Joe Calzaghe

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Andre Ward
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Andrew Flintoff
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Barry McGuigan
Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961), known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish/British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.
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Bernard Hopkins
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Brendan Foster
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Bruno Girard
Bruno Girard (born November 25, 1970 in Blois, France) was a French boxer (187 cm height) at super middleweight and light heavyweight.
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Byron Mitchell
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Carl Froch
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Chris Eubank
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Chris Hollins
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Dai Rees
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Daley Thompson
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Damon Hill
Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE, born 17 September 1960, is a retired British racing driver from England. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship; as the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title. His father died in an aeroplane crash when Hill was 15, leaving the family in reduced circumstances, and Hill came to professional motorsport at the relatively late age of 23 by racing motorcycles. After some minor success, he moved on to single-seater racing cars and progressed steadily up the ranks to the International Formula 3000 championship by 1989, where, although often competitive, he never won a race.
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David Beckham
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David Broome
David McPherson Broome CBE (born 1 March 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion.
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David Hemery
David Peter Hemery, CBE, (born 18 July 1944) is a British former athlete, winner of the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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David Starie
David Starie, born 11 June 1974 in Bury St. Edmunds, England was a British professional boxer. He is a former Commonwealth super middleweight champion and British super middleweight champion.
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Denis Inkin
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Edwin Valero
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Emanuel Steward
Emanuel Steward (born July 7, 1944 in Bottom Creek, West Virginia) is a boxing trainer, commentator and inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.
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Enzo Calzaghe
Enzo Calzaghe (born in 1949) is an Anglo-Italian boxing trainer.
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Evans Ashira
Evans Ashira (born 28 December, 1969) is a boxer who is best known for his loss to Joe Calzaghe in 2005.
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Fatima Whitbread
Fatima Whitbread MBE (born 3 March 1961 in London) is a British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.
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Gordon Pirie
Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie (February 10, 1931–December 7, 1991) was an English long-distance runner and orienteerer born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and died in Lymington, Hampshire.
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Greg Rusedski
Gregory "Greg" Rusedski (born 6 September 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991, and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33. He is a former British number one and ATP World number 4.
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Harold Lederman
Harold Lederman (born January 26, 1940, in The Bronx, New York, USA) is a celebrated boxing judge and analyst. He began his career as a boxing judge in 1967 and joined the cast of HBO World Championship Boxing in 1986, where he has been ever since.
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Harry Simon (boxer)
Harry Simon (born October 21, 1972 in Walvis Bay, Namibia) is a former professional boxer in the super welterweight (154 lb) division.
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Henry Cooper
Sir Henry Cooper OBE, KSG (born 3 May 1934 in South East London), is a retired English heavyweight boxer and was the British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion in 1970. He is the only British boxer to win three Lonsdale Belts outright.
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Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well known by his nickname "Beefy" While a controversial player both on and off the field at times, Botham also held a number of Test cricket records, and still holds the record for the highest number of wickets taken by an England bowler.
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Jackie Stewart
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Jean Pascal
Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born October 28, 1982 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian-French Canadian professional boxer and the current WBC, IBO and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion.
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Jeff Lacy
Jeffrey Scott Lacy (born May 12, 1977 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.
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Ji Won Kim
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Jim Laker
James "Jim" Charles Laker (9 February 1922 – 23 April 1986) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s, known for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia. He played 46 Test matches between 1948 and 1959, taking 193 wickets with a bowling average of 21.24; in all first-class matches he took 1,944 wickets at 18.41.
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Jo Wood
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Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE (born 23 March 1972) is a former Welsh professional boxer. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world and was rated as the second best pound for pound boxer on the planet by the BBC before he retired. He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the fourth European boxer, after Terry Marsh, Michael Loewe and Sven Ottke, to retire as an undefeated world champion. After his retirement, Ricky Hatton described him as "the best British fighter we've ever had".
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Joe Louis
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John Curry
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John Surtees
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Jonny Wilkinson
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Real name	Joseph William Calzaghe
Nickname(s)	The Pride Of Wales The Italian Dragon
Rated at	Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Reach	73 in (185 cm)
Nationality	Welsh
Born	(1972-03-23) 23 March 1972 (age 40) Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	46
Wins	46
Wins by KO	32
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Joseph William "Joe" Calzaghe, CBE, (pronounced /kælˈzæɡi/ kal-ZAG-ee; born 23 March 1972) is a retired Welsh professional boxer.^[1] He is a former WBO, IBF, WBC, WBA & The Ring Super Middleweight Champion and The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion.^[2]

Calzaghe is the longest-reigning world champion in recent years, having held the WBO Super Middleweight title for over ten years and made 21 successful defenses. He relinquished the title to move up to light heavyweight. As his super middleweight and light heavyweight reigns overlapped, he retired with the longest continual time as world champion of any active fighter. He is part of the Team Calzaghe based at the Newbridge boxing club.

Between 2006 to 2008, he was rated by The Ring magazine as a top ten pound for pound boxer.^[3] On January 2009, Calzaghe was ranked #3 in the world by The Ring.^[4] He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record and as a reigning World Champion.^[5] Calzaghe is rated by Boxrec as the 11th pound-for-pound best British boxer of all time.^[6]

Calzaghe is sometimes referred to as the "Pride of Wales," or the "Italian Dragon"^[7] in reference to his mixed heritage (the dragon being both a Welsh emblem and a Sardinian myth).

