In a career spanning 15 years and one month, Joe Calzaghe fought 46 times with 46 wins and no losses. By his last professional fight on November 8, 2008, Calzaghe's boxing record stood at 46-0 (32 KO wins).
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Joe Calzaghe (The Pride of Wales) is a retired Welsh professional boxer. He was born in Hammersmith, London, England on March 23, 1972. Calzaghe made his professional boxing debut at the age of 21, on October 1, 1993. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. He is 51 years old, and will be turning 52 in nine months and 14 days. Calzaghe is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 46 |
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Wins | 46 |
Losses | 0 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 32 |
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Total Title Wins | 6 |
Title Defenses | 22 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 11 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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46 | Nov 8, 2008 | 36 | Roy Jones Jr. | Win * | UD |
45 | Apr 19, 2008 | 36 | Bernard Hopkins | Win * | SD |
44 | Nov 3, 2007 | 35 | Mikkel Kessler | Win * | UD |
43 | Apr 7, 2007 | 35 | Peter Manfredo Jr. | Win * | TKO3 |
42 | Oct 14, 2006 | 34 | Sakio Bika | Win * | UD |
41 | Mar 4, 2006 | 33 | Jeff Lacy | Win * | UD |
40 | Sep 10, 2005 | 33 | Evans Ashira | Win * | UD |
39 | May 7, 2005 | 33 | Mario Veit | Win * | TKO6 |
38 | Oct 22, 2004 | 32 | Kabary Salem | Win * | UD |
37 | Feb 21, 2004 | 31 | Mger Mkrtchyan | Win * | TKO7 |
36 | Jun 28, 2003 | 31 | Byron Mitchell | Win * | TKO2 |
35 | Dec 14, 2002 | 30 | Tocker Pudwill | Win * | TKO2 |
34 | Aug 17, 2002 | 30 | Miguel Ăngel JimĂ©nez | Win * | UD |
33 | Apr 20, 2002 | 30 | Charles Brewer | Win * | UD |
32 | Oct 13, 2001 | 29 | Will McIntyre | Win * | TKO4 |
31 | Apr 28, 2001 | 29 | Mario Veit | Win * | TKO1 |
30 | Dec 16, 2000 | 28 | Richie Woodhall | Win * | TKO10 |
29 | Aug 12, 2000 | 28 | Omar Sheika | Win * | TKO5 |
28 | Jan 29, 2000 | 27 | David Starie | Win * | UD |
27 | Jun 5, 1999 | 27 | Rick Thornberry | Win * | UD |
26 | Feb 13, 1999 | 26 | Robin Reid | Win * | SD |
25 | Apr 25, 1998 | 26 | Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra | Win * | RTD9 |
24 | Jan 24, 1998 | 25 | Branko Sobot | Win * | TKO3 |
23 | Oct 11, 1997 | 25 | Chris Eubank | Win * | UD |
22 | Jun 5, 1997 | 25 | Luciano Torres | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Mar 22, 1997 | 24 | Tyler Hughes | Win | KO1 |
20 | Jan 21, 1997 | 24 | Carlos Christie | Win | TKO2 |
19 | May 15, 1996 | 24 | Pat Lawlor | Win | TKO2 |
18 | May 4, 1996 | 24 | Warren Stowe | Win | TKO2 |
17 | Apr 20, 1996 | 24 | Mark Delaney | Win | TKO5 |
16 | Mar 13, 1996 | 23 | Anthony Brooks | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Feb 13, 1996 | 23 | Guy Stanford | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Oct 28, 1995 | 23 | Stephen Wilson | Win | TKO8 |
13 | Sep 30, 1995 | 23 | Nick Manners | Win | TKO4 |
12 | Jul 8, 1995 | 23 | Tyrone Jackson | Win | TKO4 |
11 | May 19, 1995 | 23 | Robert Curry | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Feb 22, 1995 | 22 | Bobbie Joe Edwards | Win | PTS |
9 | Feb 14, 1995 | 22 | Frank Minton | Win | KO1 |
8 | Nov 30, 1994 | 22 | Trevor Ambrose | Win | TKO2 |
7 | Oct 1, 1994 | 22 | Mark Lee Dawson | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Jun 4, 1994 | 22 | Karl Barwise | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Mar 1, 1994 | 21 | Darren Littlewood | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Jan 22, 1994 | 21 | Martin Rosamond | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Dec 16, 1993 | 21 | Spencer Alton | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Nov 10, 1993 | 21 | Paul Mason | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Oct 1, 1993 | 21 | Paul Hanlon | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Calzaghe was a two-weight-division world champion. He has held six world titles, one of which was a vacant title win, and the rest five were lineal championship wins.
