Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William "Joe" Calzaghe, CBEis a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal super-middleweight titles, as well as the Ring light-heavyweight title. Calzaghe is the longest-reigning super-middleweight world champion in history, having held the WBO title for over 10 years and making 21 successful defences before relinquishing the title to move up to light-heavyweight. As his super-middleweight and light-heavyweight reigns overlapped, he retired with the longest...
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I've defended my title for eight years, let's see if Ricky is still champion in four years,
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It's the biggest fight in a long time. I know Jeff is going to be possibly the toughest fight of my career, so I am under no illusions. But like I have shown in the past, I have always risen to the occasion. I have the heart of a champion and the ability. It is just getting everything right and performing on that night. It's going to be a great fight.
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This is the first time a champion has put his title on the line, but I've got injured,
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Jeff is on the way up. You can't say that he's a champion that's on the fade, ... He's made some excellent defenses, he's a big puncher, a good all-around fighter.
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I see it as my career-defining fight. I have been champion for eight years, but have not had the big unification fight against a top fighter. Now, I have the opportunity.
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It's not my place to say how good I was because the thing is, every champion from every era is a great fighter and it's up to one person's interpretation to who is actually the best.
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I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.
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I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger.
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To be honest, looking at the judging with the Robin Reid fight I don't think I'd go to Florida, because that was disgusting the way Robin Reid got cheated,
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I have been waiting eight years for this fight and I can't wait. It is the sort of fight all boxers dream of and I cannot wait to unify the titles.
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Lots of things can also happen between now and then (November 5th), not least among them injuries. I have had problems with my hand and back on and off over the years, which is hardly surprising when you have been fighting since the age of nine like I have. My left hand swells up after almost every fight.
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But I will fight Jeff Lacy, regardless of money, regardless of anything else, it's a fight I definitely want.
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It should be as strong as ever and next week I'm starting running.
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It's been a clean fracture, which is good, so it should heal back to normal,