"He'd better get some good coaching from his countryman Peter Schmeichel about how to catch shots because he is going to get blitzed with punches from all angles right from the first bell," said WBO and The Ring magazine Champion Calzaghe. <!-- m -->http://www.fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=2166
Honestly Calzaghe is much faster , a decent boxer , has great stamina and has a higher workrate. The two things I think Kessler has over Calzaghe is power and youth on his side. Kessler could land a fight changer but , If Joe doesn't get old overnight , he should win on points.
dsimon writes: One thing to keep in mind is that both Kessler and Calzighe have the same KO percentage. So Kessler's power advantage might be more percieved than matter of fact.... unless you think Kessler has fought better comp.
i had a good friend who faught just like calzaghe, he got into a fight with another clown who threw punches like rock em sock em robots, the calzaghe style dominated rock em sock em, i guess all that slappin your head around can get you dissy
I see this fight playing out like Hopkins vs Wright.Kessler being Wright and Calzaghe being Hopkins.I just hope its a more exciting fight though
Well , I'm just going on a judgement call. IMO Kessler appears in a visual sense to punch harder then Calzaghe. I'll tell ya , I would be really intrested in seeing a Tarver/Kessler fight.
dsimon writes: Well comp has something to do with it perhaps. What I don't know is how much better Kessler's comp is than Joe's. Tarver does not have the work rate any longer to keep up. The Tarver that beat Jones would have been a good fight though.
" who Calzaghe hit with a staggering 1007 punches" I've seen that mentioned before - Where does that insane myth come from? Compubox lists Philip Holiday as having the record with 555 against Ivan Robinson. Are we to belive that Calzaghe almost doubled that? That he landed a punch every 2 seconds throughout the fight:laughing: According to HBO he landed 351 punches.
it was a horrible fight, but halirious, i only remeber it because everyone was laughin so hard, it was two pussies fighting
yeah, it is clearly bullshit....thats like over 80 punches a round....i'd be surprised if he threw that many......maybe thats where the confusion/propaganda stems from
