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...
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...
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...
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Former IBO and WBC world champion Robin Reid has turned his attention after boxing to preventing knife crime in local communities. Runcorn’s ‘Grim Reaper’ was a two-time world champion, making multiple defenses of his WBC and IBO world titles and inf...
Former unified WBO, WBA, WBC super middleweight world champion Joe Calzaghe feels confident that he would have beaten Andre Ward - had the two fighters met years ago. Calzaghe retired back in 2008, after winning a lopsided twelve round decision over...
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In the last few months, former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has reignited a war of words with domestic rival Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe was the top man at 168-pounds when Froch was coming up as a young fighter and the two boxers would often tra...
Former super middleweight champion and Sky Sports pundit Carl Froch is confident that he would have knocked out two-division beltholder Joe Calzaghe - should the two of them collided in the ring a decade ago. Calzaghe retired from the sport with an u...
Joe Calzaghe has fired back at fellow former world champion Carl Froch. During a recent edition of his podcast, Froch explained that he was willing to come out of retirement for the right fight - and that right fight is a showdown with Calzaghe.
It has been nearly six years since Carl Froch last stepped in the ring, almost 11½ years since Joe Calzaghe boxed, but the rivalry that once burned deep in Froch is still there. He still sees Calzaghe as the one that got away. This week Froch reveale...
Former WBF World Champion Robin Reid has turned his attention after boxing to preventing knife crime in local communities. Reid was a 3-time world champion, making 6 defences of his WBF world title on UK soil, along with winning WBC and IBO world tit...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - At the time, 10 years ago this past Thursday… it was a giant pain in the neck. Waking up early to schlep 90 miles to an airport in Jacksonville. Gathering supplies to make the trip with an 8-month-old son. Enduring the “it seeme...
ENZO CALZAGHE, the father and trainer of former world champion Joe has died aged 69. The Italian-born coach led his son through his glittering 46-fight career that saw him win the WBO, WBC and WBA super-middleweight crowns. Calzaghe coached other big...
By Tris Dixon - IT is hard to sound level-headed while having the ambition to match Hall of Famers, but Scotland’s classy Josh Taylor somehow manages it. The southpaw super-welterweight, who won a fan-friendly battle with the world class Viktor Posto...
FORMER world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik remains content that he has fought for the last time. “I promised my kids at a young age and my wife that I would be done. They wanted me done shortly after I won the title,” said the Youngstown star. “...
Joe Calzaghe is looking forward to watching Anthony Joshua perform Saturday night in what’s considered Calzaghe’s home stadium. The Welsh legend will reflect fondly on his own huge fight at Principality Stadium when he attends Joshua’s heavyweight ti...
