By Mark Vester
Undefeated super middleweight champions Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler both made weight ahead of their unification showdown at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday in Wales. The WBA, WBO and WBC titles will be at stake.
Calzaghe easily made weight at 167, while Kessler was a bit over the 168-pound limit (168.2) and had to fully strip in order to make weight.
Calzaghe told PA Sport after making the weight that he was now looking to eat all he can after starving all night.
"Forget about the fight. All I care about is my fridge," Calzaghe joked. "Cakes, chocolates, sweets, pies - at this stage the only thing that matters is what you can eat out of your fridge. I'll go to Asda then I'll go home and eat everything. I don't think it matters what you eat at this point. I eat anything I want, all churned up together. It's pretty disgusting. And I can't wait to have a pint of Guinness on Sunday."
"People think I haven't got the hunger for this fight but believe me you have to got to have tremendous hunger to be able to train like I've trained because this is only my second unification fight. I t's great fighting someone else who has other belts because I've got so much to gain from winning this fight. I want to retire undefeated and I know this is going to be my toughest challenge yet."
Kessler said that his camp was one the best in his career and that his hands were never injured, he has no idea where the rumors came from.
"My hands are fine and I have absolutely no idea where these rumors have come from," said Kessler. "This is the first time in my career that I haven't had an injury problem at any stage of my training camp."
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