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Joseph "Joe" Calzaghe
(the "Pride of Wales")

BORN   March 23 1972; Hammersmith, London, England
HEIGHT.. 5-11 1/2
WEIGHT 166 1/2-174 1/2 lbs
MANAGERS Terry Lawless, Mickey Duff, Frank Warren
TRAINER Enzo Calzaghe

 

Calzaghe is a man loaded with boxing talent - an exceptional fighter, give him credit !!! He possesses great boxing "savvy" and knows what his foe is going to do - but his opponent doesn't know what he will do; Sometimes, he is surprised but he composes himself, comes back and wins


Joe has won several boxing titles - the
WBC Super Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World, the IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World and the BBBC Super Middleweight Championship of Great Britain; His two outstanding wins - against the older but great fighters - Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. - were among his most impressive victories


During his career, Calzaghe has defeated such men as Jones Jr., Hopkins, Mikkel Kessler, Jeff Lacy, Byron Mitchell, Charles Brewer, Chris Eubank, Mark Delaney, Luciano Torres, Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra, Robin Reid, Rick Thornberry, David Starie, Omar Sheika, Richie Woodhall, Mario Veit, Will McIntyre, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Tocker Pudwill, Mger Mkrtchian, Kabary Salem, Evans Ashira, Sakio Bika and Peter Manfredo Jr.

*** SOME AMATEUR BOUTS ***
1991
          -Calzaghe won the ABA Welterweight Championship

1992
        Chris Byrd                                                    W  3

          -Calzaghe won the ABA Light-Middleweight Championship

1993
          -Calzaghe won the ABA Middleweight Championship


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
1993
Oct  1 Paul Hanlon               Cardiff, Wales                      TK  1
Nov 10 Paul Mason                Watford, England                    TK  1
Dec 16 Spencer Alton             Newport, Wales                      TK  2
 
1994
Jan 22 Martin Rosamond           Cardiff, Wales                      TK  1
Mar  1 Darren Littlewood         Dudley, England                     TK  1
Jun  4 Karl Barwise              Cardiff, Wales                      TK  1
Oct  1 Mark Lee Dawson           Cardiff, Wales                      TK  1
Nov 30 Trevor Ambrose            Wolverhampton, England              TK  2

1995
Feb 14 Frank Minton              London, England                     KO  1
Feb 22 Bobbie Joe Edwards        Telford, England                     W  8
May 19 Robert Curry              London, England                     TK  1
Jul  8 Tyrone Jackson            York, England                       TK  4
Sep 30 Nick Manners              Basildon, England                   TK  4
Oct 28 Stephen Wilson            London, England                     TK  8
          -BBBC Super Middleweight Championship of Great Britain

1996
Feb 13 Guy Stanford              Cardiff, Wales                      TK  1
Mar 13 Anthony Brooks            London, England                     TK  2
Apr 20 Mark Delaney              Brentwood, England                  TK  5
          -BBBC Super Middleweight Championship of Great Britain
May  4 Warren Stowe              Dagenham, England                   TK  2
May 15 Pat Lawlor                Cardiff, Wales                      TK  2

1997
Jan 21 Carlos Christie           Bristol, England                    TK  2
Mar 22 Tyler Hughes              Manchester, England                 KO  1
Jun  5 Luciano Torres            Bristol, England                    TK  3
Oct 11 Chris Eubank              Sheffield, England                   W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

1998
Jan 24 Branko Sobot              Cardiff, Wales                      TK  3
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Apr 25 Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra Cardiff, Wales                   TK 10
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

1999
Feb 13 Robin Reid                Newcastle, England                   W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun  5 Rick Thornberry           Cardiff, Wales                       W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2000
Jan 29 David Starie              Manchester, England                  W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug 12 Omar Sheika               London, England                     TK  5
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 16 Richie Woodhall           Sheffield, England                  TK 10
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2001
Apr 28 Mario Veit                Cardiff, Wales                      TK  1
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 13 Will McIntyre             Copenhagen, Denmark                 TK  4
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2002
Apr 20 Charles Brewer            Cardiff, Wales                       W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug 17 Miguel Angel Jimenez      Cardiff, Wales                       W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 14 Tocker Pudwill            Newcastle, England                  TK  2
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2003
Jun 28 Byron Mitchell            Cardiff, Wales                      TK  2
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2004
Feb 21 Mger Mkrtchian            Cardiff, Wales                      TK  7
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 22 Kabary Salem              Edinburgh, Scotland                  W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2005
May  7 Mario Veit                Braunschweig, Germany               TK  6
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 10 Evans Ashira              Cardiff, Wales                       W 12
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2006
Mar  4 Jeff Lacy                 Manchester, England                  W 12
          -IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 14 Sakio Bika                Manchester, England                  W 12
          -IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2007
Apr  7 Peter Manfredo Jr.        Cardiff, Wales                      TK  3
          -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Nov  3 Mikkel Kessler            Cardiff, Wales                       W 12
          -WBC Super Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2008
Apr 19 Bernard Hopkins           Las Vegas, Nv                        W 12
Nov  8 Roy Jones Jr.             New York, NY                         W 12

2009
Feb  5 -Calzaghe announced his retirement from the ring

Review courtesy of Matt Tegen, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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