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By Bob Canobbio - On Nov. 3, Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler will engage in the biggest, most significant and potentially most lucrative and historic fight in super middleweight championship annals since the division’s creation in 1988. Here’s why:
* The bout will be staged inside Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, which seats 74,500 for rugby and soccer contests. If Calzaghe-Kessler meets the attendance projection of 60,000, it would be the third largest open-air boxing crowd in United Kingdom history and the biggest since Len Harvey decisioned Jock McAvoy before an estimated 82,000 at London’s White City Stadium on July 10, 1939.
* Three of the four "major" belts will be on the line, with Denmark’s Kessler bringing the WBA and WBC titles while Calzaghe enters with the WBO strap.
* Calzaghe and Kessler are by far the two best and most accomplished fighters in the division. They carry a combined record of 82-0 with 61 KOs and are 11-0 (5 KOs) against opponents who holds titles or became future champions. [details]
* The bout will be staged inside Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, which seats 74,500 for rugby and soccer contests. If Calzaghe-Kessler meets the attendance projection of 60,000, it would be the third largest open-air boxing crowd in United Kingdom history and the biggest since Len Harvey decisioned Jock McAvoy before an estimated 82,000 at London’s White City Stadium on July 10, 1939.
* Three of the four "major" belts will be on the line, with Denmark’s Kessler bringing the WBA and WBC titles while Calzaghe enters with the WBO strap.
* Calzaghe and Kessler are by far the two best and most accomplished fighters in the division. They carry a combined record of 82-0 with 61 KOs and are 11-0 (5 KOs) against opponents who holds titles or became future champions. [details]
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