In 2007, Calzaghe became BBC Sports Personality of the Year, by gaining 28.19% of the public vote.^[8] This made Calzaghe the first Welsh winner of this award since show jumper David Broome in 1960. He was also awarded the Young Boxer of the Year Award in 1995.

1 Biography
2 Amateur career
3 Professional career
4 After boxing
5 Personal life
6 Professional boxing record
7 Titles in boxing
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Biography [link]

Calzaghe was born in Hammersmith, London, to Sardinian father Enzo Calzaghe and his Welsh mother Jackie.^[9] The family moved to Wales when he was two years old. Their home is at Newbridge in South Wales. He attended Roots School System and still lives in the area. Calzaghe was the first person to be awarded the Freedom of Caerphilly, his home county, in 2009. The award was presented to Calzaghe in front of his family — father and trainer Enzo, mother Jackie, sister Sonia, (then) girlfriend Jo-Emma Larvin and sons Joe Jr. and Connor, 15 and 11 years old, respectively at the time.^[10]

Already a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE),^[11] he was appointed CBE in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[12]^[13]

Amateur career [link]

Calzaghe, a southpaw, began boxing at age nine.^[14] In more than 12 amateur contests, he won four schoolboy ABA titles, followed by three consecutive senior British ABA titles (British Championships) between 1990 and 1993.^[15] He reportedly had an amateur record of 110–10. Calzaghe received his last defeats at the hands of Michael Smyth in the 1990 Welsh ABA Final and Romanian amateur Adrian Opreda at the 1990 European Junior Championships in Prague.^[16]^[17]

Professional career [link]

In September 1993 Calzaghe was signed up and made his professional debut at Cardiff Arms Park on the Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno bill the following month. By June 1995, Calzaghe had won nine out of nine fights, seven in the first round and two in the second. At the end of 1995, Calzaghe was voted Young Boxer of the Year by the Professional Boxing Association and the Boxing Writers' Club, with Barry McGuigan's top tipping Calzaghe for 1996: "He punches ferociously, moves superbly and has the best of the European technique and US aggression."^[18]

In October 1995, Calzaghe won the vacant British Super Middleweight title, stopping Steve Wilson in the eighth round. He successfully defended his title with an easier-than-expected fifth round stoppage of the undefeated puncher Mark Delaney. Calzaghe's critics said that he had not really been tested. Calzaghe said in reply that he could only beat whoever was out there and prepared to fight him.

In November 1996, Calzaghe moved to Frank Warren's stable. Warren, who had managed Nigel Benn for his first twenty fights, declared: "Joe Calzaghe is a far better prospect, in fact he is my fighter for the new millennium."^[19] Warren spent the summer of 1997 chasing a fight for Calzaghe with either WBC Champion Robin Reid or WBO Champion Steve Collins. The fight with Collins was arranged, but at a late stage Collins withdrew because of injury, was stripped of his title, and then retired.

Calzaghe split with promoter Frank Warren in June 2008 and announced that he would promote his fights personally for the remainder of his career. The split caused Warren to launch a court case against Calzaghe, claiming that a verbal promise to promote the Roy Jones Jr. fight was broken and that Calzaghe owed him $1.4 million;^[20] Calzaghe in turn claimed that Warren owed him past fees. In March 2009 the High Court ruled that Warren had persuaded Calzaghe to sign contracts under duress when Calzaghe was hungry and dehydrated preparing for matches and that Warren's company Sports Network Limited owed Calzaghe $2.8 million in unpaid fees. Sports Network Limited intends to appeal the award.^[21]

WBO Super Middleweight Champion [link]

After Collins retired, a fight against British boxing legend Chris Eubank was quickly set up for the vacant WBO title on 11 October 1997, in Sheffield. Calzaghe emerged victorious over the two-time WBO champion, shockingly knocking the granite chinned Eubank down in the opening seconds and claiming a unanimous points win. The judges scored the contest 118–110, 118–109, and 116–111 in favour of Calzaghe. Eubank said of Calzaghe in a 2006 interview that: "Joe is the proper article, a true warrior."^[22] Calzaghe conceded that Eubank, even in his comeback, gave him the toughest fight of his life.^[22]

In 1998 he defended his title against Branco Sobot (winning by technical knockout in 3 rounds), Sobot, was a late replacement for American Tarick Salmaci,^[23] who pulled out after a row with his management.^[23] Sobot was knocked down in the third round, he beat the count but immediately came under renewed punishment from Calzaghe.^[23] Forcing the referee to step in at 1:35 of the third round. Calzaghe then went onto fight Juan Carlos Gimenez (TKO in 10 rounds), a former opponent of both Nigel Benn and Eubank.

In 1999, Calzaghe started out by fighting his domestic rival, Robin Reid. Calzaghe was bitter that Reid refused to face him whilst holding the WBC Championship in a unification bout and vowed to beat him. After twelve rounds, the judges scored the fight for Calzaghe via a split decision.^[24] Reid was never given the opportunity of a rematch. Calzaghe damaged his hand early on in the fight and according to Calzaghe, he suffered a dose of food poisoning.^[25] Calzaghe finished the year with another points win against Rick Thornberry.

