By Scott Gilfoid: Former unbeaten IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) has reiterated that he won’t be making a comeback even though he’s only 38-years-old and still fit enough to keep fighting. Calzaghe finished his career two years ago with a 12 round decision over Roy Jones Jr. in November 2008. At the time that Calzaghe stopped fighting, he was considered still at the top of his game and fighting well.
Joe Calzaghe
Calzaghe picks Haye to beat Harrison
By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is picking World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) to beat Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) next month in their bout on November 13th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester. In an interview at Sky Sports, Calzaghe says “I don’t think Harrison deserves to fight for the title. I see Haye winning all day long. I don’t think Harrison really has a chance. He has a puncher’s chance but he’s not that big of a puncher. So I think Haye will basically win this.”
Joe Calzaghe measured against all-time
by Sam Singh: Cliff Rold, generally speaking, is a respected writer within the boxing world. Rold is a member the Ring Magazine Advisory Panel, the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Yahoo Pound for Pound voting panel.
Despite Rold’s flashy credentials I feel compelled as an avid follower of the sweet science to voice my firm disagreement in response to his recent article on Joe Calzaghe.
It looks like Calzaghe won’t be making a comeback
By William Mackay: It’s hard to believe that former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) won’t be making a comeback at least for one or two more fights. It’s been two years since Calzaghe, then 36, retired from boxing after beating a washed up 40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in November 2008.
Pascal says he wants Hopkins, Calzaghe or Bute next – News
By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) was elated after escaping with an 11 round technical decision win over former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Pascal, 27, was exhausted and getting lit up by Dawson in the 11th round and looking like he was on the verge of being stopped. However, sometimes luck is on your side, as it was surely on Pascal’s side last Saturday night. Just when Dawson was putting on the coup de grace, Pascal turned his head and accidently rammed Dawson in the face, cutting his eye badly.
Joe Calzaghe: Best Boxer Of An Era
By Tom Graves: Before his retirement in February 2009 as Britain’s only undefeated boxing world champion, Joe Calzaghe was the longest-reigning boxing world champion of the modern era, owning a fight record of 46-0, 32 of which by KO/TKO.
Many people may only know of “The Pride of Wales” later in his career or may not have followed his career much at all, many people also believe he was protected or faced easy opposition. I am one of many who believe he was most definitely one of the best boxers of an era and one of the best of all time.
I will take you back to the beginning of his career to try and prove it.
How Would Joe Calzaghe Do in the Super Six?
By Joseph Hirsch: Joe Calzaghe is probably the most controversial champion of the last twenty-five years. Many regard him as one of the most overprotected European fighters in history, with the possible exception of Sven Ottke, a man with an ineffectual pitter-pat style of punching who favored picking on old men like Bernard Hopkins or Roy Jones Jr., rather than challenging himself against young lions like Carl “the Cobra” Froch or Kelly “the Ghost,” Pavlik.
Calzaghe says Hopkins is a “45-year-year-old who doesn’t bring anything to the table”
By William Mackay: Former WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) has once again ended speculation about him making a comeback by saying he doesn’t plan on attempting to come out of his two-year retirement to fight Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s), who Calzaghe already outpointed by a 12 round split decision in April 2008. In an article Walesonline.co.uk, Calzahge, 38, had this to say about coming back:
Calzaghe not interested in making a comeback – 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 unanimous decision win over Roy Jones Jr. In an article at ESPN, Calzaghe said “There’s no truth that I’m coming back. A lot of boxers come back from retirement but when I retired from boxing, I said I intended to retire and nothing has changed from that.”
Calzaghe deciding whether to fight a rematch with Bernard Hopkins
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 Richard Schaefer is looking to match the 38-year-old Calzaghe against Hopkins in July in Cardiff, with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan fighting on the same card, according to Gareth Davies from the Telegraph.co.uk. Calzaghe previously defeated Hopkins in April 2008, beating him by a 12 round split decision that left few fans satisfied.