Joe Calzaghe Head Shot 2011 - Image Copyright Hollywood Headshots 2011
Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE (born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer.[1] He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring, British super middleweight champion and The Ring Light Heavyweight champion.[2] Calzaghe is the longest-reigning world champion in recent years, having held the WBO super middleweight title for over ten years until he relinquished the title to concentrate on fighting at light heavyweight. As his super middleweight and light heavyweight reigns overlapped, he retired with the longest continual time as world champion of any active fighter. He is part of the Team Calzaghe based at the Newbridge boxing club. Between 2006 to 2008, he was rated by Ring magazine as a top ten pound for pound boxer. Furthermore, he was rated as the second best pound for pound boxer in the world by the British broadcaster, the BBC, before he retired.[3] He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the fourth European boxer, after Terry Marsh, Romanian Michael Loewe and Sven Ottke, to retire as an undefeated world champion.[4] After his retirement, Ricky Hatton described him as "the best British fighter we've ever had".[5] Calzaghe is sometimes referred to as the "Pride of Wales", or the "Italian Dragon"[6] in reference to his mixed heritage (the dragon being both a Welsh emblem and a Sardinian myth). In 2007, Calzaghe became BBC Sports Personality of the Year, by gaining of the public vote.[7] This made Calzaghe the first Welsh winner of this award since show jumper David Broome in 1960. He was also awarded the Young Boxer of the Year Award in 1995.
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