Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
Calzaghe has fast combinations, but he has slow individual punches.
I find that somewhat hard to fathom. I agree that he can flurry with speed, but on the other hand I dont think he throws a single punch slowly. Calzaghe has very good handspeed overall.
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.