On November 3, 2007, Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs), the super-middleweight WBO and The Ring champion, and the super-middleweight WBA (Super) and WBC champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Joe Calzaghe is coming in to the fight on a 43-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Peter Manfredo Jr., 6 months and 27 days ago. Mikkel Kessler is on a 39-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Librado Andrade, 7 months and 10 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Joe Calzaghe at 99-1 winning odds. Mikkel Kessler really doesn't have much to present against Calzaghe.
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.