Joe Calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr official on-site programme billed, "Worlds Will Collide," 8th November 2008, Madison Square Garden, New York.

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Calzaghe W unanimous decision

Joe Calzaghe clambered off the floor in the first round once again to maintain his perfect record with a convincing, unanimous decision victory over Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden.
Calzaghe scored a resounding 118-109 victory on all three of the judges' scorecards to extend his unbeaten record to 46-0.
It also saw him retain the Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title he had won by scoring a split-decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas last April.
Like that fight, Calzaghe was floored in the opening round, this time by a jolting straight left from 39-year-old Jones that momentarily stunned his travelling fans from Wales who formed roughly half of the 14,152 fans inside the legendary New York venue.
Calzaghe, 36, came back to wear down the American, causing a damaging cut above the former four-division champion's left eye in the seventh round that Jones' corner could not staunch.
The Welshman was fighting in boxing's most revered venue for the first time in his long and unblemished career against one of the true modern legends of the sport, who was looking to make his mark once again following three devastating losses in 2004-05, twice against Antonio Tarver, either side of defeat to Glen Johnson.
Both Tarver and Johnson delivered crushing knockout blows to the four-weight, eight-time champion in consecutive fights in 2004 that left many critics believing Jones' career was all but over.
Jones (52-4, 38 KOs) thought otherwise but Calzaghe was too strong to let the American's comeback continue.
It did not start that way. Jones caught Calzaghe with a jolting straight left that floored the Briton with under a minute of the opening round to go.
Calzaghe appeared hurt but rose to his feet and quickly had Jones on the defensive.
He reappeared for the second round with a mark on his nose that began to bleed as the round progressed and Jones looked perfectly at ease dealing with the combinations his rival was throwing.
The third, though, saw Calzaghe gain the upper hand for the first time in the fight, landing more punches and finishing by staring down Jones as the bell sounded.
Calzaghe's bleeding nose was being well managed by his corner and their man was beginning to control the fight equally efficiently.
Calzaghe made the first telling breakthrough in the fifth when Jones dropped his hands and was caught with a glancing right and then a more punishing left that rocked his head back.
In the dying seconds of the sixth, Jones countered a Calzaghe combination to the body with a sharp right that momentarily stunned his opponent before he mounted a retaliatory offensive to end the round.
Calzaghe's father and trainer Enzo had stressed throughout the build-up that his son would get stronger and faster as the fight progressed and round seven saw evidence of that as Jones was repeatedly caught with jolting punches to the head.
Calzaghe rocked him with a short left that quickly drew blood over the American's left eye and the sight on the big screen of Jones being treated by his cutman at the end of the round brought loud cheers from the travelling Welsh fans.
It was the turning point in the fight as Jones' corner could not stop the bleeding for very long between rounds and Calzaghe repeatedly sought out the problem area, growing with confidence as Jones began to look increasingly tired.
Calzaghe would target the afflicted area before moving downstairs to the body when the eight-time, four-weight champion instinctively covered up.
Again Jones received prolonged attention from the doctor between rounds as Calzaghe prowled the ring waiting for his rival to emerge for the 11th.
Jones was still game, though, talking to Calzaghe and launching darting assaults but the Welshman looked completely at ease, taunting the ring legend with shakes and shimmies of the head and hips and returning to his corner at the end of the penultimate round with a showy shuffle in front of his corner.
An extremely respectful touch of the gloves between the two boxers began the 12th and final round before Calzaghe resumed his war of attrition on Jones, interrupted only by a slip to the canvas from Canadian referee Hubert Earle, that brought a slightly comical end to proceedings.
Not that Calzaghe cared. He had already started celebrating.
According to Compubox stats, Calzaghe threw a staggering 985 punches to just 475 from Jones. Joe landed 344 in total.

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Joe Calzaghe was born in Hammersmith, London, England on the 23rd March 1972, Joe has spent all his life living in Wales with his Welsh mother Jackie Calzaghe and Sardinian father / trainer Enzo Calzaghe.

At the age of 9 Joe Calzaghe started boxing, despite loosing his very first fight he knew he was a natural born champion and would one day become the best pound for pound fighter in the world.

To date Joe Calzaghe is the most successful yet enigmatic boxer Great Britain has ever had. Joe’s record breaking story of success begins as early as a teenager when he entered the records books as the only British amateur boxer to hold 3 ABA Boxing titles at 3 different weights. Since then Joe has continued to conquer all those who step in his path with an outstanding record of 41 fights, 41 wins 32 wins by way of knockout.

Joe began his professional career in the Cardiff Arms Park in 1993 debuting on the under card of Frank Bruno. Knocking out all his opponents but still no sign of a title fight he left the management of Mickey duff and Terry Lawless and moved to Frank Warren’s Sports Network. Within 3 fights Joe had become the WBO Super Middleweight World Boxing Champion. It was not until 7 years later Joe would have the opportunity of a unification fight with Jeff Lacey. The Americans thought Joe was washed up and his WBO title was ready for the taking. They could not have been more wrong, Jeff Lacey was given a 12 round beating during which Joe threw and landed over 1,000 punches.

Joe’s ultimate goal is to unify all the Super Middle Weight titles and become a 2 weight world champion, only time will tell if he achieves his goals, the story continues……





Roy Jones Jr. first burst upon the world following a shockingly controversial defeat in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Jones soundly defeat hometown favorite Si-Hun Park in the light middleweight final, the world was stunned when the South Korean boxer was given the gold medal by a score of 3-2. As one boxing expert moaned: "Those blind bums would have given Custer a gold medal after the Little Big Horn."

Undaunted, while Park took his tarnished gold medal and slipped into obscurity, Jones returned home to begin a brilliant professional campaign that would carry him to six world championships, including the most radiant of them all, the heavyweight title. Jones spent the better part of a decade regarded as the premier pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Jones was Ring magazine's "Fighter of the Year" in 1994 and was voted the "Fighter of the Decade" in the 1990's by the Boxing Writers Association of America. He's the former IBF middleweight champion, IBF super middleweight world champion and former undisputed light heavyweight champion. He made 11 successful defenses in unifying the 175-pound division before moving up to heavyweight to fight John Ruiz. On March 1, 2002, Jones became the first former middleweight champion to win the world heavyweight crown in over 100 years.