On April 19, 2008, a 36-year-old Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) got a shot at the The Ring light-heavyweight title held by 43-year-old American boxer Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs).
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 44-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 16 days. Hopkins was on a 2-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 29 days.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins via split decision and wins the The Ring title. Calzaghe improves his record to 45-0, while Hopkins adds a loss to his record at 48-5-1.
On November 3, 2007, the 35-year-old WBO and The Ring super-middleweight champion, Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs), and the 28-year-old WBA (Super) and WBC super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 43-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 27 days. Kessler was on a 39-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 10 days.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Mikkel Kessler via unanimous decision and unifies the WBO, The Ring, WBA (Super), and WBC super-middleweight titles. Calzaghe improves his record to 44-0, while Kessler adds a loss to his record at 39-1.
On April 28, 2001, the 29-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Joe Calzaghe (30-0, 25 KOs), faced Mario Veit, in a title defense fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 12 days.
Joe Calzaghe made quick work of Mario Veit, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 1st. Calzaghe improves his record to 31-0 (26 KOs)
On March 4, 2006, the 33-year-old WBO super-middleweight champion, Joe Calzaghe (40-0, 31 KOs), and the 28-year-old IBF and The Ring super-middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (21-0, 17 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 40-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 22 days. Lacy was on a 21-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Jeff Lacy via unanimous decision and unifies the WBO, IBF, and The Ring super-middleweight titles. Calzaghe improves his record to 41-0, while Lacy adds a loss to his record at 21-1.
On June 28, 2003, the 31-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Joe Calzaghe (35-0, 28 KOs), faced Byron Mitchell, in a title defense fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 14 days.
Joe Calzaghe made very easy work of Byron Mitchell, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Calzaghe improves his record to 36-0 (29 KOs)
On April 7, 2007, the 35-year-old WBO and The Ring super-middleweight world champion, Joe Calzaghe (42-0, 31 KOs), faced Peter Manfredo Jr., in a title defense fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 42-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 24 days.
Joe Calzaghe made easy work of Peter Manfredo Jr., stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Calzaghe improves his record to 43-0 (32 KOs)
On January 24, 1998, the 25-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Joe Calzaghe (23-0, 21 KOs), faced Branko Sobot, in a title defense fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days.
Joe Calzaghe made easy work of Branko Sobot, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Calzaghe improves his record to 24-0 (22 KOs)
On August 12, 2000, the 28-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Joe Calzaghe (28-0, 23 KOs), faced Omar Sheika, in a title defense fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 14 days.
Joe Calzaghe stopped Omar Sheika via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Calzaghe improves his record to 29-0 (24 KOs)
On December 14, 2002, the 30-year-old WBO super-middleweight world champion, Joe Calzaghe (34-0, 27 KOs), faced Tocker Pudwill, in a title defense fight.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 34-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days.
Joe Calzaghe made very easy work of Tocker Pudwill, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Calzaghe improves his record to 35-0 (28 KOs)
On May 7, 2005, Joe Calzaghe and Mario Veit met again in a rematch.
Calzaghe came in to the fight on a 38-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 15 days.
In the rematch, Joe Calzaghe stopped Mario Veit via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Calzaghe improves his record to 39-0 (31 KOs)