of calzaghe's 32 stoppages, how many arel legit?

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  1. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the greatest fraud in the history of the sport, calzaghe landed over 300 punches on an old, washed up, punching bag, glass jawed jones and still couldn't knock him out. that said, how many of the crackhead's stoppages were legitimate stoppages in which his opponent was defenseless and in serious danger?
     
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  2. rccwilliams

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    Sugar Joe was a devastating power puncher in his prime. Every one of those ref assited stoppages was legit and for the well being of the victim. Had they been allowed to go on, they might've ended up comatose.
     
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  3. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :rofl:rofl:rofl is that the white stuff he was snorting?
     
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  4. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Yeah that one really sucked, he would have lost anyway but going out like that was lame.
     
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  5. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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  6. Joan_Guzman

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    About as legit as khans
     
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  7. the_baller

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  8. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Calzaghe was a KO Specialist

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACgTJhEdj5M[/ame]
     
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  9. The_President

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    10 or 11 drunks
     
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  10. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe had knockout power right throw his career , it was the changes he made when he kept breaking his hands.

    I do note that as he moved up he did arm punch more , but this was again helping his hands.

    I didnt like what he did or his style , but it did help him fight into his late 30's.
     
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  11. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the refs also helped him. you didn't answer the question!:deal
     
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  12. rccwilliams

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  13. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Most of them , but I think your question should have been 'how many KO's did he score'.

    As I dont think I have seen Joe score a knockout.
     
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  14. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Had some kind of sudo-record going on with how many punches he landed on Lacy and then Jones, and couldn't stop either... The Lacy fight considered by many to be his best performance ever.

    But one glance at his "highlight" reel of knockouts and you can see they were all TKO's, 90% of his opponents being stopped on pure accumulation, overwhelmed with activity and not throwing back.

    I remember a knowledgeable poster in Classic saying Calzaghe only left one or two of his opponents, ever, out cold or anything approaching it.
     
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  15. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    it doesn't matter what kind of stoppage it was. stopping a fight when a fighter isn't hurt and is simply waiting for an opening is denying that fighter a chance of accomplishing anything. i see if calzaghe actaully had any of his opponents hurt. and the fact that 80% of his opponents were stiff bums, his inability to knock them out shows how weak he was.
     
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