It was stopped too early though, no denying that. Manfredo was never at any time hurt and as far as Im concerned its when a fighter is hurt that a fight should be stopped. Towards the end of that final flurry few of those punches were landing clean and Manfredo had bobbed himself off of the ropes. He was under pressure but dealing with it.
Calzaghe would clearly have taken the fight, but Manfredo deserved the opportunity to see if he could give anything to the fight....
Still, you are right at least we have no broken hands!!
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