Joe Calzaghe

Bryan Graham: Despite flaws, Taylor dominates Lacy

broke Lacy down in the middle rounds with steady jabbing Jermain Taylor (right) and Jeff Lacy were the first U.S. Olympic teammates to fight one another since 1992. The only thing missing from Jermain Taylor's convincing...

US elite join race for Calzaghe

Jermain Taylor and Glen Johnson have joined the ever-growing list of boxers desperate to keep light-heavyweight king Joe Calzaghe out of retirement. Veteran and respected contender Johnson issued an open letter saying he would...

Boxing: Lennox Lewis should return to ring, says Emanuel Steward

Lennox Lewis, who is now 43, sits ringside for Joe Calzaghe's fight with Roy Jones Jr. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images Lennox Lewis' former trainer Emanuel Steward said last night that he hoped the erstwhile...

Can tech give us the 1 000-run ODI?

That was March 2006. But one person who felt that the shift from bowler to batsman was irreversible was Barry Richards, himself one of the all-time great openers. All the rule changes, the power plays and things, have just made...

TAYLOR GETS THE VOTE

Good friends Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy battled it out for 12 rounds in Nashville in a super middleweight title eliminator and in the end it was the former who earned a unanimous decision. Taylor was the man who kept on top...

Boxing: De La Hoya link excites Calzaghe

Nov 16 2008 by Blair Wood, Wales On Sunday JOE CALZAGHE could continue his boxing success outside the ring by agreeing a potentially lucrative link-up with Golden Boy Inc. Fresh from his dominant victory over Roy Jones Jnr at...

Boxing: Lose this one and I'll have to pack in, says Hatton

While Joe Calzaghe sends out mixed messages about whether his comprehensive conquest of a shop-soiled Roy Jones Jnr was his final curtain-call – the probability is that he will be tempted with an encore against the similarly...

Broadcast Sport: Compelling account of a brutal battle that left a cruel legacy

Published Date: 16 November 2008 THE INCIDENT that denied Joe Frazier victory in his most famous fight had occurred in training in 1964, when he was partially blinded in his left eye. He was “eatingâ€_ Muhammad Ali’s jabs,...

It's Time To Hang Up The Gloves, Roy

It’s time for Roy Jones Jr. to hang up the gloves. After being thoroughly out-boxed, outhustled, and out-skilled by WalesJoe Calzaghe on November 8th, the 38-year-old Jones would be crazy to continue his fight career, which...

Joe Calzaghe won’t join the true greats

How can we do suitable honour to the wonderful boxing career of Joe Calzaghe while paying a decent minimum of respect to that battered old punchbag historical perspective? We could start by admitting that what was feverishly...

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