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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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'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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It's easier to just fight to defend your title. After the Robin Reid fight, people said you should have knocked him out. If I knock a guy out, they say he's a bum. Nobody will be able to say that about Jeff Lacy. There is no debating Jeff Lacy. A win is a win now and I need to win this fight.
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This is the fight that I have been shouting out for over the last few years and I am delighted that Frank has secured it,
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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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If I get an opportunity to fight Antonio Tarver, Roy Jones in the States, I'll go for it. Those are the sort of fights I want at this stage of my career.
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He's gonna try and stand back, mess me about a bit, be cagey and hold on the inside and make it one of them fights that are boring. I don't wanna make a boring fight. I don't like to be involved in boring fights!
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There's no silver spoon treatment in this place.
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I honestly think that a Pavlik fight would be easier than Jones because styles make fights. He's one dimensional, comes in straight lines, I love that.
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I feel blessed that I managed to fight 46 fights undefeated, that I was a world champion for 11 years, one of the longest reigning champions of all time and I like to think that I come out looking pretty good.
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If I would've fought Andre Ward in my prime, I would've beat him.