You deserve that response. The thread title is awful: 1. (how can you assume that everyone know's that "slappy" is Calzaghe) 2. "Unnaturally heavy hands" - no And then what's the stuff that you're going on about in that first post? You think he has no tape under his gloves (and NO ONE KNOWS about it?), and the ref is in on it and that's why he throws "strange" punches? I've never seen a worse thread on a boxing related forum in all my days.....
I think Calzaghe's hands are fairly heavy. So although he tends to slap and doesn't load up on shots, his workrate and relative heavyness of his hands allows him to hurts guys anyway.
REED, I think this is the point Double's making...despite Calzaghe's less than optimal technique, he can still hurt opponents (though Joe doesn't ALWAYS slap). That said, I don't know what the "tape being off" is all about. ::
As I have told you, modern fighters are strong enough to hurt their opponents with slaps so slapping is not an error anymore
:: :: His hands sure don't look heavy when he's throwing very quick little flurries for a man of his size and age. You get worse by the week Double.
hahaha i normally dont get involved in this stuff but jaws says "from someone who called jermaine taylor a subtle body puncher maybe you shouldnt be insulting anyone":: calzaghe is good at varying his shots between "slaps" and hard punches and you can tell he has heavy hands when he wants to
Well tell Jaws that anyone who wrote "immortal beloved" and also said that Joe Frazier "looked clean" after his first fight with Ali is in no position to even criticize my insulting of anyone.::
Slappy...:nono: I hope he slaps the mouth off kessler all night long...ending in a late TKO for Calzaghe.
Peep 451{?} SKY and then tell me WTF is going on. Do we have to pay for this, again? I have Setanta already but this is RED-IK-U-LUSS I had his last fights free on the ITV:doh: :doh:
he wings that left hand sometime - like he's tossing a ball. those are the shots you have to worry about. his quick flurries are nothing - all for show. but like some have said, he mixes in those winging shots that seem to hurt. just seems like he's wielding something a little extra, kind of like Tito used to do.
dsimon writes: Why are you bothering the guy with something as trivial as logic and common sense!!:nono: :: ::