernard Hopkin's lower standing?:yep

 

Kessler has one advantage that people dont seem to notice, his youth, he is 28 while Calzaghe is 35. Of course Calzaghe hasnt shown any signs of getting old but he is on the decline IMO. I think this fight is going to be very close and wil go the distance.

 

Maybe you didnt see the Bika fight?

- Calzaghe is given wayyy too much credit for his so-called boxing skills, when in reality hes a mad slapper who hit Lacy a 1000 times and barely got a 12th round KD.

- Calzaghe (as all south paws) is very vulnable to the straight right and leaves his right way to low for a sharp puncher like Kessler to hit his mark all night.

- Footspeed does go to Calzaghe favor, but Calzaghe has no patience and once Kessler peppers him with a clean punch, speed wont be necesary as Calzaghe will try to brawl with Kessler, and at 35 i dont see how a brawl would benefit Joe.

- Kessler has no inside D? I dont see much D from Calzaghe either. If anything I see Kessler putting his punches together a lot better than Joe.

- Calzaghe is not extreme strong for 168, so i dont see your logic here.:huh

- Calzaghe's victory over Lacy does not say much about this fight, Lacy was Tailor made stylistically. Lacy was Naturally smaller (althought wider), slow, didnt set up punches very well, was a bit wild, and after a couple of rounds was going for the KO. Kessler is a smarter fighter, sets his punches up better, and will be too much for Calzaghe.

- Calzaghe's 0 will go.

 

Watched it about 10 times. I chew the roots of the Iboga while watching Calzaghe fights, it expands my knowledge of boxing.:good

Maybe you didn't understand the preparation for the Bika fight, which is fine.

This is not even a good point.

Calzaghe's open to a timed overhand right, such as what Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins utilise a lot. He's not open to a straight right set up from a jab, which is what Kessler produces.

At 35 he will be in the same condition he was for Lacy, where he was 34. How is a brawl going to benefit a guy who cannot stand to trade and who becomes tenatative under fire and workrate stylistically?

A boxing match benefits Kessler, an inside fight/brawl benefits Joe.

He throws the straighter punches, but generally Calzaghe is very accurate and uses fantastic natural timing. Calzaghe has a fantastic defence, mostly comes from lateral movement and footspeed, I've never seen him hit with a combination on film, normally just single shots.

Calzaghe rarely gets tagged inside, he's a wizard on the inside.

Then why has nobody ever outmuscled him? Even stronger guys than Kessler. Do you really follow the SMW division mate?

Doesn't seem like it. Mundine was actually stronger than Kessler, Calzaghe is much stronger than Mundine, do the math.

A guy like Kessler is equally made for Calzaghe, as Kessler needs to control the fight to do any effective work, Calzaghe's style is all about disrupting a gameplan, it will especially work here and I have stated the reasons on the first page why it will do so.

Lacy was setting up punches fine intially, however, his entire gameplan was broken in the early rounds and he was annihilated down the stretch in one of the worst beatdowns of all time.

And if it doesn't?:yep

 

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I'm not the one acting like a person who just escaped from the nuthouse mate. Do you really doubt Joe Calzaghe?

 

Sorry just had to put those icons up...

Anyways, i dont think Joe will beat Kessler. Kessler will be too young, too strong, too accurate for Joe to beat. Itll be a sad day for the brits as their hero will be retired by Kessler.

 

It appears logic isn't welcome in this thread, Calzaghe's a stylist with a natural flow to his boxing, Kessler is a monotonous robot who just keeps reloading and repeating the same punches over and over whilst circling like a dog trying to bite its tail.

 

atschHappy slapping that's called natural flow???

Kessler might be a robot but then it's a Terminator

 

Well the terminators going to be terminated. Or at least be made to look like Johnny 5.

 

well something you might take in mind ...if he's been Robot in your term that maybe because he hasn't been in a situation where's he haven't forced to change he's gamplan.

I believe he's able to change his gameplan if it's needed and that is another reason why I think Joe's in for a surprise. (he knows he's fighting on Joe's homeground and he have to finish the job)

 

No acutally I didn't .....

:huh and then people keep telling Kessler is the Robotic fighter

 

It surprises me there are such split opinions on Calzaghe. His extraordinary talent is obvious to me from just watching him on film. For all intents and purposes, he is an aged prodigy, meant to be a champion from the moment he first laced up boxing gloves.

 

Why does boxing attract such limp minded ****ers? 'Kessler is a better boxer than Calzaghe'!!!!!!!! What a ****ing comedian.

 

All true but JC is looking OLD

His last 2 fights just glossed over it

I think its going to be a long night for Joe, hopefully he can finish Kessler off in the middle rds but i doubt it