Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William "Joe" Calzaghe, CBEis a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal super-middleweight titles, as well as the Ring light-heavyweight title. Calzaghe is the longest-reigning super-middleweight world champion in history, having held the WBO title for over 10 years and making 21 successful defences before relinquishing the title to move up to light-heavyweight. As his super-middleweight and light-heavyweight reigns overlapped, he retired with the longest...
motivation feet needs
I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.
motivation fighting fighter
My lowest points was getting injured and pulling out of fights.
motivation fighting fighter
Lacy was a pleasurable fight. It wasn't my hardest fight because I won every single minute of every single round.
motivation fighting fighter
The Eubank fight was my hardest fight.
motivation love-is champion
I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.
motivation nice fighting
I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.
motivation fighting careers
The lacy fight was a career defining fight.
motivation doubt want
I don't know if I have the patience and I don't have a trainers license but I will help out. Whether I want to do that full time, I doubt it.
fighting hands heavyweights
[Tyson] Fury is big and [Wladimir] Klitschko's not used to fighting someone his size. If Fury can stop Klitschko grabbing and avoid that big right hand, he's got a chance. In the heavyweight division, it only takes one punch.
motivation preparation done
When you know yourself that you've come through preparation injury free and you've done everything, you've done the work in the gym and the rounds of sparring, it fills you with confidence.
motivation worry breakfast
If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast.
motivation differences champion
I train the same way as I've always trained, even before I was champion. That's the difference, I train like a challenger.
fight fights jones opportunity roy sort stage
If I get an opportunity to fight Antonio Tarver, Roy Jones in the States, I'll go for it. Those are the sort of fights I want at this stage of my career.
debating defend easier fight guy jeff knocked nobody people robin win
It's easier to just fight to defend your title. After the Robin Reid fight, people said you should have knocked him out. If I knock a guy out, they say he's a bum. Nobody will be able to say that about Jeff Lacy. There is no debating Jeff Lacy. A win is a win now and I need to win this fight.