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i know im i the minority here but i really do believe that JC has gone and taken the tougher fight in RJJ - sounds crazy i know but hear me out. yes pavlik is higher up in the p4p rankings but think about it styles make fights -
pavlik is an orthodox power puncher with good stamina, its a style that is tailor made for anyone who has good ring smarts like hopkins or calzaghe. besides theres another problem with kelly - lets say joe does beat him which most of us do see him doing, you get the feeling that the majority of US fight fans will just turn around and say what they said when he beat lacey. throw in the fact that i see kessler beating pavlik in the next few years and suddenly pavlik doesn't seem like a worthy foe.
iv watched calzaghe since his early days and in his latter years he has always spoken of the need for the fighter hes fighting to really motivate him. roy jones however does, roy is mutli weight champion, and without doubt a top 10 p4p fighter if you were to look solely at fighters primes. his achievements cannot be taken away from him, whats more there is an element of recogntion that has eluded calzaghe when he was in his prime (parly his won fault). by beating roy jones Jr now id does open up the argument of how wold joe have handled roy in his prime, who the better SMW was and more importantly who really has been the better fighter over the last 10/15 years.
calzaghes success is mostly down to his ring smarts, imo he is the best in-ring tactician and his boxing brain is second to none. he takes his oppoents best punches away from them he never let lacy really set himself with a peek-a-boo style, he never let kessler work behind his jab and he took hopkins counter right hand out of the fight after round 4.
now its hard to see what he will do with RJJ roy is capable of leading with left hooks and straight rights instead of his jab because he is simply that damn good. throw in the fact that roy is quicker than joe (considerably so), more powerful than joe (again considerably so), and so far his biggest weakness (his chin) isn't something that calzaghe can exploit.
suddenly the fight with pavlik seems to look alot easier?
your thouhgts?
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pavlik is an orthodox power puncher with good stamina, its a style that is tailor made for anyone who has good ring smarts like hopkins or calzaghe. besides theres another problem with kelly - lets say joe does beat him which most of us do see him doing, you get the feeling that the majority of US fight fans will just turn around and say what they said when he beat lacey. throw in the fact that i see kessler beating pavlik in the next few years and suddenly pavlik doesn't seem like a worthy foe.
iv watched calzaghe since his early days and in his latter years he has always spoken of the need for the fighter hes fighting to really motivate him. roy jones however does, roy is mutli weight champion, and without doubt a top 10 p4p fighter if you were to look solely at fighters primes. his achievements cannot be taken away from him, whats more there is an element of recogntion that has eluded calzaghe when he was in his prime (parly his won fault). by beating roy jones Jr now id does open up the argument of how wold joe have handled roy in his prime, who the better SMW was and more importantly who really has been the better fighter over the last 10/15 years.
calzaghes success is mostly down to his ring smarts, imo he is the best in-ring tactician and his boxing brain is second to none. he takes his oppoents best punches away from them he never let lacy really set himself with a peek-a-boo style, he never let kessler work behind his jab and he took hopkins counter right hand out of the fight after round 4.
now its hard to see what he will do with RJJ roy is capable of leading with left hooks and straight rights instead of his jab because he is simply that damn good. throw in the fact that roy is quicker than joe (considerably so), more powerful than joe (again considerably so), and so far his biggest weakness (his chin) isn't something that calzaghe can exploit.
suddenly the fight with pavlik seems to look alot easier?
your thouhgts?
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