Calzaghe is faster than Pacquiao!

This from boxingconfidential: I'm currently writing this blurb from Tuscon, Arizona in anticipation of the Telefutura fight card featuring Freddy "El Riel" Hernandez vs. Noberto "Nito" Bravo. In attendance at this fight card is IBA president and former Cy Young award winner, Dean Chance. The IBA has a world-class gym located in Las Vegas, Nevada merely a few blocks off the strip. The "Pride of Wales", Joe Calzaghe has spent the past several weeks working out of the gym in preparation for tomorrow night's battle with Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins at the Thomas and Mack Center. According to Chance, the word out of the IBA gym is that onlookers who've had the recent pleasure of viewing both Filipino superstar, Manny Pacquiao and Joe Calzaghe up, close, and personal... the Welshman is even faster than the former 130 pound champion. It's quite an amazing feat being that Calzaghe will be competing seven weight classes above what we've seen from the "Pacman" in recent times. If it is indeed true that Joe is looking as sharp and as quick as anything to have ever taken place in the IBA gym, the Philadelphian will have more than his hands full dealing with the whirlwind that's undoubtedly coming his way. This is not a way stir up the Pacmaniac's in any way, shape, or form. Mr. Chance merely relayed the information given to him within the past few days...

Comments (12)

BLaZiNMaX

Exactly, no pepper behind those hands! He can't really "bang" (heard that in a 50 cent song yesterday) he throws his punches in uncoordinated combinations.

18y ago

badnewsbrown

joe puts nothin behind his punches. thats why appears to fast.

18y ago

Sugarj

Yea Joes not quite the puncher he was due to injury, he does have very quick hands. I dont think i've ever seen faster hands than a peak Roy Jones though, whatever the weight.

18y ago

Left_Hook_Tua

Chris Eubank: "People think Joe slaps... but I assure you, there's steel behind those fists. I have never been hit as hard in my life." eubank was 11 years ago though. doesn't joe have hand problems now? or did he have it back then too? i'm sure he doesn't hit as hard as he did before the hand problems.

18y ago

FRKO

Joe Calzaghe is faster but he doesnt hit with power behind them as seen when he flurried on manfredo no mustard. Chris Eubank: "People think Joe slaps... but I assure you, there's steel behind those fists. I have never been hit as hard in my life."

18y ago

Left_Hook_Tua

well i think they use it to rep Floyd, since on 24/7 that was his little catchphrase, but me well i just switched it to swaggy cuz my swagger is out of this world haha. I think they have a little group that all have flashy in their sig not sure what it really means to them, but as of now im the lone wolfe with mine. thanks. i knew it had something to do with floyd but i don't know if it was a support type thing or making fun of him type thing. a lot of the cotto haters were calling cotto lifestyle......flashy after the gomez fight.

18y ago

raysan

raysan , out of curiosity. what's the deal with all the lifestyle......flashy , lifestyle......swaggy , lifestyle...... etc. i see in everyones sig? i'm new to this forum. just wanted to know. well i think they use it to rep Floyd, since on 24/7 that was his little catchphrase, but me well i just switched it to swaggy cuz my swagger is out of this world haha. I think they have a little group that all have flashy in their sig not sure what it really means to them, but as of now im the lone wolfe with mine.

18y ago

MikeBrew328

No. I don't think so.

18y ago

Left_Hook_Tua

Pac probably hits harder though, haha raysan , out of curiosity. what's the deal with all the lifestyle......flashy , lifestyle......swaggy , lifestyle...... etc. i see in everyones sig? i'm new to this forum. just wanted to know.

18y ago

Left_Hook_Tua

Pac probably hits harder though, haha ha ha ha good one.

18y ago

raysan

Pac probably hits harder though, haha

18y ago

Left_Hook_Tua

joe , prime meldrick taylor just called......he wants all that speed back from you. i always knew joe was special. didn't know he was faster than one of the fastest featherweights out there right now though......

18y ago