Joe Calzaghe
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Oakland boxer Andre Ward isn't worried being the underdog vs. Mikkel Kessler...of his five-year professional career. The 30-year-old Kessler (42-1) of Denmark has fought seven world titleholders, with his only loss coming by unanimous decision to Joe Calzaghe, who retired at 46-0. Kessler, who is fighting in the United... In this article: Mikkel Kessler, Andre Ward, WBA, Andre Dirrell, Jermain Taylor, Oakland, Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham, Joe Calzaghe, and Oracle Arena |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Sport | October 19, 2009
Joe Calzaghe: Carl Froch must tighten defence or fall to Mikkel Kessler
...way to win. Yet it was by a frustrating, wafer-thin margin. Joe Calzaghe, the retired former two-weight world champion, beat Denmark's Kessler in Cardiff just under two years ago. Kessler had the Welshman in trouble for the opening five...
In this article: Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler, Berlin, Concussion, World Boxing Council, Chris Arreola, Vitali Klitschko, Jermain Taylor, and Germany
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Reuters | February 05, 2009
Unbeaten world champion Calzaghe retires
...win over Denmark's Mikkel Kessler. Calzaghe then stepped up to light-heavyweight and won a split decision against American Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas for the Ring Magazine title in April 2008. He retained that title after his last...
In this article: WBO, IBF, WBA, Ring Magazine, Chris Eubank, Rocky Marciano, and Mikkel Kessler
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USATODAY.com | July 13, 2009
Round-robin boxing tourney pits best of USA, Europe
...medalist Andre Ward (19-0, 12 KOs), probably in Ward's hometown of Oakland. Kessler's loss came in a tough fight against unbeaten champion Joe Calzaghe in 2007. Calzaghe is retired and the Welshman was not even considered for the...
In this article: Andre Dirrell, Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham, Andre Ward, Jermain Taylor, USA, and Showtime
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www.washingtonpost.com | April 15, 2008
Joe Calzaghe ready for Las Vegas bout with Hopkins
...add the WBA and WBC super middleweight titles to the WBO belt he won in 1997. Calzaghe, 44-0 (32 KOs) acknowledged that he faces a difficult task on Saturday. "I'm fighting in Vegas, with an American referee, American judges, outside my...
In this article: Bernard Hopkins, Las Vegas, Joe Cortez, Mikkel Kessler, WBO, Felix Trinidad, Chris Eubank, IBF, and WBA
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Times Online | February 05, 2009
Joe Calzaghe decides to bow out at summit
...and won the vacant WBO title in 1997, beating Chris Eubank on points. He had to wait until 2006 for a unification bout, when he dominated Jeff Lacy, the American. The year after, he beat Mikkel Kessler, of Denmark, in front of more than...
In this article: Bernard Hopkins, WBO, WBA, IBF, Ring magazine, Joe Louis, Mikkel Kessler, and Roy Jones Jr
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BBC News | February 06, 2009
Hatton hails Calzaghe as the best
...over American Jeff Lacy in March 2006. He then claimed the WBA and WBC belts with a unanimous points win over Denmark's Mikkel Kessler at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 4 November, 2007. Calzaghe's final two fights cemented his...
In this article: Ricky Hatton, BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, Bernard Hopkins, Mikkel Kessler, Roy Jones Jr, Cardiff, Madison Square Garden, BBC Radio Wales, and IBF
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International Herald Tribune | November 04, 2007
Calzaghe unifies middleweight titles - International Herald Tribune
Calzaghe unifies middleweight titles - International Herald Tribune Britain' Joe Calzaghe, left, is caught by Denmark's Mikkel Kessler right hand during a fight for three world super-middleweight titles in Cardiff. Calzaghe won his world...
In this article: Mikkel Kessler, Cardiff, WBO, WBA, Millennium Stadium, International Herald Tribune, Britain, and Denmark
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ESPN.com | February 05, 2009
Two-division champ Calzaghe retires unbeaten
...fight in Manchester, England. Lacy was the favorite, but Calzaghe took him apart, punishing Lacy throughout the fight, scoring a 12th-round knockdown and winning a landslide decision to gain worldwide acclaim. In November 2007, Calzaghe...
In this article: Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, Mikkel Kessler, Chris Eubank, Frank Warren, Cardiff, and Millennium Stadium
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Boxing: Calzaghe defeats Kessler
...crown at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Calzaghe, making the 21st defence of his WBO belt, started slowly and was hurt on a number of occasions by Denmark's WBA and WBC title-holder. But the home favourite took control in the middle...
In this article: Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins, BBC Radio 5 Live, WBO, WBA, Frank Warren, and Roy Jones
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Joseph William Calzaghe MBE, CBE (born 23 March 1972) is an undefeated British former professional boxer. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world. He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the third European boxer, after Terry Marsh and Sven Ottke, to retire as an undefeated world champion.
He is sometimes referred to as the "Pride of Wales", or the "Italian Dragon" in reference to his mixed heritage (the dragon being both a Welsh emblem and a Sardinian myth). He is currently the Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion. He is also the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring Magazine and the British super middleweight champion.
Calzaghe is the longest-reigning world champion in recent years, having held the WBO super middleweight title for over ten years until he relinquished the title to concentrate on fighting at light-heavyweight. As his super-middleweight and light-heavyweight reigns overlap, he has had the longest continual time as world champion of any currently active fighter. He is part of the Team Calzaghe based at the Newbridge boxing club.
In 2007, Calzaghe became BBC Sports Personality of the Year, beating Ricky Hatton and Lewis Hamilton by gaining 28.19% of the public vote. This made Calzaghe the first Welsh winner of this award since show jumper David Broome in 1960. He was also awarded the Young Boxer of the Year Award in 1995.
Calzaghe holds notable wins over Chris Eubank, Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.
- Also Known As:
- The Pride of Wales
- The Italian Dragon
- Birth Date:
- March 23, 1972
- Birthplace:
- London, England
- Nationality:
- Welsh
- Weight:
- Light heavyweight
- Wins:
- 46
- KO's:
- 32
- Losses:
- 0
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