2000 started with another points decision against David Starie. This was followed by wins against Omar Sheika (a fifth-round stoppage), and former WBC Champion and close friend Richie Woodhall.^[26]

2001 started with a first-round-stoppage win over unbeaten Mario Veit, followed by a win against Will McIntyre on the Mike Tyson-Brian Nielsen undercard in Copenhagen. Calzaghe dropped him in the third round with a ferocious left uppercut, although McIntyre managed to survive the count.^[27] But the end was near, Calzaghe dropped McIntyre again at the start of the fourth and this time the referee stopped proceedings.^[27]

2002 started with points wins against both the former IBF Champion Charles Brewer and Miguel Jimenez in Cardiff, followed by a quick TKO of Tocker Pudwill,^[28] who took the fight at very short notice as a replacement for the injured Thomas Tate, in Newcastle in December.^[29] With the win, Calzaghe successfully defended his WBO Super Middleweight title for the 12 time. After the fight, Calzaghe said: "I'm one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. I want to be remembered as one of the best British boxers ever."^[30]

Calzaghe's only fight of 2003 was in June against Byron Mitchell at the Cardiff International Arena.^[31] Calzaghe won by TKO in the second. Calzaghe suffered his first career knockdown in the second round.^[32]

2004 started out with a defense against Mger Mkrtchian in Cardiff where he won by a seventh-round knockout, followed by a points win over Karbary Salem in Edinburgh in October, during which Calzaghe was knocked down in the fourth round by a right hand.^[33] However, he dominated the fight and knocked Salem down in the 12th round, winning comfortably on all three scorecards, 116–109, 117–109 and 118–107.^[34]

Veit got a rematch against Calzaghe in Braunschweig, Germany, in July 2005.^[35] Calzaghe beat Veit by technical knockout in the sixth round. On 10 September 2005, Calzaghe fought the Kenya boxer Evans Ashira and won by a unanimous decision despite breaking his left hand in the third round.^[36] Calzaghe fought on one-handed winning 120–108, 120–108, 120–107.

Calzaghe vs. Lacy [link]

Main article Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy

His scheduled bout with IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy for 5 November 2005 was initially canceled due to the break sustained to the metacarpal in his left hand. Warren successfully rescheduled it for 5 March 2006, and the match was won by unanimous points decision over Lacy, who was a pre-fight favourite with the bookmakers^[37] and pundits alike. Calzaghe dominated throughout the fight, with British fight fans chanting "easy" at the American during the last three rounds. Calzaghe gained the IBF title and won every round despite a point being deducted in the 11th for an illegal behind the body punch. He also won the vacant The Ring Championship, becoming the first Super Middleweight to be recognized as World Champion by Ring Magazine.

On 14 October 2006, Sakio Bika challenged Calzaghe.^[38] Two points were deducted from Bika for head butts, one of which led to a severe cut over Calzaghe's left eye^[39] which would cause him problems for the duration of the bout. Calzaghe won the fight on decision to continue his undefeated run.

On November 27, 2006, it was announced that Calzaghe had signed a contract to defend his WBO Super Middleweight title against former star of The Contender Peter Manfredo Jr. on April 7, 2007, at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales to be shown on HBO. Because HBO did not want to cover a fight with mandatory IBF challenger Robert Stieglitz and with the opportunity to fight Taylor in the summer if he won against Manfredo, Calzaghe chose to fight Manfredo and as a result had to relinquish the IBF Super Middleweight Championship. Both Calzaghe and Warren claimed that, "Stieglitz doesn't mean anything outside of Germany."^[40] Stieglitz went on to fight Alejandro Berrio for the vacant IBF title, losing in 3 rounds. Berrio in turn lost the title to Lucian Bute in his first defense.^[41]

On April 7, 2007, Calzaghe met Peter Manfredo Jr. in front of 35,000 fans in Cardiff, Wales.^[42] Calzaghe was victorious on a third-round stoppage, unleashing a flurry of punches on Manfredo, who threw nothing in return, thus drawing a stoppage from the referee. Manfredo and some commentators called the stoppage premature because Manfredo did not appear hurt.^[43] HBO's ringside announcers declared that the stoppage was "way too quick." Trainer Emanuel Steward did contend that Calzaghe was on his way to victory, but the stoppage was no fault of his own.

Calzaghe vs. Kessler [link]

Calzaghe at the Birmingham NEC in 2007.

Main article: Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler

In May 2007, Frank Warren released details to BBC 5 Live and on his website that Calzaghe had accepted Mogens Palle's offer of $5 million to fight Mikkel Kessler from Copenhagen, Denmark. The bout took place at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on November 4.^[44] The fight was a unification bout for the WBO, The Ring, WBA (Super) and WBC Super Middleweight titles. Calzaghe won by unanimous decision, surpassing the 20 defenses made by Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes at middleweight and heavyweight respectively.^[45]^[46]^[47] Only former Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis (25 defenses), former Light Heavyweight Champion Dariusz Michalczewski (23 defenses) and former Minimumweight Champion Ricardo López (23 defenses) have made more title defenses.

Calzaghe was frequently described as Undisputed Champion,^[45]^[46]^[48]^[49] Since he had relinquished the IBF title, others argued that this was not strictly accurate,^[50]^[51] Reuters called him "Undisputed King" of the division,^[47] while David A Avila said he was "the true undisputed world champion. Forget about the IBF titleholder Alejandro Berrio. That’s really Calzaghe’s belt too."^[52] The WBA describes Undisputed Champion as those who hold any two of the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles;^[53] which Calzaghe did after beating Kessler and had earlier done after beating Lacy.

