Joe Calzaghe: More Points wins/less hand injuries.... coincidence?

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  1. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Anyone else think Joe's not punching at full force to protect his hands?

    I think he's reserving it for the worst case scenario. If he's in deep **** then he'll be prepared to break some hands but hasn't needed to.
     
    PrideOfWales, Nov 7, 2007
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  2. DaveyScan

    DaveyScan Active Member Full Member

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    The longer he can let his hands heal and not break.. the better they'll hold in the future.
     
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  3. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    He punched Mikkel pretty hard...not that many slaps there; was he not thanking his glove maker after the fight for the great gloves...maybe that has a bit to do with it...
     
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  4. Grant1

    Grant1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Without a shadow of a doubt.

    (Hence the open-handed shots at Manfredo - he was going for volume rather than the ko punch)
     
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  5. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Watch the fight back. He was putting power into the body shots but rarely put much into the head shots.
     
    PrideOfWales, Nov 7, 2007
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  6. Betty Swollocks

    Betty Swollocks James 'Lights Out' Toney Full Member

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    nah, he just isn't a massive puncher and never has been, and his punching technique is strange.
     
    Betty Swollocks, Nov 7, 2007
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  7. hitman_hatton1

    hitman_hatton1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    his power has definitely lessened over the years

    he can still hit pretty hard though.

    kessler felt some of em.

    particularly that bodyshot in the 8th rd. :yep
     
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  8. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    I can see where you're coming from but when he plants his feet and puts everything into it (as in the Mitchell, Sheika fights etc) he can hit pretty hard. He's never been the biggest puncher in the world but I'm convinced that he holds back quite a bit too.
     
    PrideOfWales, Nov 7, 2007
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  9. hitman_hatton1

    hitman_hatton1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he's always been a volume puncher more than a single punch hitter.

    he was overwhelming fighters earlier on in his career.

    but he was also really hurting guys as well. :yep

    he relies even more so on lighter flurries these days. :bbb

    plus he's hurt virtually everyone he's ever fought at some point in a fight. another sign that he's a more than respectable puncher even now. :hey
     
    hitman_hatton1, Nov 7, 2007
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  10. bratwurzt

    bratwurzt Whore Full Member

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    You have a pretty valid point there :good
     
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  11. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    i agree, he is waiting until he is down on points before he brings back that K.O power he had in the early days!
     
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  12. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    lol - the Danes are going to stone you for this one!
     
    PrideOfWales, Nov 7, 2007
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  13. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    A prime focused Calzaghe would have stopped Kessler as well.
     
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