Who punches faster, Calzaghe or Taylor?

[fabzmm]

taylor telegraphs his punches....as quick as his combos are, he telegraphs it.

[Boogie Nights]

You're new to boxing aren't you.

not really, im guessing you are. listen had taylor not lost to pavlik people wouldnt even be talking about this **** now. as i remember a lot of critics favoring taylor over joe at the time, cuz he was an unknown fresh off his win over lacy, when taylor beat hopkins twice. half of people are just being biased. and to let you know offhand im not a taylor fan at all, infact i always criticised his legetemacy as a recognized middleweight champ. i disliked him. but hey if you cant distinguish speed and workrate you need to take care of your vision and not walk around questioning people's opinion

ill say it again pure handspeed, the time the actual punch gets from shoulder length to the distance of where the face is located goes to taylor. i dont really know how much more simple i can make it for you.

calzaghe throws double the amount of punches than taylor does at a higher rate, and very quickly too. he's a faster all around guy. taylor's handspeed is quicker than calzaghes, not by much but you can see the speed in his hands. im not a fan of either guy so im telling you how it is.

and if taylor actually threw punches the way joe does he'd be the next sugar ray leonard. joe calzaghe has no power in those fluries that he throws, taylor does. that's the whole difference

[Silencers]

well i know power is not in the question im just saying about the difference between the punching technique. like i said before joe is a busier guy, he throws hundreds of punches per round he's got a quicker body movement. when talking pure handspeed id pick taylor. workrate with your punches and speed are different and some people confuse the two. if two of them fought, id say that joe will be much busier and will outhustle taylor, but the handspeed id give to taylor for the first 5 rounds until he tires eventhough he does throw those wide looping punches. but that's just my opinion.

You should watch some of Calzaghe's earlier fights when he hadn't hurt his hands yet, he was punching faster than Taylor with a lot of power, he didn't start to punch open handed until he started hurting his hands, and he's still capable of punching with speed and power but he's afraid it might hurt his hands, so he doesn't do it much anymore.

[Boogie Nights]

You should watch some of Calzaghe's earlier fights when he hadn't hurt his hands yet, he was punching faster than Taylor with a lot of power, he didn't start to punch open handed until he started hurting his hands, and he's still capable of punching with speed and power but he's afraid it might hurt his hands, so he doesn't do it much anymore.

im not gonna lie i dont go as far back as watching joe's early career fights. ill be even more honest, i only heard about him after the win's over lacy and then the rest. that might be the case. like i said i dont favor jermain, because i dont like him, but to me from what ive seen his hands look quicker at least for the first 4-5 rounds, but maybe it's also because i view taylor as a bigger puncher.

[Silencers]

im not gonna lie i dont go as far back as watching joe's early career fights. ill be even more honest, i only heard about him after the win's over lacy and then the rest. that might be the case. like i said i dont favor jermain, because i dont like him, but to me from what ive seen his hands look quicker at least for the first 4-5 rounds, but maybe it's also because i view taylor as a bigger puncher.

Taylor's hands are quick but you try and look at some of Calzaghe's earlier fights before he started getting scared of hurting his hands, some of his punches were unbelievably fast with some very good power.

[Jim Jeffries]

im not gonna lie i dont go as far back as watching joe's early career fights. ill be even more honest, i only heard about him after the win's over lacy and then the rest. that might be the case. like i said i dont favor jermain, because i dont like him, but to me from what ive seen his hands look quicker at least for the first 4-5 rounds, but maybe it's also because i view taylor as a bigger puncher.

Who punches faster, Malignaggi or Margarito? Now who hits harder? I think you may be confusing speed with power.

[FRKO]

Joe C has the faster hands, undoubtedly. I'm a bit of a Taylor fan, though, I'm not ashamed to admit it! I think he's a fine boxer but he just ain't busy enough.

[Boogie Nights]

Taylor's hands are quick but you try and look at some of Calzaghe's earlier fights before he started getting scared of hurting his hands, some of his punches were unbelievably fast with some very good power.

ill take your word for it as i have not seen him earlier and im not gonna bull****. but i did read about his hand problems and that he been having them for a while. that especially came up before the kessler fight, many questioning how he would **** with a good puncher.

and i never said that clazaghe was slow, no way. to me he's very quick very good hand speed, and i guess that slapping explains his fear of trying to reinjure his hands. but it looked to me that taylor got quick hands, at least for the first 4 rounds before he starts to gas out. joe is also very quick in his movement, not just hands, but the way he moves his body side to side, in and out, much faster that taylor. and a fresh taylor is very athletic.

if a fight between these 2 was ever made (not likely, since both are moving up) id pick joe by a dominant performance. i see joe taking control, and taylor winning 3 or 4rounds, but a defenitive victory for calzaghe.

but still man it's an opinion. it's no different than saying which heavyweight had quicker hands ali, or tyson, when it's really floyd patterson

[Boogie Nights]

Who punches faster, Malignaggi or Margarito? Now who hits harder? I think you may be confusing speed with power.

not at all, and that's a bad exaple, first a big weight disparity, and second one guy has always been slow that being margarito. now taylor and calzaghe are both very fast, and a dozen pounds apart, a more reasonable arguement can be made here. because unlike margarito, taylor punches hard and got quick hands. and margarito is not that big a puncher, there're plenty welterweights out there who punch harder than him. anyone can punch faster without putting too much power behind their shots. when you punch fast and actually doing it with the intention of hurting your oponent that's a different story. like i said if taylor was slapping with his shots like calzaghe (after his injury) he'd be even faster than joe. no offence but i think you're the one who's confused.

[Silencers]

ill take your word for it as i have not seen him earlier and im not gonna bull****. but i did read about his hand problems and that he been having them for a while. that especially came up before the kessler fight, many questioning how he would **** with a good puncher.

and i never said that clazaghe was slow, no way. to me he's very quick very good hand speed, and i guess that slapping explains his fear of trying to reinjure his hands. but it looked to me that taylor got quick hands, at least for the first 4 rounds before he starts to gas out. joe is also very quick in his movement, not just hands, but the way he moves his body side to side, in and out, much faster that taylor. and a fresh taylor is very athletic.

if a fight between these 2 was ever made (not likely, since both are moving up) id pick joe by a dominant performance. i see joe taking control, and taylor winning 3 or 4rounds, but a defenitive victory for calzaghe.

but still man it's an opinion. it's no different than saying which heavyweight had quicker hands ali, or tyson, when it's really floyd patterson

The questions about him being able to **** it out with a puncher was answered when he fought and beat Byron Mitchell in 2 rounds. Trust me, Calzaghe's hand speed is better than Taylor's, open handed or not. But you're right, if it's your opinion, it's fine by me. We're all entitled to out own opinions.