sports.espn.go.com - 2/5/2009
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For months, light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe has been saying he would probably retire. On Thursday, he did. Perhaps the greatest fighter in Welsh history, Calzaghe, a two-division world champion and one of the best fighters pound-for-pound in the world, announced his retirement from ...
joshqpublic.com - 2/5/2009
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joshqpublic.com —
According to the London Times, Joe Calzaghe, the
undefeated world super middleweight and light heavyweight champion and...
the longest reigning world title holder in boxing history, has announced his retirement.
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Rocky Marciano, Meet Joe Calzaghe
ballhype.com - 2/5/2009
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ballhype.com —
The day has come that the undefeated 46-0
(KO 32) Joe Calzaghe has decided to hang up...
the gloves. Calzaghe ran into a road block, not being able to find a fighter lighter than him willing to jump a weight class only to get their ass kicked. The ‘Pride of Wales’ will inevitably be ...
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Joe Calzaghe forced to fight someone his own weight, ...
blacksportsonline.com - 2/7/2009
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blacksportsonline.com —
Joe Calzaghe retired Thursday with a perfect record
and a guaranteed legacy as one of the greatest...
boxers of his time (note this does not make him an all-time great i.e. either Klitschko). Calzaghe has held the WBO super middleweight world title for more than 10 years. Calzaghe noted ...
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It's a wrap: Joe Calzaghe retires
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Joe Calzaghe retires undefeated
The SAV SCI MMA blog —
... everything I want to achieve.” Calzaghe is walking away as one of the rare fighters in history to retire undefeated. At 46-0 with 32 knockouts, Calzaghe dominated the 168-pound super middleweight division. He won a vacant belt by outpointing former champion Chris Eubank on Oct. 11, 1997, and made 21 title defenses during an 11-year reign until moving up to light heavyweight, where he outpointed Bernard Hopkins to win the title in April in his first fight in the United States. Joe Calzaghe retires with 46-0 record @ ESPN ...
Southpaw Joe C. Wales hangs ‘em up
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... After capping an illustrious career boxing career with poignant victories over future Hall of Famers Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., two-division champion Joe Calzaghe has elected to call it a career, retiring from the sport with a perfect 46-0 career record. ...
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