In the past Joe has had alot of problems with his hands,they seem to be holding up ok at the moment,but with him moving up a weight he says he will be hitting alot harder could his hands be a factor in his fight with Hopkins?

I wouldn't be surprise to hear Calzaghe blames his hands after he loses to Hopkins

I don't think so...The biggest factor in this fight will be Joe's work rate...Hopkins does not start fast and prefers to counter all night....Joe just needs to keep a 75 punch per round work rate and he will win this one...IMO Hopkins needs a KO for a win

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

I don't think so...The biggest factor in this fight will be Joe's work rate...Hopkins does not start fast and prefers to counter all night....Joe just needs to keep a 75 punch per round work rate and he will win this one...IMO Hopkins needs a KO for a win

I agree joe has to be busy.I just carnt see Hopkins throwing enough punches over the 12 rounds to take a decision.

Calzaghe's hands...

What are they like?

Ok, hows this?

They're kind of like when you're at a water park and your standing in line for that huge ass slide... And the girl standing in front of you tosses her hair and it slaps ya in the face... Yeah, thats what Joe's hands are like

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

Calzaghe's hands...

What are they like?

Ok, hows this?

They're kind of like when you're at a water park and your standing in line for that huge ass slide... And the girl standing in front of you tosses her hair and it slaps ya in the face... Yeah, thats what Joe's hands are like

there the hands that will be punching/slapping Hopkins around the ring

Originally Posted by littlebif

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

Calzaghe's hands...

What are they like?

Ok, hows this?

They're kind of like when you're at a water park and your standing in line for that huge ass slide... And the girl standing in front of you tosses her hair and it slaps ya in the face... Yeah, thats what Joe's hands are like

there the hands that will be punching/slapping Hopkins around the ring

I love it... Yeah... I don't remember hopkins ever being "slaped around"... In fact, I've seen Joe having all kinds of trouble wih guys like Sakio Bika, who did some slapping around of his own... Hmmmm. I don't know... Maybe I'm wrong.












Yeah, I'm not

I will give you one whole rep point for that

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

Originally Posted by littlebif

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

Calzaghe's hands...

What are they like?

Ok, hows this?

They're kind of like when you're at a water park and your standing in line for that huge ass slide... And the girl standing in front of you tosses her hair and it slaps ya in the face... Yeah, thats what Joe's hands are like

there the hands that will be punching/slapping Hopkins around the ring

I love it... Yeah... I don't remember hopkins ever being "slaped around"... In fact, I've seen Joe having all kinds of trouble wih guys like Sakio Bika, who did some slapping around of his own... Hmmmm. I don't know... Maybe I'm wrong.












Yeah, I'm not

I will give you one whole rep point for that

1 POINT!!!!!!.....I think your going to have to change your name from Pride of Boston to Generosity of Boston...

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

Originally Posted by littlebif

there the hands that will be punching/slapping Hopkins around the ring

I love it... Yeah... I don't remember hopkins ever being "slaped around"... In fact, I've seen Joe having all kinds of trouble wih guys like Sakio Bika, who did some slapping around of his own... Hmmmm. I don't know... Maybe I'm wrong.












Yeah, I'm not

I will give you one whole rep point for that

1 POINT!!!!!!.....I think your going to have to change your name from Pride of Boston to Generosity of Boston...

It was meant to be a slap in the face like joe's punching...

Trust me bif, the hands won't be an issue...

Since he broke his hand the last time he puts very little steam on them. It doesn't matter whether there's steam on them or not though... You get slapped enough you swell

We saw what 12 rounds of steady slapping could do to our left hook throwing friend

A large factor in Joes lack of hand problems as of late is his use of Grant Gloves.
Traditionally Joe always wore Everlast gloves, but they resulted in one of his worst breaks so he switched to Grant.

The switch very nearly got him in trouble as he put a Londsdale sticker over the Grant symbol of the gloves

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

I love it... Yeah... I don't remember hopkins ever being "slaped around"... In fact, I've seen Joe having all kinds of trouble wih guys like Sakio Bika, who did some slapping around of his own... Hmmmm. I don't know... Maybe I'm wrong.












Yeah, I'm not

I will give you one whole rep point for that

1 POINT!!!!!!.....I think your going to have to change your name from Pride of Boston to Generosity of Boston...

It was meant to be a slap in the face like joe's punching...

Trust me bif, the hands won't be an issue...

Since he broke his hand the last time he puts very little steam on them. It doesn't matter whether there's steam on them or not though... You get slapped enough you swell

We saw what 12 rounds of steady slapping could do to our left hook throwing friend

I know...was being sarcastic...I rather have a full dose of negative rep then one positive one...the slap hurt worse then all of the ones Joe gave Lacy

Calzaghe's hands were bothering him in the Sakio Bika fight. They are gonna hurt even worse fighting Hopkins. It is likely that Hopkins is figuring out the best way to break Calzaghe's hands. Maybe with his elbows, perhaps when Clazaghe throws one of his wild uppercuts. He has probably been practicing lowering his head at the precise moment so that when the pulpous handed fighter throws a punch it lands on the hard part of the noggin. Whatever Hops game plan is, I think it's safe to say that trying to breaking calzaghe's hands will at least be a part of it.

Originally Posted by death

Calzaghe's hands were bothering him in the Sakio Bika fight. They are gonna hurt even worse fighting Hopkins. It is likely that Hopkins is figuring out the best way to break Calzaghe's hands. Maybe with his elbows, perhaps when Clazaghe throws one of his wild uppercuts. He has probably been practicing lowering his head at the precise moment so that when the pulpous handed fighter throws a punch it lands on the hard part of the noggin. Whatever Hops game plan is, I think it's safe to say that trying to breaking calzaghe's hands will at least be a part of it.

I find that very difficult to imagine. Its seldom that trying to break an opponents hands has been a means of trying to get the win. Maybe trying to force a cut through head butts I can imagine...but to conciously think that a viable means of winning is to break a hand. Nah, can't see it. Not that I dont think Calzaghe may have hand issues in the fight. Its happened before. Calzaghe doesnt unload with power like he used to though. When required he can up the power as we saw in that bruising body shot that got Kessler but in general Joe looks to win rounds with his high output rather than put the hurt on his opponents. Im hoping the hands play no part in this though, because Calzaghe deserves this opportunity and it would be nice to see him play out the end of his career as I always thought he could.

Originally Posted by death

Calzaghe's hands were bothering him in the Sakio Bika fight. They are gonna hurt even worse fighting Hopkins. It is likely that Hopkins is figuring out the best way to break Calzaghe's hands. Maybe with his elbows, perhaps when Clazaghe throws one of his wild uppercuts. He has probably been practicing lowering his head at the precise moment so that when the pulpous handed fighter throws a punch it lands on the hard part of the noggin. Whatever Hops game plan is, I think it's safe to say that trying to breaking calzaghe's hands will at least be a part of it.

You've seen to many movies...This is not the bare nuckle era

Originally Posted by littlebif

In the past Joe has had alot of problems with his hands,they seem to be holding up ok at the moment,but with him moving up a weight he says he will be hitting alot harder could his hands be a factor in his fight with Hopkins?

This would definitely be a factor.