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Light-heavyweight | The Ring |
Super-middleweight | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring |
Joe Calzaghe is 183 cm tall (6' 0.05") with a reach of 185 cm (6' 0.83"). He fights out of the southpaw stance and presents an ape-index of 2 cm (0.79").
Calzaghe has a 69.6% KO rate. Of his total 32 KO wins, 25 were in the early rounds, five in the mid rounds, and two in the later rounds. He has 11 first-round KO wins.
Joe Calzaghe's professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years â from 1993 to 2008.
Calzaghe made his professional boxing debut against Paul Hanlon at the age of 21 on October 1, 1993, defeating Hanlon via 1st round TKO. He would go on to remain undefeated throughout his career.
Calzaghe had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on October 11, 1997 after 22 professional fights, against Chris Eubank for the super-middleweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Eubank via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-middleweight champion of the world.
He was a two-time unified super-middleweight world champion, and has won six world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Calzaghe's world title wins and defenses refer to "Joe Calzaghe World Titles".
Some of Calzaghe's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins), Mikkel Kessler, Jeff Lacy, Peter Manfredo Jr., Tocker Pudwill, Byron Mitchell, and Mario Veit.
Calzaghe has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a light-heavyweight title defense bout against American boxer Roy Jones Jr. on November 8, 2008. Calzaghe won the fight via 12 round unanimous decision and defended his The Ring title. It's been 14 years, 7 months, and 1 day since this fight.
Calzaghe fought a total of 46 times during his professional career, which includes 24 world-title fights at two weight divisions â light-heavyweight and super-middleweight. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. These 10 fights are the highlight of his career.
October 11, 1997: Calzaghe wins his first world title by defeating Chris Eubank via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBO super-middleweight world champion.
August 12, 2000: Calzaghe successfully defends the WBO super-middleweight title against Omar Sheika, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
April 28, 2001: Calzaghe successfully defends the WBO super-middleweight title against Mario Veit, winning the fight via 1st round TKO.
October 13, 2001: Calzaghe successfully defends the WBO super-middleweight title against Will McIntyre, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
December 14, 2002: Calzaghe successfully defends the WBO super-middleweight title against Tocker Pudwill, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
June 28, 2003: Calzaghe successfully defends the WBO super-middleweight title against Byron Mitchell, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
March 4, 2006: Calzaghe becomes a unified super-middleweight world champion by beating Jeff Lacy via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBO, IBF, and The Ring super-middleweight world-champion belts.
April 7, 2007: Calzaghe successfully defends the WBO and The Ring super-middleweight titles against Peter Manfredo Jr., winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
November 3, 2007: Calzaghe becomes a unified super-middleweight world champion by beating Mikkel Kessler via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBO, The Ring, WBA (Super), and WBC super-middleweight world-champion belts.
April 19, 2008: Calzaghe wins The Ring light-heavyweight title from Bernard Hopkins, by beating Hopkins via 12 round split-decision.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Calzaghe's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his last fight against Roy Jones Jr.
On November 8, 2008, a 36-year old Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KO) faced American boxer Roy Jones Jr., who was 39 years old with a record of 52-4 in a light-heavyweight title-defense fight. Jones Jr. was on a three-fight win streak with 38 KO wins. Calzaghe was the taller of the two by 3 cms but Jones Jr. had a 3 cm reach advantage over Calzaghe. Coming into this fight, Jones Jr. had four losses, two of which were via stoppage.
Calzaghe defeated Jones Jr. via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 46-fight winning streak. This was the last professional fight of his boxing career.
On April 19, 2008, a 36-year old Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KO) faced American boxer Bernard Hopkins, who was 43 years old with a record of 48-4-1 for Hopkins' Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title. Hopkins was on a two-fight win streak with 32 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 6 cm reach advantage over Calzaghe. Coming into this fight, Hopkins had four losses, but had never been stopped.
Calzaghe defeated Hopkins via 12 round split-decision to win the Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title. He is now on a 45-fight winning streak.
On November 3, 2007, a 35-year old Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KO) faced an undefeated Danish boxer Mikkel Kessler, who was 28 years old with a record of 39-0 in a super-middleweight title-unification fight. Kessler was on a 39-fight win streak with 29 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Calzaghe.
