By Chris Williams: In looking at Joe Calzaghe’s retirement today, I’m left feeling disappointed about his career. On one the one half, he retires with an unbeaten record of 46-0, but on the other half, most of the victories were over less than stellar opposition. That’s the sad part. I can count on one the first three fingers of my hand that amount of fighters that I could consider semi-good, and I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count all the crappy fighters that Calzaghe built up his unbeaten record on.
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Calzaghe Retires Undefeated: Was He Overrated?
By Michael Lieberman: Former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KOs) finally called it a career today after a 16 year pro career which he finished without a blemish on his record. Calzaghe, 36, in leaving at this point in his career he finishes with a lot of unanswered questions about his ability stemming from the lack of high caliber opposition on his resume.
Britain’s Joe Calzaghe Retires At Top of The Mountain
By Simon Hirst: Wales’ greatest fighter Joe Calzaghe called time on his career today at the age of 36. Calzaghe, a certain future hall of famer, ends his career unbeaten with a 46-0-0. Calzaghe decided that retirement was the best option for him as he ‘had no more mountains to climb.’
Calzaghe Retires
By Scott Gilfoid: Well, Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KOs) finally announced his retirement today, and I can’t say I’m the least bit surprised. I figured he would do it rather than continue on and face Chad Dawson, a real threat and someone who would have likely beaten him black and blue if given the chance. Listing his family as being a big reason for his retirement, Calzaghe said to the BBC Sport: “My children wanted me to give up, plus my mum; That’s why I called it a day, and will go on to do something else.” Calzaghe, 36, left open the option of returning to boxing at a later date.
Mayorga Pulls Out Of Angulo Bout
By Jim Dower: Light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (14-0, 11 KOs) received some bad news this week in the form of former welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga (28-7-1, 22 KOs) suddenly pulling out of their February 14th bout due to an injury that Ricardo sustained in training camp. The fight, if it had gone ahead, would have potentially given Angulo’s still young career a big shot in the arm had he been able to defeat Mayorga in an impressive manner.
Corley Stops Galli, Rivera Defeats Brito; Brinkley-Gilbert, More – News
East Rutherford, NJ- Staging their first boxing show in four years, Darwish Brothers Knockout Promotions returned to the sport in a big way Tuesday night at the Meadowlands Sheraton Hotel in East Rutherford, NJ. The show was streamed live across the world online at GoFightLive.tv and featured some of New Jersey’s hottest rising talent, as well the return of DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley.
Should Roy Jones Jr. Move Up To Cruiserweight?
By William Mackay: Just looking at Roy Jones Jr’s recent fight against Joe Calzaghe in November, it’s pretty clear that Roy needs to move up to at least the cruiserweight division to give that a try rather than continuing to waste time campaigning as a light heavyweight. Although Jones, 40, is still one of the best fighters in the World as a light heavyweight, he doesn’t have the skills any longer in my estimation to compete against the top light heavyweights like Chad Dawson, Bernard Hopkins, Zsolt Erdei, Hugo Garay and Adrian Diaconu.
Are Punch And Grab Fighters Ruining Boxing?
By Manuel Perez: With MMA breathing down the neck of Boxing, I think it’s high time that clinching be disallowed in professional boxing because it’s taking away from the sport. If professional boxing is to compete with Mixed Martial Sports, boxing has to follow amateur boxing and prevent clinching tactics that are used to prevent an opponent from punching. Amateur boxing has long been smart on this subject, prohibiting clinching because they knew that it took away from the sport and kept punches from being thrown.
Gamboa back in action on Feb 20; Euban Predicts DeGale Will Fail – Boxing News
ARENA’s fast rising featherweight superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa (13-0, 11 kos) will be back in action again on February 20th at the University Center Arena in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Only six weeks after stopping Roger “Speedy” Gonzalez in round 10 at his last ESPN appearance “El Ciclon” is ready to shine again on the next “Friday Night Fights” show presented by ARENA Box-Promotion US, LLC.
Margarito Wrap Gate
By Manuel Perez: Let me go on record by saying that I see Antonio Margarito being cleared of the wrap gate controversy that surrounds him at this time. Margarito is a true warrior and would never resort to adding hardened substances like plaster of paris to his gloves to get an added advantage. This guy is a straight shooter and wouldn’t lower himself to this level just to get an edge in his fights.