Light Heavyweight [link]

Calzaghe vs. Hopkins [link]

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe

On April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada,^[54] Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins to win The Ring Light Heavyweight Championship by a split decision in his first ever fight in the United States.

Calzaghe did not get off to a good start. Hopkins dropped him with a right hand in the first round^[55] and began to get the better of Calzaghe on the inside.^[56]

As the rounds went on, Calzaghe continued to push the pace and began to get his rhythm going by landing combinations at close range. Hopkins’ key weapon was his right hand, but after a few rounds Calzaghe could see the right hands coming and blocked the shots whilst Hopkins gradually tired.^[57] This was evidant, as Hopkins held constantly, threw few punches and also repeatedly complained about alleged low blows from Calzaghe (which were not seen by the referee), at one point taking a knee.

According to CompuBox, Calzaghe landed more punches on Hopkins than any of his previous opponents.^[58] Judges Chuck Giampa (116–111) and Ted Gimza (115–112) scored the fight for Calzaghe, while judge Adalaide Byrd (114–113) scored the fight for Hopkins. HBO's unofficial ringside judge Harold Lederman scored the bout 116-111 for Calzaghe.

Hopkins was upset with the official decision and said that he was robbed of a clear points win. Hopkins said, "I just really feel like I took the guy to school. I feel like I made him fight my fight, not his. I wanted him to run into my shots. I think I made him do that, and I think I made it look pretty easy. I think I controlled the pace, and I controlled the fight." He has also openly stated that he wants a rematch with Calzaghe.^[59]

Calzaghe said: 'It was one of the toughest fights of my career.'

'He is very clever. He was so awkward. It wasn't pretty, but I won the fight.'

'It wasn't my best night, but I know I won.'^[60]

"The first four rounds, and after that Calzaghe got in his groove, much like he did when he fought Mikkel Kessler, and from that point on it was Calzaghe. And Calzaghe didn't fight as good a fight as he could've fought, and he still won decisively." Emanuel Steward said at ringside.

Calzaghe vs. Jones Jr.[link]

Main article: Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones, Jr.

On July 8, 2008, after Calzaghe's split from Frank Warren, it was officially announced that the 39 year old, Roy Jones Jr., and Joe Calzaghe had reached an agreement to fight for The Ring Light Heavyweight Championship in New York City at Madison Square Garden on September 20, 2008 on HBO PPV. After Calzaghe injured his right hand in training,^[61] the fight was postponed,^[62] with 8 November being set as the new date. Calzaghe was put down by an accidental forearm in the first round. Two close rounds followed before Calzaghe took control of the fight. In the eighth round, Jones sustained a cut over an eye, nearly forcing a stoppage. All three judges' decisions were 118–109 for Calzaghe.^[63]^[64]

Retirement [link]

On 5 February 2009, Joe Calzaghe announced his retirement from professional boxing, finishing with a record of 46–0 and becoming only the twelfth World Champion boxer, after Rocky Marciano, Salvador Sánchez, Ji Won Kim, Terry Marsh, Pichit Sitbangprachan, Edwin Valero, Harry Simon, Ricardo Lopez, Michael Loewe and Sven Ottke, to retire as an undefeated World Champion.^[65] After his retirement, fellow boxer and friend, Ricky Hatton described him as "the best British fighter we've ever had."^[66]

After boxing [link]

Following his retirement from boxing, Calzaghe started his own boxing promotion company called "Calzaghe Promotions" with his father, Enzo Calzaghe.^[67]

In an interview with GMTV, Calzaghe stated he is promoting The Beat Bullying campaign. He said to have found the inspiration from being a victim of bullying himself when he was young, saying he got bullied because of his small stature.

Joe won the 2010 Soccer Aid, a British charity football match with the Rest of the World team beating England, Joe scored the Rest of the World team's first goal, the game was tied after full-time but the Rest of the World won on penalties.

In 2012 Calzaghe made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the UK TV comedy drama Stella.

Personal life [link]

Calzaghe has three sons, two from a previous marriage.^[68] He split up with long-standing girlfriend Jo-Emma Larvin. After participating in the seventh series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing series, partnering Russian professional Kristina Rihanoff.^[69]^[70] Calzaghe soon began a relationship with Rihanoff. A few months later, Calzaghe and Rihanoff split up.^[71]

Following an undercover investigation by the News of the World newspaper, Calzaghe admitted he had used cocaine since his boxing career had ended. In a statement on his website, he added that he regretted his "occasional use of cocaine in what have sometimes been the long days since my retirement from the ring."^[72]

Professional boxing record [link]

