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Joe Calzaghe
Male
(Joseph William Calzaghe)
Light-Heavyweight, Gt.Britain, Newbridge, Gwent, Wales
Born: 23 March 1972, Hammersmith, London, England
Height 5ft 11 1/2in, mt 1,81
southpaw
(Welsh-Italian)
as an amateur:
1985 National Schools champion
1986 National Schools final (l D Blumson)
1987 National Schools champion
1988 NABC Class A champion
1988 National Schools champion
1990 Welsh ABA welterweight final
(w rsf 1 C Jones, w ko 1 G Pugh, l M Smyth)
1990 Usti Nad Labem European Junior Championships
(w rsf 2 L Kozak, Hun; l A Opreda, Rom)
1990 Wales (v Nor, w rtd 2 J Larsen)
1991 ABA welterweight champion (w C Stephens,
w rsf 2 W Hughes, w W Ousey, w V Rose, w T French)
1992 ABA light-middleweight champion (w rtd 2 C Onytwu,
w rsf 1 A Langley, w rsf 2 C Winter)
1993 ABA middleweight champion (w rsf 1 P Matthews,
w rsf 1 S Stradling, w rsf 1 J Matthews, w D Dorrington)
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1993 | | + Oct. 1 | Paul Hanlon | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | KO 1 | | + Nov. 10 | Paul Mason | Watford, Gt.Britain | TKO 1 | | + Dec. 16 | Spencer Alton | Newport, Gt.Britain | TKO 2 | | 1994 | | + Jan. 22 | Martin Rosamond | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | KO 1 | | + Mar. 1 | Darren Littlewood | Dudley, Gt.britain | TKO 1 | | + June 4 | Karl Barwise | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 1 | | + Oct. 1 | Mark Lee Dawson | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | KO 1 | | + Nov. 30 | Trevor Ambrose | Wolverhampton, Gt.Britain | TKO 2 | | 1995 | | + Feb. 14 | Frank Minton | Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain | KO 1 | | + Feb. 22 | Bobbie Joe Edwards | Telford, Gt.Britain | W 8 | | + May 19 | Robert Curry | Southwark, Gt.Britain | TKO 1 | | + July 8 | Tyrone Jackson | York, Gt.Britain | TKO 4 | | + Sept. 30 | Nick Manners | Basildon, Gt.Britain | TKO 4 | | + Oct. 28 | Stephen Wilson | Kensington, Gt.Britain | TKO 8 | | (Won vacant British Super-Middleweight Title) | | 1996 | | + Feb. 13 | Guy Stanford | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 1 | | + Mar. 13 | Anthony Brooks | Brent, Gt.Britain | TKO 2 | | + Apr. 20 | Mark Delaney | Brentwood, Gt.Britain | TKO 5 | | (Retained British Super-Middleweight Title) | | + May 4 | Warren Stowe | Dagenham, Gt.Britain | TKO 2 | | + May 15 | Pat Lawlor | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 5 | | 1997 | | + Jan. 21 | Carlos Christie | Bristol, Gt.Britain | KO 2 | | + Mar. 22 | Tyler Hughes | Manchester, Gt.Britain | KO 1 | | + June 5 | Luciano Torres | Bristol, Gt.Britain | TKO 3 | | + Oct. 11 | Chris Eubank | Sheffield, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Won vacant WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 1998 | | + Jan. 24 | Branko Sobot | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 3 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Apr. 25 | Juan Carlos Gimenez | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 9 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 1999 | | + Feb. 13 | Robin Reid | Newcastle, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + June 5 | Rick Thornberry | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2000 | | + Jan. 29 | David Starie | Manchester, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Aug. 12 | Omar Sheika | Wembley, Gt.Britain | TKO 5 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Dec. 16 | Richie Woodhall | Sheffield, Gt.Britain | TKO 10 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2001 | | + Apr. 28 | Mario Veit | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 1 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Oct. 13 | Will McIntyre | Copenhagen, Denmark | TKO 4 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2002 | | + Apr. 20 | Charles Brewer | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Aug. 17 | Miguel Angel JIMENEZ | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Dec. 14 | Tocker Pudwill | Newcastle, Gt.Britain | TKO 2 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2003 | | + June 28 | Byron Mitchell | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 2 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2004 | | + Feb. 21 | Mger Mkrtchian | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | TKO 7 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Oct. 22 | Kabary Salem | Edinburgh, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2005 | | + May 7 | Mario Veit | Braunschweig, Germany | TKO 6 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Sept. 9 | Oure Evans Ashira | Cardiff, Gt.Britain | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2006 | | + Mar. 4 | Jeff Lacy | Manchester, England | W 12 | | (Retained WBO & won IBF Super-Middleweight Titles) | | + Oct. 14 | Sakio Bika | Manchester, England | W 12 | | (Retained WBO & IBF Super-Middleweight Titles) | | 2007 | | + Apr. 7 | Peter Manfredo Jr | Cardiff, Wales | TKO 3 | | (Retained WBO Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Nov. 3 | Mikkel Kessler | Cardiff, Wales | W 12 | | (Retained WBO and won WBA & WBC Super-Middleweight Titles) | | 2008 | | + Apr. 19 | Bernard Hopkins | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 12 | | + Nov. 8 | Roy Jones Jr | New York City, New York | W 12 |
Summary
Total bouts: 46, Won: 46 (32 inside the limit), Lost: 0 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0
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