Why Do People Say Calzaghe Was A Slapper or Featherfisted?

[New England]

lots of those stoppages were of the british variety. if you watch the trajectory of his punches he does a lot more hitting with the "fingers" than most pro fighters. people call it a slap. if you turn your knuckles over you can hit much, much harder. addressing the target iwth the knuckles reduces the surface area that's coming into contact with the target, making for a harder punch. doesn't mean he wasn't a very good fighter, because he was. the guy had very bad hands and compensated for it. by slapping some of the time.

had a great chin, gas tank, he was very fast. you don't need to be a big puncher to be good, or even a hall of famer.

[DreamFighter]

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

would someone sort this clown who thinks frazier's resume is full of nobodies.
I've had enough, obviously wifi works well in padded cells these days.

[DreamFighter]

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.

then I would say dont waste time with an unreconigsed title, go for the money from the beginning.

[Sid-Knee]

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.


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!

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!

So Joe was the one hurt and not Mitchell?? Man, get the hell out of here.

This place is too full of morons for my taste.

[DreamFighter]

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

you need to keep up, I answered about calzaghe lowblowing hopkins in round 2 to avoid getting stopped by 43 year old hopkins (who had stopped noone of late) a long time ago.

if you cant keep up, dont bother answering.

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

you sound like a full on idiot who reckons joe fraziers resume of full of nobodies, but you dont hear me complaining.

[Sid-Knee]

would someone sort this clown who thinks frazier's resume is full of nobodies.
I've had enough, obviously wifi works well in padded cells these days.

Frazier's resume is ****. Point blank.

Like your reading comprehension.

[Boxing Goat]

He has an above average KO ratio of 70% with 32 out of 46. Where did this rumour come from? His fast flurries looked like they grazed opponents but watch some of them in slow motion and you'll see they weren't merely slaps, but were actually pretty vicious that took thier toll on opponents.

To me Joe was an above average puncher but he didn't lose, so to me it doesn't matter.

On a side note, he would have been wiped out by prime RJJ

[DreamFighter]

So Joe was the one hurt and not Mitchell?? Man, get the hell out of here.

This place is too full of morons for my taste.

shame most of them are you... of the type who think that ATG fraziers resume, with its win over number 1/2 HW EVER, is rubbish.

joe-byron - both were taking blows, it was a catfight. But joe is clearly the one hurt first and floored.

if you cant stand the truth, this is not the room for you.

One positive that stands out for joe is that he displays his ability to fight on the backfoot well in this bout, even if the negative of him turning to the ref to ask him to save him kinda ruins that.

[Sid-Knee]

you need to keep up, I answered about calzaghe lowblowing hopkins in round 2 to avoid getting stopped by 43 year old hopkins (who had stopped noone of late) a long time ago.

if you cant keep up, dont bother answering.



you sound like a full on idiot who reckons joe fraziers resume of full of nobodies, but you dont hear me complaining.

Look at you trying to get out of it now. Go back and read it again. I'm done with you.

[DreamFighter]

Frazier's resume is ****. Point blank.

Like your reading comprehension.

actually I understood that you said fraziers resume is rubbish, thats exactly what my reply was specifically about - you failed even in your comeback since I was SPOT ON, mate!

ok goodbye, I have no interest in debating with someone who thinks an ATG has crap resume. Go back to your inner circle of USA-haters, I suspect thats where u are "from".