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BOXNEWS Fight Joe Calzaghe W UD 12 (12) Mikkel Kessler

Fight Joe Calzaghe W UD 12 (12) Mikkel Kessler

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Boxers United Kingdom Joe Calzaghe [44-0-0, 33]
Denmark Mikkel Kessler [39-0-0, 29]
Referee cards 117-111, 116-112, 116-112
Weight division Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
Title WBC Title, WBA Title, WBO Title,
Date 03 November 2007, Sat
Location United Kingdom United Kingdom, Cardiff, Millennium Stadium
Other fights of this evening Fight Enzo Maccarinelli W KO 4 (12) Mohammed Azzaoui

News: Fight Joe Calzaghe -VS- Mikkel Kessler

Calzaghe-Kessler Postfight Presser! 5 Nov 2007 14:44

Calzaghe-Kessler Postfight Presser!

It was a beaming Joe Calzaghe who faced reporters after his hard fought twelve round unanimous points decision over Mikkel Kessler. Joe looked pretty fresh, and other than a small lesion in the middle of his forehead one wouldn't have guessed he'd just gone twelve rounds with what many had considered his toughest challenger to date read more ...
Calzaghe reigns supreme! 4 Nov 2007 07:36

Calzaghe reigns supreme!

There is now no question who the world's best 168-pounder is. Unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) claimed the WBC and WBA titles from previously unbeaten Mikkel Kessler (39-1, 29 KOs) on Saturday night at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales in front of 50,000+. read more ...
Calzaghe, Kessler make weight! 2 Nov 2007 18:55

Calzaghe, Kessler make weight!

Both Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler have made the 168lb limit for their WBC/WBA/WBO super middleweight unification super clash on Saturday in Cardiff, Wales. Calzaghe scaled in at 167.5 lbs. while Kessler was initially slightly over the limit and had to strip to hit the magic 168lb mark right on the button read more ...
Calzaghe-Kessler Presser! 2 Nov 2007 18:29

Calzaghe-Kessler Presser!

WBC/WBA champion Mikkel Kessler and WBO champion Joe Calzaghe met at today's final press conference in advance of their super middleweight unification superfight on Saturday at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't think I could win," stated Kessler. "For me it is now or never!" Kessler stated that beating Anthony Mundine in Australia before 15,000 hostile fans has prepared read more ...
Calzaghe-Kessler heats up! 25 Oct 2007 15:03

Calzaghe-Kessler heats up!

Joe Calzaghe has fired back at Mikkel Kessler who earlier this week vowed to knock out the Welshman and questioned whether he wants an all out war at the Millennium Stadium. Kessler, who meets Calzaghe in the massive super-middleweight unification fight on November 3, stated that Calzaghe could use spoiling tactics in the clash of the titans and said he would not been keen on trading toe-to-toe. But that has provoked a furious read more ...
Kessler: I'm gonna smash Calzaghe! 23 Oct 2007 15:47

Kessler: I'm gonna smash Calzaghe!

"I actually fear that Calzaghe will do all match spoiling efforts to try to block me out of the game," says WBC/WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs) . "So I´ll obviously have to face him the hardest way of all and smash him within the distance." Now just 12 days away from the much anticipated super middle triple unification clash with fellow undefeated WBO reigning read more ...
Calzaghe: How will Kessler cope? 31 Jul 2007 21:07

Calzaghe: How will Kessler cope?

"I landed over 1000 clean punches on Lacy and right now I'm punching harder, faster and more accurate than ever before so I wouldn't be surprised if I doubled that figure on Kessler," says WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe in regard to his November 3 bout with WBC/WBA champ Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff, Wales. Calzaghe, boxing's longest reigning world champion, will be making a division record-tying 21st WBO read more ...
Calzaghe-Kessler update! 9 Jul 2007 15:47

Calzaghe-Kessler update!

Unbeaten WBO 168 pound champion Joe Calzaghe (43-0) looks set for a unification match with Danish WBC/WBA champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0) in the UK on November 3rd. The venue is pencilled to be the Millenium Stadium subject to final negotiations. The fight is one of the most eagerly awaited in the super middleweight division between two outstanding and unbeaten fighters with over 82 wins and no losses between them. In his read more ...