Calzaghe's weird punches?

[Violent Demise]

Just watched his fight against Lacy and yesterday a replay against Manfredo. And noted that he has a weird hand position when delivering the punch that actually robs him of power. Anyone else seen this?

He has broke his hands many times in his career and has developed this punch/slap to save his hands from further damage.

ha... Yes he has... Yes he has

But I think you're right so CC

Believe it or not Pride Of Boston Calzaghe used to be a bit of a banger in his younger days.

He wasn't really a banger. He was just facing a lot of bums that were easy to knock out. Now he faces bums that are a little harder to knock out. So his knock out percentage has gone down.

[Preme]

Just watched his fight against Lacy and yesterday a replay against Manfredo. And noted that he has a weird hand position when delivering the punch that actually robs him of power. Anyone else seen this?

He has broke his hands many times in his career and has developed this punch/slap to save his hands from further damage.

ha... Yes he has... Yes he has

But I think you're right so CC

Believe it or not Pride Of Boston Calzaghe used to be a bit of a banger in his younger days.

He wasn't really a banger. He was just facing a lot of bums that were easy to knock out. Now he faces bums that are a little harder to knock out. So his knock out percentage has gone down.

He was a banger in his day, he hit extremmly hard... when he was around 15 he was told by doctors he would never be able to turn pro because he hit 'so had for his weight' he would be plauged by hand troulbes, they were half right, he would be plauged by hand troubles, but it still hasn't stopped him being one of, if not the best SMW of all time.

[katfight]

The issue that I have with Joe is that S***! he does with his hands where he leaves them to the side of his body dropped leaving his guard down.

yeah it just makes you wanna see him get smacked dont it

Just watched his fight against Lacy and yesterday a replay against Manfredo. And noted that he has a weird hand position when delivering the punch that actually robs him of power. Anyone else seen this?

He has broke his hands many times in his career and has developed this punch/slap to save his hands from further damage.

ha... Yes he has... Yes he has

But I think you're right so CC

CC back . No it's true, he was a very hard puncher but as a young lad he never wrapped his hands. Every now and again you see a proper shot but its mostly 'slapping' and he aint done too bad with it to be honest.

I hear ya... I think he should have been exposed to the American public years ago... His style is exciting... It's friggin sad that we're just seeing the twilight of his career... Most Americans got to see the Lacy fight and thats it... He F****** destroyed Lacy(Awsome fight) but hus promotion sucked(I've seen the Eubank fight and a handfull more)I can't wait for Lacys return...

I agree, but the money in the UK is to good to turn down, look at Eubank he made about 20 million in the ring without fighting any American star, or travelling. Calzaghe made huge mistake after battering Sheika in 2000 he should of fought in America and cashed in who knows where Calzaghe would be now if that happened. Shame really.

i feel the same how it's a shame
i always used to feel that Calzaghe never got the credit he deserved he should have been taken international years ago every fight i watchedi just felt bad for him.IMO he deserved a big pay day
But Good old Franky boy knows best huh
I lost respect for Calzaghe after the Lacy fight not for his boxing ability just his stupid fucking showboating it was like he thought cus he had americans watching he cud behave like a bit of an idiot IMO and that just dont do it fo me

i think the punching/slapping is due to hand breaks

[Tysonbruno]

He slapped before he broke his hands

[superheavyrhun]

He can't even do sparring now i believe because of his hands he had like 22 wins 21 kos going into Eubank fight he used to be very wild aswell in his younger days.

I wouldn't agree with you that he was such a banger in his younger days, because a lot of his stoppages came more because of his swamping the opponents with punches, rather than straight knockout power. I think it was the Tyrone Jackson fight was where Jackson was actually mocking Calzaghe and standing there arms down as Calzaghe threw 9 or 10 unanswered, and was goofing off, and when the ref stepped in Jackson went ballistic cause he wasn't in trouble and was taking all that Calzaghe threw with ease. But then again, Calzaghe was one of only six of his opponents who managed to stop him, despite him losing 32 fights in all.

[skel1983]

He can't even do sparring now i believe because of his hands he had like 22 wins 21 kos going into Eubank fight he used to be very wild aswell in his younger days.

I wouldn't agree with you that he was such a banger in his younger days, because a lot of his stoppages came more because of his swamping the opponents with punches, rather than straight knockout power. I think it was the Tyrone Jackson fight was where Jackson was actually mocking Calzaghe and standing there arms down as Calzaghe threw 9 or 10 unanswered, and was goofing off, and when the ref stepped in Jackson went ballistic cause he wasn't in trouble and was taking all that Calzaghe threw with ease. But then again, Calzaghe was one of only six of his opponents who managed to stop him, despite him losing 32 fights in all.

Maybe not the elite in terms of power, but Calzaghe could hit hard imo, i have seen most of his fights, and has left alot of opponents in a bad way.

[Tito BHB]

Aye ..Theyr called slaps my dear

[superheavyrhun]

He slapped before he broke his hands

IF you have any videos from his amateur days could you send them on, cause I've only been able to find one from his ABA days, where he first broke one of his hands. Where did you find the videos btw?