Calzaghe overwhelms Jones in NYC, remains unbeaten
by Scott Christ on Nov 9, 2008 12:42 AM EST
in Boxing Results and Post-Fight Analysis
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PrintWe will have MUCH more over the next two days, but for now, here's a quick results update:
Joe Calzaghe threw nearly 1,000 punches and opened up a brutal cut on Roy Jones, Jr., retaining his light heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision victory (118-109 on all three cards). Jones dropped Calzaghe in the first round -- the only round he won on any of the official cards.
Zab Judah took a lackluster ten-round decision over Ernest Johnson.
Frankie Figueroa won a contested split decision over Emanuel Augustus, 77-75 on two cards and 75-77 on the third.
Dmitriy Salita outclassed a tough and very game Derrick Campos in the PPV opener, winning a wide unanimous decision.
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jones gave us that glimmer of hope in the 1st, the fight proceeded as expected. i was impressed by calzaghe landing harder punches then i am used to him landing. but the win was against an old rjj and does little for his legacy and does little for me in ways of respect. except that he showed resilience against the early knock down to take control of the fight.
Just an FWIW
Albert Sosnowski TKOed Danny Williams. Looks like Williams is about done.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
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I should have gone with my instincts and put a lot of money on this fight. Sounds like it went exactly as I predicted.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
Could someone please post a link to the official punchstats from the Joe vs Lacy fight?
I’ve been trying to find them for a while, and can’t find them. Barry McGuigan just said Joe HIT Lacy with 1007 punches in the fight, surely that must be erroneous? Maybe he threw 1000+ punches in the fight, but connected? I can’t have that.
Cheers in advance!!
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Damn. I would have thought any fighter landing a punch every 2 seconds for 12 rounds would have to get someone to pick them up for him off the floor post-fight. Just throwing 1000 punches is amazing enough, but McGuigan actually said something along the lines of “And I don’t mean he threw over 1000 punches in that fight, he actually landed 1007 punches on Lacy, that’s why he was so good in that fight.” What a ’tard.
Favourite 5 boxers of all time (in no particular order)-
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Lennox Lewis
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