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Excellent post. Calzaghe is devservingly the favorite, but that's a damn good analysis on your behalf. I'm taking Roy in this fight as well.
I don't think he's "easy" to hit but he's not Pernell or Floyd. Reid, Woodhall and Hopkins gave him grief with right leads and Kessler did all of his damage with the same hand. I don't think Joe is a stiff - far from it - but Roy will and should find the target regularly in this fight.
This post has to be a joke. Calzaghe was walking into punches against Hopkins despite the fact that Nard was only throwing one punch.
Well we agree to disagree. I could dissect your post as you did mine but I don't have the time right now. Just quickly though. Reid was a counter puncher Jones wont be effective off the ropes as Calzaghe will push him back with straight shots rendering his counters useless. I always pay attention, sunshine!
This is indeed a good analysis and I wish this was what was going to happen so much, and I hate to be crude and reductive in response, but you are overlooking the only factor that matters - Roy Jones is shot to pieces. He has neither the stamina nor the resilience to go 12 hard rounds with someone who is (a) not shot nor anywhere near it, (b) fights at breakneck pace, (c) throws hundreds of punches. If you are right and I am wrong I'll be the happiest guy on the planet come Saturday night, but I just cannot see, on the basis of his last 6 fights stretching back 5 years, how this Roy Jones will see the final bell. IMO.
the problem roy will have and one in particular that kessler and hopkins had was once the fight reaches the middle rounds and calzaghe has had a look at you he begins to take disarm you and make it harder for you to score with your main weapons. it's at this point that nobody has had it in them to be able to match calzaghe and change their gameplan up as well to try and befuddle him. aside from that, if calzaghe gets into his groove i can't for the life of me see how this leggy version of roy keeps up with him.
i wouldn't say he was a counter puncher by trade but he could counter punch very effectively when he wanted to. he did at times pick joe off very well. he just didn't have the speed to match his opponent.
I've watched Calzaghe right from the start of his career, travelling around. Lucky enough to be ringside a few times. The boy can box. Obviously I like Joe but I gotta say he's past his peak, and he knows that himself too. In saying that he is still an incredible fighter. Obviously Jones is past his prime too. I think when Joe beats Jones everyone will say he beat a shot fighter. But if you look at opinions on this forum they seem pretty split. I reckon Calzaghe will want to fight again after this - one more mega money purse in 8-12 months will be too good to turn down The fight itself? Everyone seems to have missed one thing. The jab. arguably the most important punch in boxing. Joe's slight height advantage will mean he can paw and double jab away outta range and when Jones counters Joe will flurry back. Hopkins is tall and it wasn't easy getting the distance right without getting cuaght with that big right coming in. I think the only chance Jones has of winning is to steal rounds with flashy combos. But the pace Joe fights and the number of punches he throws and the age Jones is...well, I don't see Junior being able to enjoy long periods of posing. Don't forget Hopkins, as canny as he is, was exhausted at the end of the fight and needed breathers along the way and Calzaghe was poor by his standards that night. I make Hopkins 2008 much better than Jones 2008. I can see Calzaghe growing in confidence after paying Jones respect for the first few rounds and upping the tempo possibly stopping a tired Jones late on or winning comfortably on points. Joe has a great chin. Watching that Kessler performance back was amazing. The Dane is strong, very strong. Joe showed he's a box fighter. I think against Jones he'll start off boxing and then mix it later. Let's hope the styles gel better than BHop/Calzaghe