On February 13, 1999, Joe Calzaghe (25-0, 23 KOs), the super-middleweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Robin Reid (26-1-1, 19 KOs).
Joe Calzaghe is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round RTD victory over Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra, 9 months and 19 days ago. Robin Reid is on a 1-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Graham Townsend, 9 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Joe Calzaghe at 99-1 winning odds. Robin Reid really doesn't have much to present against Calzaghe.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Robin Reid via split decision and successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title. Calzaghe improves his record to 26-0, while Reid adds a loss to his record at 26-2-1.