News - Joe Calzaghe

"Inside the ring I do not think there has ever been a fighter I can remember since the early Mike Tyson that comes in and throws punches with the fury that Lacy comes into the ring with. He does not ask if someone is a southpaw or whatever. All he says is give me the date and the time I have to be in the locker room." read more ...

Promoter Gary Shaw announced today that the long-awaited world super middleweight title unification fight between IBF/IBO champion JEFF "LEFT HOOK" LACY and WBO champion JOE CALZAGHE has been signed and will be broadcast live on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing. Promoter Frank Warren, who represents Calzaghe, stated that the fight would take place in February or March 2006 in Cardiff, Wales. The Ring magazine will also sanction this read more ...

Speaking to SecondsOut, the American promoter spat: "Joe Calzaghe is a disgrace. I don't believe this injury is legit. He never, ever wanted to fight Jeff Lacy. There are some fighters who are willing to fight anyone, anytime - and there are fighters who just don't fit in that warrior category. Joe Calzaghe is one of the later. I just think this is criminal." read more ...

There has been much talk - and even a press conference - about 'Left Hook' taking on WBO counterpart Joe Calzaghe in a battle of unbeaten champions in November or December; but Team Lacy say they aren't even thinking about that until they first do a number on 'the Reaperman'. On an international conference call, promoter Gary Shaw began: "Jeff is not looking past Robin Reid. Without a doubt Reid is the toughest test of Jeff's career. read more ...

Long-time WBO 168lb champ Joe Calzaghe successfully retained his title stopping interim champ Mario Veit of Germany moments ago in Braunschweig, Germany. The southpaw Calzaghe (39-0; 31KOs) looked always in control and floored his foe with a vicious left cross at the end of round five. Then, at the beginning of round six the defending champ went all over Veit and the German fighter was down again after a flurry of punches. Veit was up at the count of eight - but not totally recovered and American referee Gino Rodriguez stopped the contest shortly after when Calzaghe landed with another series. read more ...

Unbeaten WBO super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (38-0) was clearly angry today about his forced cancellation of his bout with Brian Magee in Belfast on Friday. This was his 16th defense of his WBO title which would have made him the outright most successful UK boxing world champion. He angrily threatened Mario Veit, "I am clearly angry that after all my training I am forced to cancel the fight the day before my most important defense. There has been over 5,000 tickets sold for this fight and I am possibly in the best shape of my career... read more ...

German promotional powerhouse Klaus-Peter Kohl has won the purse bids for his super-middleweight contender Mario Viet's mandatory WBO title challenge to Welshman Joe Calzaghe. Anxious to secure home advantage for their man after he was wiped out in one round by Calzaghe four years ago, Kohl's Hamburg based Universum Promotions won the purse bid with an enormous $1,750,000 compared to Calzaghe's promoters Sports Network bidding... read more ...

Sources from the WBO have informed Boxingtalk.com that undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe will make the mandatory defense of his title against WBO interim champion Mario Veit. Veit defeated Kabary Salem for the interim title and then was forced to watch Calzaghe take on Salem in his last fight, however, it seems the WBO... read more ...