Why Do People Say Calzaghe Was A Slapper or Featherfisted?

[DreamFighter]

if lacys corner stopped the fight might have saved his career for a few more years

his career was on the same path after as before, crush weaklings, get outdone by middlers or above.

[The Noose]

malignaggi knocked down lovemore ndou. a guy that was never stopped and fought everyone including canelo and cotto. so i guess malignaggi is a bigger puncher than those guys cause they couldnt drop him

it wasnt brittle hands that made him develop that slappy frenzy style. it was not being a good boxer. if he tried to be a stand up boxer he would be nothing special. throwing fast illegal furries with the inside of the gloves gave him an edge since fighters don't train for that type of attack. look at him try to box against hopkins. it was pathetic. he just kept running into punches over and over, reset, run into punches, reset, etc...eventually he got desperate and just threw a lot of punches that flailed and missed and fooled the judges. great job. even against an insanely shot jones he was being picked apart before he went slap happy. his old opponents just couldn't keep up with that level of desperation.

Paulie landed a wel timed shot that ndou walked into after taking shots for 9 rounds.
Very different from one clean hook in the 1st round that stiffened Eubanks legs.

Clearly not feather fisted is all im saying.

I dont believe he fooled all the judges and refs his whole career. Thats quite silly.

[DreamFighter]

Paulie landed a wel timed shot that ndou walked into after taking shots for 9 rounds.
Very different from one clean hook in the 1st round that stiffened Eubanks legs.

eubanks was weightdrained at 11 days notice. He had no business being a stand in for a title fight - the only thing that justfies him being there was that the belt was no legit at the time, so he just turned up for the paycheck.

Eubanks confirmed the shot didnt hurt him, it just surprised him.

A legacy of being power puncher built on one fight where he for a few seconds decked a weightdrained late notice stand-in is not an a convincing argument.
What is convincing is being in a situ where his paid for ref coukdnt stop the fight prematurely for fear of ridicule/overturnig of decision - thats all the good opposition he fought who who were never really hurt by joe even when joe outboxed them


joe just wasnt a hard hitter. Its in his style as well as his musculature/lack of punching finesse

[The Noose]

eubanks was weightdrained at 11 days notice. He had no business being a stand in for a title fight - the only thing that justfies him being there was that the belt was no legit at the time, so he just turned up for the paycheck.

Eubanks confirmed the shot didnt hurt him, it just surprised him.

A legacy of being power puncher built on one fight where he for a few seconds decked a weightdrained late notice stand-in is not an a convincing argument.
What is convincing is being in a situ where his paid for ref coukdnt stop the fight prematurely for fear of ridicule/overturnig of decision - thats all the good opposition he fought who who were never really hurt by joe even when joe outboxed them


joe just wasnt a hard hitter. Its in his style as well as his musculature/lack of punching finesse

His legs were surprised to.

But yea, ur right. One punch doesnt mean much.

But feather fisted? Nah.

[DreamFighter]

His legs were surprised to.

But yea, ur right. One punch doesnt mean much.

But feather fisted? Nah.

ok feather is too much, but certainly a weak puncher.

I have no problem talking a guys strengths if they are real, in joes case, southpaw stance, an awesomely bottomless tank, good speed and chin, selling weak opposition successfully with blindly good marketing to convince the welsh the wbo belt was legit years before it was.

[BoxingTech718]

Fraud ran and retired when trouble came calling.
He don’t got one notable win on his resume over a live opponent

[DreamFighter]

Fraud ran and retired when trouble came calling.
He don’t got one notable win on his resume over a live opponent

kessler? to be fair kessler went into the fight in cardiff, with joes welsh mafia ref, with an injured hand.

joe had refused to fight uninjured kessler on many previous occasions, but jumped at the chance when kessler got crocked.

once fixed by surgeons, mikkel was again avoided by joe.

[Andre_parker1]

still won all his fights...not bad for a so called "slapper"