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Calzaghe survives Bika!

15 Oct 2006 18:16       hits 13297 Print version

See gallery Joe Calzaghe of Wales, left, grapples with Australian-based Sakio Bika from Cameroon during their World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation super-middleweight world championship fight
Joe Calzaghe of Wales, left, grapples with Australian-based Sakio Bika from Cameroon during their World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation super-middleweight world championship fight © AP
Unbeaten IBF/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (42-0, 31 KOs) won a unanimous decision in a twelve round brawl against Sakio Bika (20-2-2, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. The Cameroonian strongman Bika came at Calzaghe all night with wild, brutally hard punches that cut the champion in round four and made Calzaghe have to work hard to fend him off. Scores were 117-110, 117-110, 116-111


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