So I just watched Calzaghe-Lacy and........

[IamInuit]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

[justaguy]

Cal was a volume puncher who threw very smart punches... it wasn't throw just to be throwing... he had a plan and stuck to it. He was good enough defensively to take away what the other fighter wanted to do and he adjusted well, in my opinion, though he was often a slow starter. I didn't like him, but he was pretty under-rated. Lacy was outgunned - he didn't know what to throw because he didn't know where the punches coming back at him were coming from - he hadn't had a fight like that. Pretty well destroyed the aura of Lacy and it was all downhill from there.

[bradlee180]

Calzaghe started with a blisteringly fast pace, and Lacy's cornermen were thinkin' that Calzaghe couldn't keep up that pace and would slow down after 3 or 4 rds, but Calzaghe had superb conditioning that extremely few possess, and Calzaghe could maintain that blistering pace for a full 12 rds without slowing down nor getting tired. Very, very few have Calzaghe's level of stamina and conditioning, Pacquiao and Stevie Johnston did.

Another thing, Calzaghe had been Champ for almost 9 years when he totally outclassed Lacy.
In Calzaghe's earlier days, he was no Cal-Slappy; he was a KO puncher.
Dude's hands went bad, but he showed his calibre by totally changing his style into a high-paced, low-impact, volume puncher: man found another way to get the job done.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

There's no denying that Calzaghe is more of a slapper than a proper puncher. It's hard to blame the guy cuz his hands are so brittle but it is what it is. I know many people are turned off by him due to his slapping style..

Lacy's face was a mess but that's not because he got punched so many times. He got slapped but even slaps can damage your face if it lands enough for 12 rounds..

Calzaghe has brittle hands and he doesn't clinch his fists tightly all the time when punching.

[greynotsoold]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

There's no denying that Calzaghe is more of a slapper than a proper puncher. It's hard to blame the guy cuz his hands are so brittle but it is what it is. I know many people are turned off by him due to his slapping style..

Lacy's face was a mess but that's not because he got punched so many times. He got slapped but even slaps can damage your face if it lands enough for 12 rounds..

Calzaghe has brittle hands and he doesn't clinch his fists tightly all the time when punching.

Calzaghe punches with loose wrists. Bobo Olson did this as well.

[IamInuit]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

There's no denying that Calzaghe is more of a slapper than a proper puncher. It's hard to blame the guy cuz his hands are so brittle but it is what it is. I know many people are turned off by him due to his slapping style..

Lacy's face was a mess but that's not because he got punched so many times. He got slapped but even slaps can damage your face if it lands enough for 12 rounds..

Calzaghe has brittle hands and he doesn't clinch his fists tightly all the time when punching.

Oh he had softer hands after about the time of Shieka but that's from breaking them knocking people out. He had one of the best ko% in the game for quite some time. The whole Calslappy thing got taken way out to the cosmos not unlike Lewis's weak chin or Tito's. The two punches that stopped Lewis would have stopped a farm tractor and Tito had a balance issue and got knocked down because of it. He would then get up and destroy his opponent. Cal still hurt people even if he had to change punch direction. I bet Kessler would say he didn't slap.