What body part will Calzaghe have "injured" when p
Posted: 25 Jan 2006, 14:58
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A phantom warm-up induced phantom-hand phantom-injury.jomothepure wrote:I'll go with a hand injury. And in the absence of warm-ups against 5ft middleweights, I'll say it will be a phantom warm-up induced hand injury.
wildwaylon wrote:That was a cruel remark I made, but like this vote only intended as a bit of fun - Joe is a very talented fighter and lets hope he is fit for the fight against Lacey - Personally I do have concerns about his hand and would have been happier to see it happen in Sept/Oct with a warm up defence of his title in between - Obviously this is THE fight of his entire career and joe has to be on top form - I think Joe has all the skills necessary but can he risk a big bomb - This has to be on his mind and may affect the way he boxes - His best tactics I think would be to try and win the rounds and outpoint Lacey and go for the KO late if it isnt working out - Perhaps go for the KO from 10 on anyway to be on the safe side - Can Joe really do it,I think he can, but I think we will hear him say this has been the toughest battle yet - The Welsh Dragon really has to spit fire for this one
I think he can risk a bomb a little bit as he's hardly had a hard career.wildwaylon wrote:That was a cruel remark I made, but like this vote only intended as a bit of fun - Joe is a very talented fighter and lets hope he is fit for the fight against Lacey - Personally I do have concerns about his hand and would have been happier to see it happen in Sept/Oct with a warm up defence of his title in between - Obviously this is THE fight of his entire career and joe has to be on top form - I think Joe has all the skills necessary but can he risk a big bomb - This has to be on his mind and may affect the way he boxes - His best tactics I think would be to try and win the rounds and outpoint Lacey and go for the KO late if it isnt working out - Perhaps go for the KO from 10 on anyway to be on the safe side - Can Joe really do it,I think he can, but I think we will hear him say this has been the toughest battle yet - The Welsh Dragon really has to spit fire for this one
Looking past him eh.Slapsie Maxie wrote:A very good chum of mine in the US is married to a guy who used to be high up the ladder in Showtime and now works with promoters to get fights together.
When I was in NYC last week, he told me two things
1) Judah/Mayweather was a done deal
2) They are so convinced that Lacy is going to beat JC that they are already negotiating the Tarver fight in Florida from where they both hail
Interesting!
Slapsie
That is interesting and just becuase the yanks feel its a cert that Lacy will win i really hope JC batters Lacy from pillar to postSlapsie Maxie wrote:A very good chum of mine in the US is married to a guy who used to be high up the ladder in Showtime and now works with promoters to get fights together.
When I was in NYC last week, he told me two things
1) Judah/Mayweather was a done deal
2) They are so convinced that Lacy is going to beat JC that they are already negotiating the Tarver fight in Florida from where they both hail
Interesting!
Slapsie