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By CompuBox - Both Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) and Roy Jones (52-4, 38 KOs) are considered among history’s greatest campaigners at 168 pounds. The Welshman recently concluded the third longest reign in terms of time in boxing history (10 years 353 days) by giving up his WBO super middleweight title while Jones produced some of his very best performances in defense of the IBF belt he held from November 1994 to October 1996.
On November 8 at Madison Square Garden, the careers of “Super Joe” and “Superman” will finally intersect when they meet for Calzaghe’s Ring Magazine light heavyweight belt and the defending champion is a 3-to-1 favorite to retain it. At age 36 Calzaghe is viewed as being at the zenith of a long and prosperous career while at 39 Jones is seen as being past his best but better than the nadir he reached after losing three consecutive fights in 17 months to Antonio Tarver (twice) and Glen Johnson. The intrigue of this fight can be captured in two questions: First, can Calzaghe bury Jones under an avalanche of punches and second, has Jones recaptured enough of his former self to turn back a man who hasn’t lost a single fight since his amateur days in the early 1990s? [details]
On November 8 at Madison Square Garden, the careers of “Super Joe” and “Superman” will finally intersect when they meet for Calzaghe’s Ring Magazine light heavyweight belt and the defending champion is a 3-to-1 favorite to retain it. At age 36 Calzaghe is viewed as being at the zenith of a long and prosperous career while at 39 Jones is seen as being past his best but better than the nadir he reached after losing three consecutive fights in 17 months to Antonio Tarver (twice) and Glen Johnson. The intrigue of this fight can be captured in two questions: First, can Calzaghe bury Jones under an avalanche of punches and second, has Jones recaptured enough of his former self to turn back a man who hasn’t lost a single fight since his amateur days in the early 1990s? [details]
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