Calzaghe defeated Kessler via 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBA (Super) and WBC super-middleweight titles and retain the WBO and Ring Magazine super-middleweight titles. He handed Kessler the first loss of his career, and put an end to Kessler's 39-fight win streak. Calzaghe is now on a 44-fight winning streak.
On April 7, 2007, a 35-year old Joe Calzaghe (42-0, 31 KO) faced Peter Manfredo Jr. in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Manfredo Jr. via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBO and Ring Magazine super-middleweight titles. He is now on a 43-fight winning streak.
On October 14, 2006, a 34-year old Joe Calzaghe (41-0, 31 KO) faced Cameroonian boxer Sakio Bika, who was 27 years old with a record of 20-1-2 in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. Bika was coming off a draw against Markus Beyer in his last fight. Calzaghe was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 5 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Bika had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Calzaghe defeated Bika via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the IBF, WBO, and Ring Magazine super-middleweight titles. He is now on a 42-fight winning streak.
On March 4, 2006, a 33-year old Joe Calzaghe (40-0, 31 KO) faced an undefeated American boxer Jeff Lacy, who was 28 years old with a record of 21-0 in a super-middleweight title-unification fight. Lacy was on a 21-fight win streak with 17 KO wins. Calzaghe was the taller of the two by 4 cms but Lacy had a 3 cm reach advantage over Calzaghe.
Calzaghe defeated Lacy via 12 round unanimous decision to win the IBF and Ring Magazine super-middleweight titles and retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He handed Lacy the first loss of his career, and put an end to Lacy's 21-fight win streak. Calzaghe is now on a 41-fight winning streak.
On September 10, 2005, a 33-year old Joe Calzaghe (39-0, 31 KO) faced Evans Ashira in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Ashira via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 40-fight winning streak.
On May 7, 2005, in their 2nd fight, a a 33-year old Joe Calzaghe (38-0, 30 KO) faced Mario Veit in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Veit via 6th round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 39-fight winning streak.
On October 22, 2004, a 32-year old Joe Calzaghe (37-0, 30 KO) faced Kabary Salem in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Salem via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 38-fight winning streak.
On February 21, 2004, a 31-year old Joe Calzaghe (36-0, 29 KO) faced Mger Mkrtchyan in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Mkrtchyan via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 37-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On June 28, 2003, a 31-year old Joe Calzaghe (35-0, 28 KO) faced Byron Mitchell in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Mitchell via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 36-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On December 14, 2002, a 30-year old Joe Calzaghe (34-0, 27 KO) faced Tocker Pudwill in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Pudwill via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 35-fight winning streak.
On August 17, 2002, a 30-year old Joe Calzaghe (33-0, 27 KO) faced Miguel Ăngel JimĂ©nez in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated JimĂ©nez via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 34-fight winning streak.
On April 20, 2002, a 30-year old Joe Calzaghe (32-0, 27 KO) faced American boxer Charles Brewer, who was 32 years old with a record of 37-8 in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. Brewer was on a one-fight win streak with 26 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 13 cm reach advantage over Calzaghe. Coming into this fight, Brewer had eight losses, three of which were via stoppage.
Calzaghe defeated Brewer via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 33-fight winning streak.
On October 13, 2001, a 29-year old Joe Calzaghe (31-0, 26 KO) faced Will McIntyre in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated McIntyre via 4th round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 32-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 28, 2001, a 29-year old Joe Calzaghe (30-0, 25 KO) faced Mario Veit in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Veit via 1st round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 31-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 16, 2000, a 28-year old Joe Calzaghe (29-0, 24 KO) faced English boxer Richie Woodhall, who was 32 years old with a record of 26-2 in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. Woodhall was on a one-fight win streak with 16 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms but both had the same reach. Coming into this fight, Woodhall had two losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Calzaghe defeated Woodhall via 10th round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On August 12, 2000, a 28-year old Joe Calzaghe (28-0, 23 KO) faced Omar Sheika in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Sheika via 5th round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak.
On January 29, 2000, a 27-year old Joe Calzaghe (27-0, 23 KO) faced David Starie in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Starie via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak.
On June 5, 1999, a 27-year old Joe Calzaghe (26-0, 23 KO) faced Rick Thornberry in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Thornberry via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak.
