Just another one of Wacko's Polls. Get it? Wacko's Poll? Heh heh heh. Cal vs Kes

[Gandalf]

I think this fight is pretty simple to analyze. Kessler will not win a decision unless he CLEARLY wins the fight.. we\'ve seen how the refs and judges treat Joe and that cannot be overlooked while speculating the winner of this fight.. So i feel Kessler has to knock Joe out, and i think he can do it, but he needs to throw a lot of combos. So it will either be a KO/TKO for Kessler, or a UD/SD possibly controversial for JC.. i don\'t see Calzaghe dreaming of knocking Kessler out unless he gets a controversial TKO by premature stoppage like the Manfredo fight.. After watching the Manfredo fight, if i was Kessler i\'d make sure i was able to take a ref with me, or at least someone whos not from Joe\'s home grounds.

when has Joe needed help from the judges?

A lot of people would say in the Robin Reid fight

I have to say, with all due respect, that Reid put up a very good fight, but not quite good enough. On watching the fight, I think that the two judges who gave it by 5 rounds to Calzaghe were there or thereabouts on the money. I had it by four rounds to Joe, but we can't quibble on details like that. To be honest, I think it was the passionate home crowd and a favourable judge which allowed Robin Reid to actually have a real shout in that fight, and present a more even result between the two guys than it actually was.

Then again, I am a Joe fan, so I'm sure you'll be taking everything I say on the subject with a pinch of salt, whether I'm fair or not.

As for the post by RP33 which started this, I'm afraid that whilst Kessler could well win if he throws a lot of combos, the evidence of his previous performances suggest that throwing 4,5, 6 punch combos are not really in his repetoire, with the 1,1,2, being his main improvement on the 1,2. But, come fight night, if Joe loses fairly and squarely, I'll man up and admit that he was beaten by the better man, as I'm sure he himself will.

Oh come on Super no way Calzaghe won that fight by 4 rounds what fight were you watching ??

Joe Calzaghe v Robin Reid. You?

Yes but how in the world can you come up with that ?? theres no way Reid lost by 4 rounds it was razor thin fight even the punchstats were even come on Super surely you can't have Reid losing by 4 rounds your the only person i have actually come across who thinks Calzaghe won so clearly by that margin.

Calzaghe beat Reid by 2 IMO....not a great Calzaghe performance. Its all relative though. Lacy beat Reid up.