He thought for a moment and said: "Fulfilment would be to win this fight and then go for one, maybe two, at light-heavyweight, do something in that division and then retire undefeated. The undefeated Welshman pulled out of their light-heavyweight bout on 20 September at the Garden after injuring his right hand in training in July. "I've pulled out of fights in the past, but you can't make excuses after the fight. "Who knows if we fight a great fight and everyone wants to see it and everyone wants to pay an absolute fortune...we can all be bought. If I never fight in America I don't see it as a big void in my career. Copyright © 2020 BBC. Every fight is career-defining. But Joe took his IBF belt in style, although he later relinquished it rather than meet a nominated no-hoper. Jones and Hopkins were ear-marked but neither of them really wanted it. The strong and heavy-handed Kessler tested Calzaghe's punch resistance when he landed several huge uppercuts and right hands that would have knocked out many fighters without Calzaghe… "I'm 100% - I don't fight unless I'm 100%," added Calzaghe, who has been promoting the Madison Square Garden fight in the United States this week. ... Schumacher's son hands Hamilton his dad's helmet … It's a testament that putting true power behind your shots no longer matters so long as you convince the judges that amateur scoring applies to the pros. "But I am not going in there thinking about it. John Rawling, at ringside for almost all of the Welshman's 's title contests, recalls his greatest nights, Joe Calzaghe, right, in the ring against Mikkel Kessler during the super-middleweight title unification fight on 3 November 3 at the Millennium Stadium. "You only have limited protection with the 10-ounce fight gloves, so it is all in the lap of the gods. Woodhall, a former WBC super-middleweight champion, was an excellent boxer with an outstanding jab. By September 1995, Calzaghe had won thirteen out of thirteen fights, including seven in the first round and two in the second, including quickfire victories over the highly experienced American duo of Frank Minton and Robert Curry, with only the fully fledged British Light Heavyweight Bobbie Joe Edwards lasti… Another win, predicted against Kessler, will make it his 21st successful title defence. What would be the ultimate fulfilment and how should we remember him? Victory brought Calzaghe the IBF world title to add to his WBO crown, and proved that at 33 Calzaghe was a fighter at the peak of his powers. He said: "You are talking about a four weight world champion, that is unbelievable. Calzaghe is 35 now, of Italian-Welsh ancestry which means the poster boys announce him as either 'The Italian Dragon' or 'The Pride of Wales'. "Kelly Pavlik is a guy that doesn't mean anything," said Calzaghe. Calzaghe got the verdict with scores of 116-111 and 115-112, with the third judge giving it to Hopkins 114-113. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. The WBO super-middleweight champion, Steve Collins, quit as champion rather than face Calzaghe, and the 25-year-old Welshman quickly showed the crowd how dangerous he could be when he floored the normally granite-chinned former champion Eubank in the opening round. It went again in the gym shortly before he was due to meet Glen Johnson last summer.

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