Has calzaghe ever faced a body puncher like RJJ?

Hopkins, like Roy Jones, was a good body puncher in his day. Both have declined too much to consistently punch to the body, we didn't see much of it in Roy's last few fights.

wtf? never really thought of Roy as a body puncher - strange

The night grows closer, where the current P4P no.1 faces the forgotten legend. I have been waiting for this fight since calzaghe talked about it after the hopkins fight and in turn have been pissing alot of people off on these websites out of sheer boredom. However on the odd occasion when bryceyboi has not been drinking to much coca cola he is down for serious debate, and as the fight is approaching in the next few months i would like to hear some reasonable views and forecasts from all boxing fans When people first heard the next opponent on the welsh dragons list was roy jones, there was massive upset, caliming pavlick deserved it and was the better fighter, this is not the case. Anyone who has ever watched roy jones live or in boxing videos knows that Jones at 2 years older is no excuse to be ruled out alltogther. Roy jones always has a game plan. Calzaghe however is more adaptable. I think calzaghe will go in there open minded withe the heart of a lion, where as jones is going to have set out a plan A, B and C. Ive said all along i think jones is going to pull off a massive upset to the uk fans and he will pull it off aslong as he goes in there wanting to win. The problem being a jones fan is that after the tarver and glen johnson fight, i personally think jones did not loose any power, did not loose his speed and did not loose his ability to box. However i think he did change in the way that he didnt want to win as much, he has alot of money, hes smart and hes now not the undefeated legend he was. Its as simple as jones wanting to prove that he should still be considered an ATG, P4P champ. I hope this fight doesnt compare to " calzaghe vs hopkins " or " jones vs tito " because IMO both fights were about exciting as 2 goldfish playing hide and seek. It needs the full support of the jones and calzaghe fans, it needs both fighters heading into that ring thinking about one thing only, and thats winning. Although i see jones winning this fight, i would never completely rule calzaghe out. In ANY fight there is really 50/50 chance. Calzaghe has got an incredable workrate, the best out of all the boxers i can think of today, He just keeps on going and doesnt seem to get tired. He loves his fans and is clearly going to put on the best performance he can and has to date. 1rst Round I see this being similar to " calzaghe vs hopkins " round 1, slow and uneasy for both fighters. Jones throwing some shock hooks and mabey putting calzaghe down but certainly not hurting him 2nd Round Both Fighters getting stuck in and tryign to work out each others gameplans. Both fights connecting 3rd Round This is where i think jones will pick up and start outsmarting calzaghe with suprising hooks,uppercuts,jabs from all directions, then straight back into his turtle defence 4rd Round The most important round for jones IMO, from seeing pretty much everyone of jones fights and seeing many of calzaghes. I think this is the round where jones must go all out and try knock calzaghe out. From what ive seen calzaghe starts getting into the fight about round 4/5... If jones lets it slip past round 4 hes going to be in trouble. He must keep moving on his feet and trying to outsmart clazaghe because if he punches him self out and is on the ropes in his new turtle style defence, Calzaghe will unleash a flurry of punches on him tiring him out as we all know jones does not have the stamina of calzaghe. Whatever happens its going to be a close one and im interested to see what everyone else thinks round by round etc , regardless of boxing records and names. discuss...

calzaghe is very open to the body and even though jones is not in his prime i still think he's very smart and always has a game plan, i think he can land the straight right and right hook all night, also a big factor will be..calzaghe is never really balanced while throwing his flurries and jones is still the ultimate counter puncher he can counter any punch from any angle.

I give Roy a shot believe it or not. For a couple of reasons he is still very fast and can slip alot of punches and is keeping his guard up higher at times. The second is his power although he has lost some pop he still hurt Tarver in the third fight and nearly koed his last two oppenents but looked like he has honestly holding back. And Lastly Roy wont respect his power he is the bigger man and will not have to worry about Counterpunches. I take roy to pull the upset. Peace out

No, but I don't think Jones will go to the body all that much apart from maybe some straight right hands, which is his favorite body shot against southpaws.

maybe in his prime, but i think since he's older he wont be able to jump in, bang to the body , then jump out. if he dare jump in JOe will bang to the face faster than Roy can get out. simply my 2 cents.:boxing::boxing: I agree with this post. I don't think ROy will be doing a great deal of body punching in this fight. Long range jabs perhaps but that is about it.

I think that RJJ is going to hit Calzaghe with all that he has got but I think that Calzaghe will weather the storm in the first few rounds, work out RJJ gameplan and then take it to him and get the win. There is no doubting that RJJ is a great body puncher but I honestly think Calzaghe will take this one.

maybe in his prime, but i think since he's older he wont be able to jump in, bang to the body , then jump out. if he dare jump in JOe will bang to the face faster than Roy can get out. simply my 2 cents.:boxing::boxing: