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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
Hopkins successfully defended The Ring title against Ronald "Winky" Wright in 2007, but dropped it to the undefeated Joe Calzaghe in 2008. Jones, who had rebounded from his three-fight losing streak to win his next three, would then challenge Calzaghe later in 2008, but would lose by a lopsided unanimous decision.
Joe Calzaghe (def. Jeff Lacy) 4 Mar 2006 – 26 Sep 2008 3 Calzaghe vacates the title to stay at light heavyweight. [20] 2 Andre Ward (def. Carl Froch) 17 Dec 2011 – 19 Feb 2015 2 Ward is stripped of the title for failing to schedule a fight with a top 5 contender from any weight class for two years per The Ring policy. [21] 3 Callum Smith