Why Do People Say Calzaghe Was A Slapper or Featherfisted?

[DreamFighter]

one of the worst stoppages ever isnt good evidence. he misses with almost every punch there, and even then his welsh pal jumps in to stop the fight.

I thin joe even catches the ref in the belly, to absolutely no effect.

[DreamFighter]

Yes he was in the 90s in Britain.

he was unknown in the 90s in britain outside cardiff.

typical newspaper entries were along the lines of one/two line mentions as an addendum to a bigger fight. This was even happening up to the time Khan was making headlines..joe got a one liner under him.

However this changed once he lined up lacy and own a title that people recognised in 2004.


Shame cos he was a pretty good fighter - awkward style, southpaw, good chin, outstanding tank. He only had himself to blame for leaving a major title tilt till he was 34, even stuart hall won his earlier. But he evnetually went on to surpass Stuart Hall of course with his unification.

[DreamFighter]

Mitchell was hurt and wobbling all over the place from tons of unanswered punches. It was a good stoppage.

he walked through the punches. when he slipped - That is when the ref
jumped in, not on a punch.
both joe and byron said it was premature, so its just you against the people you are defending. good luck.

You Americans are dumb as ****. As well as being poisonous. Suck it up *****.

not american.

u must enjoy being so wrong.

[-Kev-]

Idk if he was featherfisted but the slapper title was cause of the way his punches landed. Instead of the knuckle part of the gloves, his punches would land more on the palm side of the glove.

[billeau2]

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.

You are aware of what his father did for him? I mean like you know from experience, or a very reliable source that this is true? To the point where one can say that Joe's natural ability was such, and his father's contribution was such...Otherwise it is conjecture.

The family was athletic the dad was a football coach or something, so they know about how to operate in a sporting environment regarding training, etc. His father coached him, was a task master with him...I don't know exactly how much his dad did, or how much was natural to Joe, and what was not...frankly I doubt you know any of this information either.

[BattlingNelson]

Seen it a good 50 times and it still never fails to put a smile on my face.

That's just raw brutal power right there!!!

[Scary]

yeh why on earth box on for 5 or 6 years if your hands "would just go". Its an obvious lie, fits in well with the rest of Joes repertoire.

Holy crap. Let me answer your question: To squeeze the BIG money out your career. You would just go on and retire just before the pinnacle of your career. That's why no one will remember your name.

[Sid-Knee]

if u had any sense then you would have not entered into a "frazier dont come close to joe calzaghe!" debate. I mean, really?

but you had to be a fool didnt you? what kind of joke are you? frazier koed mathis, foster, stopped ellis and quarry, and pretitle stopped chuvalo.

yeh thats why the ref jumped into stop it seconds later. some coincidence, sherlock.

2nd round genius. You clearly havent a clue what you are talking about.


not american - again you are exposed not knowing what you are talking about. I agree about the first point though, you being primary evidence.

Calzaghe has a much better resume than Frazier. To even think otherwise shows how deluded you really are.

So Frazier stopped some nobodies then?? Haha

Oh, and Foster is a lightheavy. He had no business at heavyweight. It meant nothing.

The ref stepped in and stopped it??????? I'm talking about the Hopkins fight. Sherlock!!!

Where are you from then? Because you sound exactly like an American.

[Sid-Knee]

he walked through the punches. when he slipped - That is when the ref
jumped in, not on a punch.
both joe and byron said it was premature, so its just you against the people you are defending. good luck.



not american.

u must enjoy being so wrong.

Mitchell didn't walk through ****. He got up on wobbly legs after the knockdown and was like a drunken sailor getting hit with unanswered punches.

When Mitchell fell into the ropes, the ref was looking at his top half, not his legs. How was he to know he just stumbled? It was a good stoppage. Mitchell was hurt. End of story.

[DreamFighter]

Mitchell didn't walk through ****. He got up on wobbly legs after the knockdown and was like a drunken sailor getting hit with unanswered punches.

he walked through several times, are you blind? was hitting back, and slipped. no punch landed. At worst he was momentarily disorientated, not hurt.

funny you dont mention joe on wobbly legs immediately before and you dont think why he wasnt stopped for it. Same old biased BS. The ref was bent. If it had been end of round he'd have carried joe back to his corner like they do in cardiff.

When Mitchell fell into the ropes, the ref was looking at his top half, not his legs.

the ref was spending more time talking to joe calzaghe when he panicked and asked the ref to stop the fight. BLATANTLY joe turns to ref asking him to stop it!

How was he to know he just stumbled?

cos hes not blind like u. And now you've just admitted it was a stumble! So it was a fake stoppage in your eyes!