46 Wins (32 knockouts, 14 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws^[73]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	46–0	Roy Jones Jr.	UD	12	2008-11-08	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	Retained The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Win	45–0	Bernard Hopkins	SD	12	2008-04-19	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Win	44–0	Mikkel Kessler	UD	12	2007-11-03	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Retained WBO & The Ring and won WBA (Super) & WBC Super Middleweight titles.
Win	43–0	Peter Manfredo Jr.	TKO	3 (12), 1:30	2007-04-07	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Retained WBO & The Ring Super Middleweight titles.
Win	42–0	Sakio Bika	UD	12	2006-10-14	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester	Retained WBO, IBF & The Ring Super Middleweight titles.
Win	41–0	Jeff Lacy	UD	12	2006-03-04	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester	Retained WBO and won IBF & vacant The Ring Super Middleweight titles.
Win	40–0	Evans Ashira	UD	12	2005-09-10	International Arena, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	39–0	Mario Veit	TKO	6 (12), 2:18	2005-05-07	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	38–0	Kabary Salem	UD	12	2004-10-22	Royal Highland Showground, Edinburgh	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	37–0	Mger Mkrtchyan	TKO	7 (12), 1:05	2004-02-21	National Ice Rink, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	36–0	Byron Mitchell	TKO	2 (12), 2:36	2003-06-28	International Arena, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	35–0	Tocker Pudwill	TKO	2 (12), 0:39	2002-12-14	Telewest Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	34–0	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	UD	12	2002-08-17	Cardiff Castle, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	33–0	Charles Brewer	UD	12	2002-04-20	International Arena, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	32–0	Will McIntyre	TKO	4 (12), 0:45	2001-10-13	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	31–0	Mario Veit	TKO	1 (12), 1:52	2001-04-28	International Arena, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	30–0	Richie Woodhall	TKO	10 (12), 0:28	2000-12-16	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	29–0	Omar Sheika	TKO	5 (12), 2:08	2000-08-12	Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	28–0	David Starie	UD	12	2000-01-29	M.E.N. Arena, Manchester	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	27–0	Rick Thornberry	UD	12	1999-06-05	International Arena, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	26–0	Robin Reid	SD	12	1999-02-13	Telewest Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	25–0	Juan Carlos Giménez Ferreyra	RTD	9 (12), 3:00	1998-04-25	National Ice Rink, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	24–0	Branko Sobot	TKO	3 (12), 1:35	1998-01-24	International Arena, Cardiff	Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	23–0	Chris Eubank	UD	12	1997-10-11	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire	Won vacant WBO Super Middleweight title.
Win	22–0	Luciano Torres	TKO	3 (10), 0:52	1997-06-05	Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol, Avon
Win	21–0	Tyler Hughes	KO	1 (10), 2:04	1997-03-22	Wythenshawe Forum, Manchester
Win	20–0	Carlos Christie	TKO	2 (10), 1:39	1997-01-21	Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Bristol, Avon
Win	19–0	Pat Lawlor	TKO	2 (10), 1:55	1996-05-15	Star Leisure Centre, Cardiff
Win	18–0	Warren Stowe	TKO	2 (8), 3:00	1996-05-04	Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex
Win	17–0	Mark Delaney	TKO	5 (12), ?	1996-04-20	International Centre, Brentwood, Essex	Retained BBBofC British Super Middleweight title.
Win	16–0	Anthony Brooks	TKO	2 (10), ?	1996-03-13	Brent Town Hall, Brent, London
Win	15–0	Guy Stanford	TKO	1 (10), 1:24	1996-02-13	Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff
Win	14–0	Stephen Wilson	TKO	8 (12), 2:18	1995-10-28	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London	Won vacant BBBofC British Super Middleweight title.
Win	13–0	Nick Manners	TKO	4 (8), 2:20	1995-09-30	Festival Hall, Basildon, Essex
Win	12–0	Tyrone Jackson	TKO	4 (8), 1:08	1995-07-08	Barbican Centre, York, Yorkshire
Win	11–0	Robert Curry	TKO	1 (8), 1:29	1995-05-19	Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London
Win	10–0	Bobbie Joe Edwards	UD	8	1995-02-22	Ice Rink, Telford, Shropshire
Win	9–0	Frank Minton	KO	1 (8), 1:25	1995-02-14	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London
Win	8–0	Trevor Ambrose	TKO	2 (8), ?	1994-11-30	Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Win	7–0	Mark Lee Dawson	TKO	1 (8), ?	1994-10-01	National Ice Rink, Cardiff
Win	6–0	Karl Barwise	TKO	1 (6), ?	1994-06-04	National Ice Rink, Cardiff
Win	5–0	Darren Littlewood	TKO	1 (6), ?	1994-03-01	Town Hall, Dudley, West Midlands
Win	4–0	Martin Rosamond	TKO	1 (6), ?	1994-01-22	Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff
Win	3–0	Spencer Alton	TKO	2 (4), ?	1993-12-16	Newport Centre, Newport
Win	2–0	Paul Mason	TKO	1 (4), ?	1993-11-10	Watford Town Hall, Watford, Hertfordshire
Win	1–0	Paul Hanlon	TKO	1 (4), ?	1993-10-01	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Professional debut.

Titles in boxing [link]

Major World Titles:

WBO Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
IBF Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
WBA (Super) Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
WBC Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)

The Ring/Lineal Championship Titles:

The Ring Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)

Regional/International Titles:

BBBofC British Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)

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^ 'Super' Joe Calzaghe too good for Jones Jr!^{[dead link]}
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Awards
Preceded by Tanni Grey-Thompson	BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Mark Hughes
Preceded by Gareth Thomas	BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2006, 2007	Succeeded by Shane Williams
Preceded by Zara Phillips	BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Chris Hoy
Sporting positions
Vacant Title last held by Steve Collins	WBO Super Middleweight Champion October 11, 1997 – September 26, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Denis Inkin
Preceded by Jeff Lacy	IBF Super Middleweight Champion March 4, 2006 – November 27, 2006 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Alejandro Berrio
Inaugural Champion	The Ring Super Middleweight Champion March 4, 2006 – September 28, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Andre Ward
Preceded by Mikkel Kessler	WBC Super Middleweight Champion November 4, 2007 – June 27, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Carl Froch
Preceded by Mikkel Kessler	WBA Super Middleweight Champion super champion status November 4, 2007 – October 21, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Mikkel Kessler
Vacant Title last held by Bruno Girard	Lineal Super Middleweight Champion November 4, 2007 – October 21, 2008 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Andre Ward
Preceded by Bernard Hopkins	The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion April 19, 2008 – February 5, 2009 Retired	Vacant Title next held by Jean Pascal

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Roy Jones, Jr.

