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My Take
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.
Overview
Joseph William Calzaghe ( kal-ZA-gee; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including unified and lineal titles at super-middleweight, and the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
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
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.