Quote Originally Posted by ryanman89
I have follwed calzaghe since his 4th pro fight.he always had a tendency to slap during fast flurrys,but the number of slaps have definately increased,most notably during and after the lacy fight.but joe used to have a real cracking 'one punch' shot (shown in fights such as mitchell,sheika,veit) but this seems to be totally gone.perhaps his age is showing?perhaps he either concisously or subconcisously pulls his punches due to fragile hands? he is gaining a reputation as a fight that can only stop an opponent through volume of punches.this was not the case before,he had a real bomb.but i now fear that that one punch power will never return.i feel this is due to his hands,not that he is deciding to hold back with his left but that it is a learnt behaviour,anybody that has badly hurt their hands knows that hitting a hard object becomes difficult,no matter how angry you get with yourself,the tendency to slap then sets in.any thoughts?(if you havent seen any calzaghe pre-lacy will probably not be qualified to comment)
since i watched the lacy fight it has been more and more clear that his power is not even close to what it was. He was once an extremely hard hitter at SMW but after all the times he has bust his hands it seems to have taken its tole.