Quote Originally Posted by jangeorg
Quote Originally Posted by beerjelly
Just about everyone whos fought Calzaghe has called him a slapper - still 43 and 0 so I guess he slaps pretty damn hard.


Calzaghe slaps a lot using the inside of the gloves and even punches that sometimes are similar to karate-punches thrown upside down (see the ending of the Manfredo-fight in slow motion).

I think he does this to look like a busy bee and quicker than his opponents.

But these are illegal punches.

He can get away with it, since he almost only fight in UK with WBO

In other countries he would not be allowed to use this style throughout a fight. And that would hurt his chances to win.


Therefor it is good for him, that he has the hometown advantage in November with that in mind
And with just over 4 months to go until the fight takes place, the Kessler fans begin to roll out the excuses as to why their fighter is going to get his arse whooped.

But the fact of the matter is that all referees no matter where you are will pick a fighter up if he's punching illegally, and Calzaghe is a very busy bee. And anyway, the problem with that argument is that many of his fights have taken place with foreign referees, who also haven't picked him up on it, so do they get hit with some sort of ray-gun as they come through customs that changes their brain in some way? Sounds the likeliest explanation....