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Joseph William Calzaghe CBE (/ k æ l ˈ z æ ɡ i / kal-ZA-gee; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh [2] former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including unified and lineal titles at super-middleweight, and the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title.
Joe Calzaghe vs. Peter Manfredo Jr., billed as Pride Under Pressure, was a professional boxing match contested on 7 April 2007, for the WBO and The Ring super middleweight championship. [1] The bout took place at Millennium Stadium , with Calzaghe winning by technical knockout in the third round.
The fight continued all the way to the end of the twelfth round, when all three judges awarded Calzaghe the UD win by a wide margin, each scoring the fight 118-109. [7] Unofficial scorecards from media ringsiders ranged from 118-109 to 117-110 in Calzaghe's favour.
Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy, billed as Judgement Day, was a professional boxing match contested on 4 March 2006, for the IBF, WBO and The Ring championship. [1] It pitted long-time WBO champion Calzaghe against up and coming IBF champion, American Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy .
In the end, judges Chuck Giampa (116-111) and Ted Gimza (115-112) scored the fight for Calzaghe, while judge Adalaide Byrd (114-113) scored the fight for Hopkins. HBO's unofficial ringside judge Harold Lederman scored the bout 116-111 for Calzaghe. "It was a good fight. I thought Bernard (Hopkins) won though. But, I'm glad that Calzaghe won this.
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The fight went the full 12 rounds, one judge scored it 117–111 the other two had it 116–112 all in favour of Calzaghe [10] According to Compubox at the end of the fight Calzaghe had thrown 1,010 punches against 585 for Kessler although Kessler had the edge on accuracy and the number of power punches which landed.
Sonia Prosser had sued her brother, and sister Melissa Calzaghe, in a dispute relating to administration of their late father’s estate. Ex-boxing champion Joe Calzaghe reaches agreement in legal ...