Joe Calzaghe clambered off the floor in the first round once again to maintain his perfect record with a convincing, unanimous decision victory over Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden. Calzaghe scored a resounding 118-109 victory on all three of the judges' scorecards to extend his unbeaten record to 46-0. It also saw him retain the Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title he had won by scoring a split-decision...Read More.
Joe Calzaghe battled back from a stunning first round knockdown to score a disputed split decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas and reign as light-heavyweight world number one.Calzaghe extended his unbeaten record to 45 fights but only after by far the toughest test of his career against 43-year-old Hopkins, whose big right hand had got him off to a flying start...Read More.
Joe Calzaghe proved once again that he is the best super-middleweight in the world with a thrilling points victory over Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler on Saturday night.The 35-year-old Welshman started the Millennium Stadium fight poorly, being repeatedly picked off with bombing right hands and uppercuts. At one stage things looked to be getting away from Calzaghe who needed...Full Story.
Joe Calzaghe taught 'Contender' star Peter Manfredo a violent lesson in the reality of world championship boxing with an emphatic third-round stoppage victory at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Calzaghe successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title for the 20th time, an accomplishment which saw him equal the records of fellow greats Larry Holmes and Bernard...Full Story.
Joe Calzaghe was forced to dispense with his usual polish and get the better of a dirty brawl with Sakio Bika to retain his WBO and IBF super-middleweight titles on points at Manchester's MEN Arena. Calzaghe clinched 117-110 (twice) 116-111 verdicts from the three ringside judges to bring an end to a wild affair in which he had to shrug off a badly-cut left eye from the fourth round onwards...Read More.
Joe Calzaghe annihilated America's coming force with one of the finest displays by a British fighter in years to unify the world super-middleweight titles in Manchester. Calzaghe claimed a completely one-sided points victory over his big rival Jeff Lacey - who had come to the fight with his own unbeaten record and a major reputation. The Welshman hammered Lacy from the first moment to the last, not losing a round on any of the three...Full Story.
Joe Calzaghe's dream of a super-middleweight unification fight are in the balance after a mixed night of fortunes in Cardiff.Calaghe sustained a hand injury in the course of his shut-out points win over Kenyan Evans Ashira. He claimed a 120-108 (twice) 120-107 verdict to retain his WBO super-middleweight title for the 17th time but of greater concern was...Full Story.
After his annihilation of Jeff Lacy, everybody knows Joe Calzaghe. Magazines, newspapers and websites even put him in their pound-for-pound rankings. This shows how important promotion is in making a boxer world-famous. There so many fighters who couldn’t clean Calzaghe’s shoes yet are hyped as being special, while Joe held the WBO super middleweight title for eight years and still most people believed..Full Story.