On February 13, 1999, a 26-year old Joe Calzaghe (25-0, 23 KO) faced British boxer Robin Reid, who was 27 years old with a record of 26-1-1 in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. Reid was on a one-fight win streak with 19 KO wins. Calzaghe was the taller of the two by 8 cms but Reid had a 8 cm reach advantage over Calzaghe. Coming into this fight, Reid had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Calzaghe defeated Reid via 12 round split-decision to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak.
On April 25, 1998, a 26-year old Joe Calzaghe (24-0, 22 KO) faced Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Ferreyra via 9th round RTD to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On January 24, 1998, a 25-year old Joe Calzaghe (23-0, 21 KO) faced Branko Sobot in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. He defeated Sobot via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On October 11, 1997, in his 23rd professional fight, a 25-year old Joe Calzaghe (22-0, 21 KO) had his first world title fight against British boxer Chris Eubank for the vacant WBO super-middleweight belt. Eubank was 31 years old with a record of 45-2-2. Eubank was on a two-fight win streak with 23 KO wins. Calzaghe was the taller of the two by 5 cms but both had the same reach. Coming into this fight, Eubank had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Calzaghe defeated Eubank via 12 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO super-middleweight title. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak.
On June 5, 1997, a 25-year old Joe Calzaghe (21-0, 20 KO) fought Luciano Torres in his 22nd professional fight. He defeated Torres via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak, with 12 back-to-back KO wins.
On March 22, 1997, a 24-year old Joe Calzaghe (20-0, 19 KO) fought Tyler Hughes in his 21st professional fight. He defeated Hughes via 1st round KO. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak, with 11 back-to-back KO wins.
On January 21, 1997, a 24-year old Joe Calzaghe (19-0, 18 KO) fought Carlos Christie in his 20th professional fight. He defeated Christie via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On May 15, 1996, a 24-year old Joe Calzaghe (18-0, 17 KO) fought Pat Lawlor in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Lawlor via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On May 4, 1996, a 24-year old Joe Calzaghe (17-0, 16 KO) fought Warren Stowe in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Stowe via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On April 20, 1996, a 24-year old Joe Calzaghe (16-0, 15 KO) fought Mark Delaney in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Delaney via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On March 13, 1996, a 23-year old Joe Calzaghe (15-0, 14 KO) fought Anthony Brooks in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Brooks via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On February 13, 1996, a 23-year old Joe Calzaghe (14-0, 13 KO) fought Guy Stanford in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Stanford via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On October 28, 1995, a 23-year old Joe Calzaghe (13-0, 12 KO) fought Stephen Wilson in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Wilson via 8th round TKO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On September 30, 1995, a 23-year old Joe Calzaghe (12-0, 11 KO) fought Nick Manners in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Manners via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On July 8, 1995, a 23-year old Joe Calzaghe (11-0, 10 KO) fought Tyrone Jackson in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Jackson via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On May 19, 1995, a 23-year old Joe Calzaghe (10-0, 9 KO) fought Robert Curry in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Curry via 1st round TKO. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On February 22, 1995, a 22-year old Joe Calzaghe (9-0, 9 KO) fought Bobbie Joe Edwards in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Edwards via 8th round PTS. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
On February 14, 1995, a 22-year old Joe Calzaghe (8-0, 8 KO) fought Frank Minton in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Minton via 1st round KO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On November 30, 1994, a 22-year old Joe Calzaghe (7-0, 7 KO) fought Trevor Ambrose in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Ambrose via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On October 1, 1994, a 22-year old Joe Calzaghe (6-0, 6 KO) fought Mark Lee Dawson in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Dawson via 1st round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On June 4, 1994, a 22-year old Joe Calzaghe (5-0, 5 KO) fought Karl Barwise in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Barwise via 1st round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On March 1, 1994, a 21-year old Joe Calzaghe (4-0, 4 KO) fought Darren Littlewood in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Littlewood via 1st round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On January 22, 1994, a 21-year old Joe Calzaghe (3-0, 3 KO) fought Martin Rosamond in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Rosamond via 1st round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On December 16, 1993, a 21-year old Joe Calzaghe (2-0, 2 KO) fought Spencer Alton in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Alton via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On November 10, 1993, a 21-year old Joe Calzaghe (1-0, 1 KO) fought Paul Mason in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Mason via 1st round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On October 1, 1993, a 21-year old Joe Calzaghe successfully debuted against Paul Hanlon. He defeated Hanlon via 1st round TKO.
Calzaghe knocked out 32 of his 46 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 69.6%. Of his total 46 wins, 32 of them were via KO (69.6%).