Joe Calzaghe
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Froch: Andre Ward Wouldn't Have a F------ Chance With Joshua, I'd Enjoy AJ Knocking Him Out!
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch erupted over some recent statements made by his career rival, Andre Ward. During an interview, Ward explained that he felt Joe Calzaghe would have been a tougher opponent than former two-time heavyweight...
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Cordina On Rakhimov: We Need That Win To Bring Big Nights Back To Cardiff, Like Calzaghe Did
Joe Cordina is done stressing over the circumstances that left him as an ex-titleholder. The only focus now is to become a two-time title claimant and to re-establish himself as the face and voice of Welsh boxing. The unbeaten former IBF junior light...
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Benavidez-Plant Fight Creates Long-Term Super Middle Intrigue
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s a big week for the super middleweight division. The biggest fight of the upcoming weekend puts the 168-pounders on the marquee, with the top contenders – according to the WBC – squaring off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Ca...
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Calzaghe Not Sure if Joshua Made Right Decision in Picking Garcia as Trainer
Former two division champion Joe Calzaghe is not sure, at least not yet, if heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua made the right decision in selecting Robert Garcia as the trainer to prepare him for the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
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Joe Calzaghe Praises Canelo, Would Have Loved To Face Him
There was a period of time when Joe Calzaghe was best super middleweight in the world, with three of the four major titles around his waist in 2007. Calzaghe retired in 2008, after moving up to light heavyweight to win bouts over Bernard Hopkins and...
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Even on a Loss, Pacquiao Exits as One of Century's Best
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Sports arguments. They're the topic of a million bar bets and the fodder for just as many afternoon drive-time radio shows. LeBron or Jordan. Brady or Manning. Gretzky or Orr. And so on. Turns out boxing is no different. The int...
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Calzaghe: Liam Williams Has The Tools To Beat Demetrius Andrade
Joe Calzaghe has backed Liam Williams to become Wales’ latest World champion as he prepares to face Demetrius Andrade for the WBO world middleweight title on Saturday night at Hard Rock Live at Hard Rock Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, F...
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Kell Brook Motivated To Do a 'Calzaghe-Lacy' Job on Crawford
If Kell Brook pulls off the upset this weekend and dethrones Terence Crawford in Las Vegas, he believes it will rank as one of the greatest wins by a British boxer in history. It is 3½ years since Brook lost his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence...
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Robin Reid Discusses Time as World Champion, Joe Calzaghe Anti-Knife Campaign
Former IBO and WBC world champion Robin Reid has turned his attention after boxing to preventing knife crime in local communities. Runcorn’s ‘Grim Reaper’ was a two-time world champion, making multiple defenses of his WBC and IBO world titles and inf...
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Calzaghe: I Would Have Beaten Andre Ward in Close, Tactical Fight
Former unified WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight world champion Joe Calzaghe feels confident that he would have beaten Andre Ward - had the two fighters met years ago. Calzaghe retired back in 2008, after winning a lopsided twelve round decision over...
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Carl Froch Tears Apart The Career Record of Joe Calzaghe
In the last few months, former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has reignited a war of words with domestic rival Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe was the top man at 168-pounds when Froch was coming up as a young fighter and the two boxers would often tra...
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Froch: I'd Have Knocked Calzaghe Out, I'd Be Too Big For Canelo
Former super middleweight champion and Sky Sports pundit Carl Froch is confident that he would have knocked out two-division beltholder Joe Calzaghe - should the two of them collided in the ring a decade ago. Calzaghe retired from the sport with an u...