Joe Calzaghe

Ten fights that legitimized the super middleweight division

Matt Christie takes a look at the brief but important history of the super middleweight division, focusing on 10 key fights that made it more than just "an imposturous landscape"

Where does Canelo Alvarez rank among all-time greatest super middleweights?

Where does Canelo Alvarez land on Eric Raskin's list of the 10 greatest super middleweights?

Anthony Joshua and Joe Calzaghe give huge boost to ex-boxer charity

Things are looking up for Ringside Charitable Trust (RCT), the British charity built by Dave Harris that’s designed to help ex-boxers in need. Anthony Joshua, the former world heavyweight champion and one of the most recognizable faces in the sport,...

Q&A: Joe Cordina

Joe Cordina lost for the first time as a professional – and therefore the IBF super-featherweight title he won, reclaimed after being stripped, and then defended – when in May, on the undercard of Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk, he was unexpectedly stoppe...

Q&A: Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch

The retired Carl Froch, who in 2023 was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, was on Monday the guest of honour at a lunch hosted in London by the Boxing Writers’ Club. Approaching 10 years in retirement, at that lunch he revisited his...

Carl Froch: Joe Calzaghe Represents a ‘Bullet Dodged’

At a recent lunch hosted by the Boxing Writers Club, where Carl Froch was the guest of honour, the retired former super middleweight titlist acknowledged that he may have “dodged a bullet” by not fighting Joe Calzaghe.

Calzaghe Laments Abandoned Tradition

By Declan Warrington - Joe Calzaghe wants more of the world’s leading fighters to remain at and build their legacies in their natural weight divisions

Froch: Andre Ward Wouldn't Have a F------ Chance With Joshua, I'd Enjoy AJ Knocking Him Out!

Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch erupted over some recent statements made by his career rival, Andre Ward. During an interview, Ward explained that he felt Joe Calzaghe would have been a tougher opponent than former two-time heavyweight...

Cordina On Rakhimov: We Need That Win To Bring Big Nights Back To Cardiff, Like Calzaghe Did

Joe Cordina is done stressing over the circumstances that left him as an ex-titleholder. The only focus now is to become a two-time title claimant and to re-establish himself as the face and voice of Welsh boxing. The unbeaten former IBF junior light...

Benavidez-Plant Fight Creates Long-Term Super Middle Intrigue

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s a big week for the super middleweight division. The biggest fight of the upcoming weekend puts the 168-pounders on the marquee, with the top contenders – according to the WBC – squaring off at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Ca...

Calzaghe Not Sure if Joshua Made Right Decision in Picking Garcia as Trainer

Former two division champion Joe Calzaghe is not sure, at least not yet, if heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua made the right decision in selecting Robert Garcia as the trainer to prepare him for the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

Joe Calzaghe Praises Canelo, Would Have Loved To Face Him

There was a period of time when Joe Calzaghe was best super middleweight in the world, with three of the four major titles around his waist in 2007. Calzaghe retired in 2008, after moving up to light heavyweight to win bouts over Bernard Hopkins and...

Even on a Loss, Pacquiao Exits as One of Century's Best

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Sports arguments. They're the topic of a million bar bets and the fodder for just as many afternoon drive-time radio shows. LeBron or Jordan. Brady or Manning. Gretzky or Orr. And so on. Turns out boxing is no different. The int...

Calzaghe: Liam Williams Has The Tools To Beat Demetrius Andrade

Joe Calzaghe has backed Liam Williams to become Wales’ latest World champion as he prepares to face Demetrius Andrade for the WBO world middleweight title on Saturday night at Hard Rock Live at Hard Rock Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, F...

Kell Brook Motivated To Do a 'Calzaghe-Lacy' Job on Crawford

If Kell Brook pulls off the upset this weekend and dethrones Terence Crawford in Las Vegas, he believes it will rank as one of the greatest wins by a British boxer in history. It is 3½ years since Brook lost his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence...