Why Do People Say Calzaghe Was A Slapper or Featherfisted?

[PensionKiller]

I am a Calzaghe fan and even admit he slapped. Slaps can hurt, but it's all about the technique and where it lands.

It wasn't the Knuckle part but the knuckle of the finger. He use to swing inwards with arm punches. In fact it breaks the rules unless you hit with the knuckle part of a closed fist.

He had more technique in terms of power early on, and had to adapt due to damaging his wrists and hands during his career. He couldn't even do press ups and didn't spar much later in his career due to the injuries...

[PensionKiller]

Joe says it himself, it was all natural and untaught. Back when he was a power puncher going for KO's in the first 10-12 years of his career, his ring generalship was **** - just stood square-on with chin high winging blows with very little movement.

His dad was a chain-smoking 'soccer' coach in the Welsh valleys to entry level junior teams who swore multiple times a sentance.

TBH a lot of his stoppages were early. We all know British refs stop people on their feet far too often... TKO TKO etc... The competition was also very weak at SMW.

Sven Otke?

He had power but was never a power puncher. Power punchers are known as Julian Jackson

[coghaugen]

He must've had very heavy hands to take guys out without turning his glove

[DreamFighter]

TBH a lot of his stoppages were early. We all know British refs stop people on their feet far too often... TKO TKO etc... The competition was also very weak at SMW.

Sven Otke?

this, thecompetition at SMW was pyssweak in the 90s, but it did get better, certinaly today it is steep. I wonder if that affected svens decision to quit, albeit he was into post prime when he quit.

Again the same with joe cokezaghe, easy to defend when your mando is as pyssweak as Mario Veit, but when your next mando is as hardazz as carl froch, I wouldnt blame you for running away to another division.

[RJJ-94-02=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.

Big Calzaghe fan but his level of opposition is why his KO ratio is so high. He’s far from feather fisted, as he definitely punched hard enough to make you think twice about just trying to walk through his shots but in saying that he was by no means a vicious puncher. A lot of his stoppages were from he completely overwhelming his opponents with volume and accuracy.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

this, thecompetition at SMW was pyssweak in the 90s, but it did get better, certinaly today it is steep. I wonder if that affected svens decision to quit, albeit he was into post prime when he quit.

Again the same with joe cokezaghe, easy to defend when your mando is as pyssweak as Mario Veit, but when your next mando is as hardazz as carl froch, I wouldnt blame you for running away to another division.

😂😂😂Calzaghe would’ve played with that one dimensional B level fighter Froch.
Froch done the EXACT same thing when DeGale was his mandatory.

[clemenza]

Please, look at that beating , and I mean beating he put on Jeff Lacey, he finished his career. Lacey was a solid fighter, but was never the same!!

[DreamFighter]

������Calzaghe would’ve played with that one dimensional B level fighter Froch.
Froch done the EXACT same thing when DeGale was his mandatory.

froch didnt run to another division,wrong dude.

joe ran for a reason, if he was able to play with him he wouldnt have run to another division completely. so no hard feelings, I can understand him running in fear, after all joe is famously quoted as saying he specifically didnt want tough fights, he actively wanted easy opposition as possible, such as shot fighters like roy jones.

There was also the threat of a facing a kessler without hand injury, which was a potential loss for joe too.

[nacho daddy]

I really ****ing hope you're just trolling. Calzaghe and power puncher in the same sentence? Really?

no fighter ever walked thru Joes punches to bomb him out so they had to feel pain in order to try to walk thru him. He ruined jeff lacy's career and gave him brain damage similar to your brain damage

[DreamFighter]

no fighter ever walked thru Joes punches to bomb him out so they had to feel pain in order to try to walk thru him. He ruined jeff lacy's career and gave him brain damage similar to your brain damage

i mean, lacy walked into joe all night but was never really hurt, and certainly wasnt stopped. Didnt ruin his career either, it continued in the same vein- he easily beat weaklings like menfredo (one of joes best wins, incidentally), but was always beaten by anything more.

your proof kind self destructs itself. joe was a weak puncher, he was a volume puncher after all. Its not easy to do both. but he was a good volume puncher, make no mistake.