Why Do People Say Calzaghe Was A Slapper or Featherfisted?

[W1LL]

the tears in this thread

Lol @ this moron implying Joe Frazier was anywhere near the level of a prime Joe Calzaghe.

[DreamFighter]

Lol @ this moron implying Joe Frazier was anywhere near the level of a prime Joe Calzaghe.

like the one taking fraziers name and giving it to joe.

the reverse of what you claim... well done.

[coghaugen]

He does slap his punches later on in his career, it is also well knows that he has terrible hands. His speed and ring generalship were his best attribute.

His ring generalship was very poor pre-Lacy, ie 95% of his career.

[coghaugen]

Never, ever was Calzaghe considered a "pure power puncher"

Yes he was in the 90s in Britain.

[coghaugen]

Joe certianly was resourceful. He was also well coached, athletic and smart about his craft. But like more than a few...he never really challenged himself and fought competition that could be beat by a resourceful, athletic, driven guy with a high punch volume.

He wasn't resourceful or well coached. All his dad ever did was hold pads for 15 rounds and encourage the combos. Everything came naturally to him but he always looked for the KO most of his career and shipped too many right hands - luckily he had a very solid chin.

[coghaugen]

the tears in this thread If joe was so crap, wtf does that make hopkins jones jr lacy reid eubank kessler woodhall and bika then?dont worry guys, hes long retired, the nightmare is over

Charles Brewer was the best fighter Calzaghe fought, when he fought them.

[coghaugen]

Brewer beat the **** out of Echols and was robbed. Echols gave Hopkins hell.

[Sceptic]

A lot of those kos were bad stoppages but I liked Calzaghe he was a good fighter.

[coghaugen]

Calzaghe-Brewer was an All-Out War!

[Sceptic]

Charles Brewer was the best fighter Calzaghe fought, when he fought them.

I thought Kessler was a better fighter than Brewer.