Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
I read about Chavez - Haugen it in a thread a while back, and it got me to thinking about other instances where fighters chose to punish their opposition rather than end the fight.

I know Calzaghe toyed with Roy Jones, but didn't strike me as malicious really, more like Calzaghe just didn't want to stop him. He might have been trying to soak up the limelight as well considering it was his last fight.

Any other examples (I know there must be)?
I don't think Calzaghe was just toying with Jones, he was show boating because thats what he does, but he threw as hard of punches as I've seen him throw in a long time against Roy, I just think that 90% of his punches weren't hitting the target cleanly.

Roy Jones toyed with a large majority of his opponents though that was in part because of his safety first attitude.

Floyd mayweather this past fall toyed with Marquez for 12 rounds. Not sure if he would have been able to close the show but he had so many opportunities down the stretch to land right hands on Marquez which he hardly did.