Joe performs those slappy combinations for show and for the crowd to get into it.. i'm sure it does a bit of damage but on a fighter on his level, i see Kessler just catching him with a bomb while Joe is throwing one of those combinations.. Eubank did it in there fight and i feel that if there were 10-20 seconds left in that fight, it would've been interesting after that punch. I don't see a Lacy/Calzaghe outcome because Kessler is much faster than Lacy.. Lacy barely landed anything and was just completely outclassed/outboxed..
Plus Kessler is a pretty cautious fighter, so i think that if he has to pressure Joe he'll do it quite cautiously.. I predict Calzaghe scoring most of his points with shots from within a clinch, and by holding kessler with one hand and hitting him with the other.. But the question is if those will effect Kessler and if they will be enough to wear him down throughout the fight.. With that being said, if Kessler can find his range and connect it will motivate Joe to try to fight with desperate speed causing him to get careless and get caught with a bomb.. KO Kessler.