Joe Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe is, to me, one of the most underrated greats in boxing history, and it still baffles me he isn't mentioned more often among the all-time best. The Welsh southpaw retired undefeated at 46-0, holding the super-middleweight division in an iron grip for over a decade before moving up to dethrone Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. at light-heavyweight. His blurring hand speed and relentless work rate were a nightmare for everyone he faced. He rightly earned a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. A perfect record against that level of opposition is staggering, and I'll always champion his legacy.

Name (English)

Joe Calzaghe

Name (Japanese)

ジョー・カルザゲ

Reading

じょー・かるざげ

Born

March 23, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

Hammersmith, United Kingdom

Height

182 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2007 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
• WBO World Super Middleweight Champion
• 2014 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBC World Super Middleweight Champion
• IBF World Super Middleweight Champion
• WBA World Super Middleweight Champion
• The Ring World Light Heavyweight Champion

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Calzaghe
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B6%E3%82%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471383

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.