Joe Calzaghe Boxing News

By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) quashed rumors that he’ll be staging a comeback by saying today that he has no plans of coming out of his two-year retirement to continue his boxing career. Calzaghe, 38, last fought two years ago in November 2008 with a 12 round [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) is debating whether or not go continue his boxing career and come back for a rematch with 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins. Calzaghe, 38, has been out of action for two years since retiring after beating Roy Jones Jr. in 2008. Golden Boy Promotions CEO [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In the latest boxing news, former Commonwealth champion Nicky Piper thinks that Joe Calzaghe is making a mistake if he stages a comeback, according to Walesonline. Piper, speaking about Calzaghe, he says, “The only reasons Joe would want a rematch would be the money or his ego. But I think he would [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Enzo Calzaghe doesn’t know whether his son Joe Calzaghe will be fighting again. He says he will be speaking to Joe as soon as he returns from the United States, where the young Calzaghe was attending the recent Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley bout this past weekend. According to the Southwalesargus, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Enzo Calzaghe, the father and trainer of former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s), says that the reports of Joe coming back are totally false. In an article at the BBC, Enzo says “There is no truth in it, and I would be the first to know.” There was an [...]

By Phylip Rees: It is being reported in today’s British Press ( Daily Mail ) that talks have been held for this fight to take place later this year. It was reported that Joe has financial considerations behind this planned return to the ring. For his fans, myself included, further developments to this story will [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) has no intentions of staging a comeback, according to news from the Mirror. A spokesperson for Calzaghe informed the Mirror that Calzaghe has no intentions of ever fighting again. It was recently reported by several boxing sites that Calzaghe was planning on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch continues with his interest in speaking about Joe Calzaghe for some reason, saying in an article at Guardian, “He [Calzaghe] took the easy option. He’s out of the circle and looking in, thinking ‘I’m not part of this anymore. Calzaghe is desperate for good publicity and [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In looking at the old timer’s fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins that takes place on April 3rd, one wonders whether former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) might be tempted to come out of retirement to fight the winner of this fight. It’s unclear how Calzaghe’s finances [...]

By Nate Anderson: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) isn’t concerned whether Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) ends up helping his April 24th Super Six tournament opponent Mikkel Kessler. In an article at ESPN, the 32-year-old Froch says “Calzaghe was no man enough to fight me and maybe feels a [...]

By William Mackay: According to Danish site dr.dk/sporten former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has offered to help Mikkel Kessler prepare for his April 24th Super Six bout against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch. The report states that Calzaghe approached Kessler through his agent about helping him in the Froch bout. Kessler says “I’ve [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In an article at GQ-magazine, former IBF/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion gives his thoughts on the careers of Ricky Hatton and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye. Speaking about Hatton, who was recently stopped in the 2nd round by Manny Pacquiao last May, Calzaghe says “I think Ricky Hatton should quit. No [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Judging by the way that former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) is still going on about WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, I think Calzaghe might be thinking about fighting Froch. I mean why else would Calzaghe still be talking about Froch after all this time. Calzaghe hasn’t fought [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch fired back at former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe in an interview at Livefight.com, saying “I think Joe’s a bit of a strange guy if I’m honest. And I don’t mean that nastily, but I really think he is a grump. Like a Welsh [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA/WBC/WBO unbeaten super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) had a lot of bad words to say about unbeaten World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) in a recent interview at the City A.M. Calzaghe says “He [Froch] won a title that I gave up and [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Although not much has been said about this topic, I think it’s something that needs to be considered. Former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) hasn’t looked like the same fighter he once was since suffering a 12 round unanimous decision loss to unbeaten Joe Calzaghe in November 2007. [...]

By William Mackay: Recently, I read an article by a writer that seemed to be gloating about the fact that former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe had beaten both Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins during his career. The writer of the article fails to mention that Hopkins was 43 at the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In article by former WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) at the Southwalesargus, Calzaghe says “I would have liked to have seen Ricky [Hatton] retire.” Calzaghe points out that former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton has been in some tough fights and mentions his lifestyle. Hatton [...]

By Philip Green: The parallels between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Joe Calzaghe are growing ever more apparent by the day. Both fighters hold unbeaten records spanning 40+ fights and each attracts his own share of praise and criticism. Whilst possessing uniquely different skill sets, Mayweather and Calzaghe’s reign at the top of their respective divisions [...]

By Liam Santiago: Boxing pundit Steve Bunce has said that he thinks former world champion, Joe Calzaghe might fight again in 2010. Speaking on his weekly boxing podcast on William Hill’s website, Bunce said, ”Calzaghe is like a loose cannon (since he retired). Different girlfriends. If you asked me 12 months ago I would have [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In an article with the Southwalesargus, former WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) says he has no regrets about getting out of the sport when he did rather than fight on. “I won’t box again.” Other than that, Calzaghe didn’t say much else, just droning on about his domestic [...]

By Scott Gilfoid Joe Calzaghe thinks that Bernard Hopkins should stay away from fighting World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye. In an article at the BBC, Calzaghe had this to say about Hopkins fighting Haye “I think Hopkins should retire, because he is 44 and is going to end up getting hurt. If he [...]

By Nat Thomas: There seems to be an endless debate raging on about the career and legacy of Joe Calzaghe, and a consensus is nowhere in sight. But come, let us reason together. Boxers, boxing fans, writers, and analysts are all in agreement about a few aspects of Calzaghe and his career: For example, he [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Joe Calzaghe opted to retire recently rather than stick around and take his chances and risk his unbeaten 46-0 record against the talented trio of Andre Dirrell, Andre Ward and Jermain Taylor, not to mention some good serviceable other fighters in the Super Six tournament such as Arthur Abraham, Mikkel Kessler and [...]

By Mark Fletcher: I was left a little bewildered the other day after British magazine ‘BoxingNews’ (Not to be confused with boxingnews24.com). Inside the magazine there was a column stating that the World Boxing Council were hoping to stop fathers from working in the corners of their sons, what puzzled me more was a statement [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe had a few thoughts on the dull bout between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and British heavyweight David Haye, saying in the Southwalesargus “I don’t think you can really blame Haye [for the boring fight] for that. Valuev is absolutely awful, a poor [...]

By Liam Santiago: Former undefeated world champion, Joe Calzaghe has announced his plans to return to the ring. As of yet, nothing is official but Calzaghe already has an opponent in line. If you are a fan of the Welsh man, please, do not get over exited. He is not planning on fighting Carl Froch, [...]

By Jamie Hooper: Since Carl Froch appeared on the scene I have never been sure what to make of him. He got a lot of boxing fans back up when he was calling out Calzaghe. I don’t think that chasing a calzaghe bout was a smart move for Froch. 1. Because Calgazhe would win hands [...]

By Liam Santiago: Over the past few decades Britain has been placed firmly on the map, as one of the greatest countries for producing quality boxer’s, by legends such as Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Ricky Hatton, Randy Turpin and Ken Buchanan. Each of them has cemented Britain into the idea that this is the land [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe thinks that World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch will beat American Andre Dirrell tomorrow night in Nottingham, according to a column from Calzaghe in the South Wales Argus. Calzaghe seems to be picking from his heart rather than his head, though, saying “The [...]