Statistics

Real name

Roy Levesta Jones Jr.

Nickname(s)

Junior
Superman
RJ
Captain Hook

Rated at

Middleweight
Super Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Cruiserweight

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Reach

74 in (188 cm)

Nationality

American

Born

January 16, 1969 (age 43)
Pensacola, Florida, USA

Stance

Orthodox

Boxing record

Total fights

Wins

Wins by KO

Losses

Draws

No contests

Medal record

Men's Boxing
Silver	1988 Seoul Korea	Light-Middleweight

Roy Jones, Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer. As a professional, he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He is the only boxer in history to start his career as a light middleweight (154 lbs) and go on to win a heavyweight title.

Jones left his mark in boxing history when he won the WBA Heavyweight title, becoming the first former middleweight champion to win a heavyweight title in 106 years. Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America.^[1]

1 Boxing career
2 Professional boxing record
3 Titles in boxing
4 Personal life
5 Awards
6 Music career
7 Discography
8 Filmography
9 References
10 External links

Boxing career [link]

Amateur career [link]

Jones won the 1984 United States National Junior Olympics in the 119 lb (54 kg) weight division, the 1986 United States National Golden Gloves in the 139 lb (63 kg) division and the 1987 United States National Golden Gloves in the 156 lb (71 kg) division. As an amateur, he ended his career with a 121–13 record.

Jones represented the United States at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where he won the silver medal.^[2] He dominated his opponents, never losing a single round en route to the final. His participation in the final was met with controversy when he lost a 3–2 decision to South Korean fighter Park Si-Hun despite pummeling Park for three rounds, landing 86 punches to Park's 32.^[2] Allegedly, Park himself apologized to Jones afterward and the referee told Jones that he was dumbstruck by the judge's decision.^[3] One judge shortly thereafter admitted the decision was a mistake and all three judges voting against Jones were eventually suspended. An official IOC investigation concluding in 1997 found that three of the judges were wined and dined by South Korean officials. This led to calls for Jones to be awarded a gold medal, but the IOC still officially stands by the decision, despite the allegations. Jones was awarded the Val Barker trophy, as the best stylistic boxer of the 1988 games, which was only the third and to this day the last time in the competition's history when the award did not go to one of the gold medal winners. The incident led Olympic organizers to establish a new scoring system for Olympic boxing.

Professional career [link]

On turning professional, he had already sparred with many professional boxers, including NABF Champion Ronnie Essett, IBF Champion Lindell Holmes and Sugar Ray Leonard. Jones began as a professional on May 6, 1989, knocking out Ricky Randall in 2 rounds in Pensacola at the Bayfront Auditorium. For his next fight, he faced the more experienced Stephan Johnson in Atlantic City, beating him by a knockout in round eight.

Jones built a record of 15–0 with 15 knockouts before stepping up in class to meet former World Welterweight Champion Jorge Vaca in a Pay Per View fight on January 10, 1992. He knocked Vaca out in round one to reach 16 knockout wins in a row. After one more KO, Jones went the distance for the first time against future world champion Jorge Castro, winning a 10-round decision in front of a USA Network national audience.

Roy Jones vs. Bernard Hopkins [link]

Jones made his first attempt at a world title on May 22, 1993. He beat future Undisputed Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins by unanimous decision in Washington, D.C. to capture the IBF Middleweight Championship. Jones claimed he had entered the bout with a broken right hand, but still managed to outpoint Hopkins and secure a unanimous decision win. Jones reminded the world of this claim on his hit single "Ya'll Must've Forgot" later in his career. While working for HBO as an analyst for Bernard Hopkins' title defense against Simon Brown, Jones would admit on air that he was 16 pounds heavier than Hopkins on fight night, weighing 180 to Hopkins 163.

For his next fight, he fought another future world champion, Thulane "Sugar Boy" Malinga, in a non-title affair. Jones beat Malinga by knockout in six rounds. Jones finished the year with another win, beating Fermin Chirino by decision. In 1994, Jones beat Danny "Popeye" Garcia by knockout in six, then retained his IBF title against Thomas Tate in two rounds at Las Vegas on May 27.

Roy Jones vs. James Toney [link]

On November 18, 1994, he was set to face undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion James Toney, who was ranked highly in the "pound for pound" rankings. Toney had remained undefeated in 46 bouts and was rated the best in the world at 168 lbs. Billed as "The Uncivil War," Toney vs Jones was heavily hyped. Jones, for the first time in his career, was the underdog.

Over the course of the 12-round unanimous decision, Jones demonstrated his greatness. He danced circles around Toney, landing quick combinations at will, scoring a flash knockdown in the third round. Ring magazine called Jones' performance the most dominant of any big fight in 20 years. Claims that Toney was badly unprepared and dehydrated would surface in the days following the fight. Toney himself would claim in an interview with The Ring magazine that he had taken laxatives and diuretics the day of the weigh-in to make weight.

