On March 4, 2006, Joe Calzaghe (40-0, 31 KOs), the super-middleweight WBO champion, and the super-middleweight IBF and The Ring champion Jeff Lacy (21-0, 17 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Joe Calzaghe is coming in to the fight on a 40-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Evans Ashira, 5 months and 22 days ago. Jeff Lacy is on a 21-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Scott Pemberton, 3 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Joe Calzaghe at 99-1 winning odds. Jeff Lacy really doesn't have much to present against Calzaghe.
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.