Calzaghe, Joe

Calzaghe, Joe

▪ Welsh boxer
born March 23, 1972, London, Eng.

      Welsh professional boxer. At the start of the 21st century, he ranked as the longest-reigning champion in professional boxing history, with an undefeated record in both the super middleweight and light heavyweight categories.

      Calzaghe grew up in Wales, the son of a Welsh mother and a Sardinian father. At the age of nine, he fought his first boxing match but lost. By 1993 he had held Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) titles in three different weight categories, the first British boxer to do so. He also held titles from the National Association of Boys Clubs (NABC) and the Gaelic Games. As an amateur boxer, Calzaghe maintained an impressive record of 110 wins out of 120 fights.

      In 1993 Calzaghe turned professional and won his first match. Under the management of Mickey Duff and Terry Lawless, he continued to defeat his opponents but never fought in a world championship bout. Displeased with his management, in 1996 he switched to Frank Warren's Sports Network, and in 1997 he defeated Chris Eubank to win the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight championship. He went on to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title in 2006.

      In April 2007 Calzaghe fought Peter Manfredo, Jr., the runner-up on the American reality television boxing show The Contender. Calzaghe won the match easily in front of a crowd of 35,000, a record for an indoor boxing event in Europe. In November 2007 Calzaghe became the undisputed world champion when he won a decision over Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler, adding Kessler's World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) titles to his own WBO and IBF championships. Calzaghe made his American debut in April 2008, winning a split decision over former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins. In November 2008 he won a unanimous decision over American Roy Jones, Jr. (Jones, Roy, Jr.), a former world champion in four weight classes, leading many boxing observers to proclaim Calzaghe the greatest Welsh boxer of all time. Calzaghe retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record in 46 career bouts, including 32 victories by knockout.

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