In 1995, Jones defended his super middleweight title successfully multiple times. He began the year by knocking out Antoine Byrd in round one. He faced former IBF Lightweight Champion Vinny Pazienza and defeated him in round six. He then beat Tony Thornton in round two by KO.

Career from 1996 to 2002 [link]

In 1996, Jones maintained his winning ways, defeating Merqui Sosa by knockout in two and future world champion Eric Lucas in round 11. When he boxed Lucas, he became the first athlete to participate in two paid sports events on the same day. He had played a basketball game in the morning and defended his boxing title in Jacksonville, Florida that evening. He also held a press conference in the ring just before the fight, taking questions from a chair in the middle of the ring and defending his choice of Bryant Brannon as his opponenet instead of Frankie Liles, his nemesis from the amateurs. He then defeated Bryant Brannon in a round two TKO.

Roy Jones vs Mike McCallum [link]

In November 1996 at Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida, Jones defeated 40 year old former three-weight world champion Mike McCallum via a shutout decision to win the vacant Interim WBC Light Heavyweight title. Jones was soon upgraded to full champion by the WBC.

Roy Jones vs. Montell Griffin I & II [link]

In 1997 Jones had his first professional loss, a disqualification against Montell Griffin. Griffin was trained by the legendary Eddie Futch, who had taught him how to take advantage of Jones technical mistakes and lack of basic boxing fundamentals. Griffin jumped out to an early lead on Jones but by round 9 Jones was ahead on the scorecards by a point and had Griffin on the canvas early in round nine. But as Griffin took a knee on the canvas to avoid further punishment, Jones hit him twice. Subsequently, Jones was disqualified and lost his title. Jones sought an immediate rematch and regained the World Light Heavyweight title easily, knocking Griffin down within the first 2 minutes 31 seconds of the fight, then ending the fight by knocking Griffin out just over two minutes in with a leaping left hand shot.

1998-2002 [link]

In 1998, Jones began by knocking out former Light Heavyweight and future Cruiserweight Champion Virgil Hill (who had already lost his belts to Lineal & WBO Champion Dariusz Michalczewski) in four rounds at Biloxi, Mississippi with a huge right to the body that broke one of Hill's ribs. He followed that with a win against the WBA Light Heavyweight title holder, Puerto Rico's Lou Del Valle, by a decision in 12 on July 18, to unify the WBC and WBA belts. Jones had to climb off the canvas for the first time in his career, as he was dropped in round eight, but continued to outbox Del Valle throughout the rest of the fight and gained a unanimous decision. Jones then followed with a defense against Otis Grant. He retained the crown by knocking Grant out in ten rounds.

Jones began 1999 by knocking out the WBC number one ranked contender at the time, Rick Frazier. After this, many boxing critics started to criticize Jones for fighting overmatched mandatories who few had ever heard of as well as his steadfast refusal to meet Dariusz Michalczewski in a unification bout. Jones answered these calls on June 5 of that year, when he beat the IBF title holder, Reggie Johnson, by a lop-sided 12-round decision to add that belt to the WBC and WBA belts he already owned in the division. Jones dropped Johnson hard in the second round, but backed off and allowed Reggie to finish the fight.

2000 began with Jones easily beating the hard-punching David Telesco via a 12 round decision on January 15, at Radio City Music Hall to retain his titles. Jones reportedly fractured his wrist a few weeks before this fight and fought almost exclusively one-handed. He entered the ring surrounded by the famous group of dancers, The Rockettes. His next fight was also a first-time boxing event for a venue, as he traveled to Indianapolis and retained his title with an 11-round technical knockout over Richard Hall at the Conseco Fieldhouse. A post-fight drug test showed that both Jones and Hall tested positive for androstenedione which was available legally over-the-counter at that time but banned by the IBF. The results of Jones' next two drug tests, which were negative, were sent to the Indiana Boxing Commission. The IBF chose not to take any action against Jones or Hall.^[4]^[5] Jones ended the year with a 10-round stoppage of undefeated Eric Harding in New Orleans.

In 2001, Jones released Round One: The Album, a rap CD. That year he retained the title against Derrick Harmon by a knockout in ten and against future world champion Julio César González of Mexico by a 12-round unanimous decision.

In 2002, Jones retained his title by knocking out Glen Kelly in seven rounds. After this bout, Jones was controversially awarded The Ring Championship belt, despite Dariusz Michalczewski still being regarded as the Lineal champion in the same weight class.^[6]

Jones then defeated future world champion Clinton Woods by technical knockout. He performed a song from his CD during his ring entrance.

