He wasn't thrashed at all, especially in the first half of the fight, you could easily have given Roy the 2nd, 4th, and 6th round in that fight. That would have had him ahead 4 rounds to 2, and on top of that a knockdown. I think Roy was ahead at the halfway mark, before his eye got cut. Then with the 12th on Roy's side its a close fight.
I'll explain how I got the rounds the way I did.
1st round: Joe was winning the round, but not enough to reverse the knockdown 10-8
the 2nd round: It was relatively close, but Roy was countering, and landing the cleaner punches, neither man really significantly outlanded the other guy.
round 3: Roy landed a lot of leather, but Calzaghe outworked him, but it was a close round because Joe wasn't landing cleanly that often.
4th round: Calzaghe was ahead by a slight margin because he was landing more than Jones, and deserved the round despite Roy countering him stiffly a few times, UNTIL Calzaghe backed Roy up onto the ropes in the last 30 seconds, where he preceeded to hit Roy on the gloves about 40 times, and was countered by at least 10 very solid punches, including three at the very end when Joe dropped his hands to show boat.
5th round: relatively close, Roy was countering effectively, but Joe got the best of him, once agian with a volume of largely missed punches.
round 6: They both fought well, Calzaghe was a little busier, but wasn't enough ahead to counteract the huge right uppercut Roy landed at the end of the round.
7-9: Joe picked up the pace and clearly won them, but once again besides a cut he wasn't landing anymore than Tarver or Glen Johnson were.
10: Close round I still gave it to Calzaghe.
11: Calzaghe
12: ROy, because JOe didn't do anything, and Roy was able to land more.
I think in general Calzaghe dominated his rounds that he won more than Roy, but his arrogance cost him a lot of rounds on my score card. i think when people see this fight 5-10 years down the road they will see it more clearly.
Also for the people who say Calzaghe, has a great chin, when Roy JOnes couldn't stop his last 3 opponents? Glen Johnson walked through way harder punches from Roy, and beat him worse.
People keep on saying Calzaghe humiliated Roy the way Roy used to humiliate guys, but I saw Roy land a lot of punches when Calzaghe was show boating. Not to mention Roy made Joe look silly quite a few times with his hands down.
Anyone who didn't see this close in the first six rounds seriously needs to learn something about boxing.
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