Calzaghe's combo's may be slaps, but they are thrown with amazing speed.
Trivia question: How many times did Calzaghe have to hit Lacy to knock him down?
Not bagging Calzaghe, but he hasn't had power in years. The stoppage against Manfredo was beyond early, it was a horrible stoppage, no way he could have won, but no way can you say Manfredo was hurt. Kessler never looked in trouble, swollen yeah, but he never looked wobbly or anything.
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Jorge Linares should be on that list IMO; he's got pretty fast hands to me.![]()
OK they are slow in comparison to the rest of these guys, He has fast hands, but they weren't that much faster then Kessler's or Hopkins's hands, he just has great timing, and he is really relaxed when he throws punches so he can throw combinatios really quick.
People, stop saying he just slaps, he doesn't. He throws with poor technique, but he is still hitting hard enough to get Kessler, Lacy, and most of his opponents attention. ALso when he was young he had relatively quick hands, and he hit hard back in his day.
The thing is he has never had the top speed in the sport, guys like Mayweather, Mosley, Taylor, etc are a level above him, and guys like Gamboa, Berto, RJJ are two levels above him. I have him on the same level as Whitaker and Oscar De La HOya, which is quite fast, but not the fastest.
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