WBA Heavyweight Champion [link]

On March 1, 2003, in Las Vegas,^[7] Roy Jones defeated John Ruiz, the man who defeated an aging Evander Holyfield, for the WBA Heavyweight title. Jones officially weighed in at 193 lb (88 kg)^[8] and Ruiz at 226 lb (103 kg). Jones became the first former Middleweight title holder to win a Heavyweight title in 106 years, though many historians refuse to recognize the accomplishment because Lennox Lewis was the true and Lineal Champion at the time of the bout.^[9] Jones also became the first fighter to start his career as a light middleweight and win a heavyweight title.^[10]

Roy Jones vs. Antonio Tarver [link]

Jones chose to return to the light heavyweight division and on November 8, 2003 he defeated Antonio Tarver to retain The Ring Light Heavyweight Championship and win Tarver's WBC title, as well as the vacant WBA (Super) title.^[11] Jones appeared a lot weaker after coming back down to the light heavyweight division, losing the muscle he gained for the heavyweight fight seemed to have taken a toll on his aging body and his cat-like reflexes appeared diminished. Jones won by majority decision, the judges giving him 117–111,116–112 and 114–114.^[11]

Fall From Grace [link]

Roy Jones vs. Antonio Tarver II & Roy Jones vs. Glen Johnson [link]

On May 15, 2004, Jones faced Tarver in a rematch. Jones was heavily favored to win, but Tarver knocked him down at 1:41 of the second round. Jones had won the first round (Tarver only landed two punches in the first round), but in the second, as Jones tried a combination, he was caught by a big counter left hook from Tarver. Jones got on his feet by the count, but for the first time in his career was ruled unable to continue by referee Jay Nady.

On September 25, 2004, Jones attempted to win the IBF Light Heavyweight title from Glen Johnson in a match in Memphis, Tennessee.^[12] Johnson knocked out Jones 49 seconds into the ninth round. Jones lay on the canvas for three minutes after being counted out.^[13] Johnson was ahead on all three judges’ scorecards at the time of the knockout (77–75, 77–75, 78–74) and had landed 118 punches to Jones's 75. Jones used the ring's canvas that night as a billboard for his upcoming rap CD, which came out on November 1st.

Roy Jones vs. Antonio Tarver III [link]

After almost a year away from the ring, focusing on training and working as an analyst for HBO Boxing, Jones scheduled a third fight with Antonio Tarver, on October 1, 2005, at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, which aired on HBO PPV. For only the second time in his career, Jones was considered an underdog going into the fight. Tarver won by unanimous decision (117–111, 116–112, 116–112).

Fallout with HBO [link]

After the loss in the third Tarver bout, Jones resumed his duties as a commentator for HBO World Championship Boxing, calling the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Sharmba Mitchell fight on November 19, 2005 and the Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins rematch on December 3, 2005. His return to the network was short lived, as Jones was let go from his ringside analyst role in January 2006. HBO cited his reported lack of commitment to attending the network's production meetings.^{[citation needed]}

Comeback Trail [link]

Back to winning ways [link]

Jones took on Prince Badi Ajamu on July 29, 2006, at the Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Jones defeated Ajamu by a unanimous decision, winning the WBO NABO Light Heavyweight title.^[14]

Next up for Jones was the undefeated Anthony Hanshaw, on July 14, 2007, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Hanshaw was knocked down in the 11th round.^[15] Jones won the bout by unanimous decision.

Roy Jones vs. Félix Trinidad [link]

On January 19, 2008, Jones faced former 147 and 154 pound five-time world champion Félix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bout was fought at a catchweight of 170 lbs.^[16] Jones had a noticeable size and speed advantage, and in round seven, a short right hand to the temple dropped Trinidad to his knees.^[17] Jones fired a combination in the tenth round to send Trinidad down once more.^[18] Jones won the fight by scores of 117–109 and 116–110 (twice).^[19] This was the first time a former Heavyweight Champion returned to fight successfully at 170 lbs.

Roy Jones vs. Joe Calzaghe [link]

After Joe Calzaghe's split from promoter Frank Warren, it was officially announced that Roy Jones Jr. and Joe Calzaghe had reached an agreement to fight for the The Ring Light Heavyweight Championship in New York City at Madison Square Garden on September 20, 2008 on HBO PPV. However, Calzaghe claimed injury to his right hand in training, so the fight had to be postponed a couple of weeks, with November 8 being set as the new date. Calzaghe was knocked down by an accidental forearm and cut on the bridge of the nose in the first round. Calzaghe resumed control almost immediately and dominated Jones throughout the remainder of the fight. Calzaghe toyed with Jones and mocked him from the center of the ring, daring Jones to try and hit him and then countering with fast combinations. The Welshman opened a cut over Jones' left eye. Jones' corner, who had never seen Roy cut before, didn't know how to properly handle the situation. Blood covered the left side of Jones' face. Ultimately, Jones lost by unanimous decision, winning only 2 rounds on the 3 official judges cards.

Recent fights (2009)[link]

Jones defeated Omar Sheika on March 21, 2009, via fifth-round technical knockout. Sheika had previously defeated Glen Johnson, who had knocked out Jones in 2004. On August 15, 2009, Jones beat former Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy in 10 rounds after Lacy's corner stopped the fight. Lacy had never been knocked out or stopped before.

In December 2009, Roy Jones was set to face Australian boxer Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. In the weeks leading up to this fight, there were reports in the newspapers indicating difficulties getting Roy's sparring partners into Australia.^[20] Then on December 2, 2009, following an extensive pre-fight delay due to hand wrap protests, Danny Green defeated Jones in a first round TKO.

Roy Jones vs. Bernard Hopkins II [link]

Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins met in a rematch bout, on April 3, 2010 in Las Vegas. After going the distance, Hopkins was awarded with a unanimous decision.

Roy Jones vs. Denis Lebedev [link]

On May 21, Jones travelled to Russia to face Denis Lebedev, who had just come off a controversial split decision loss to Marco Huck. Weighing in at 198 lbs, Jones looked slow and old. Despite this, he gave a decent showing and was heading for at least a majority decision loss at the beginning of the 10th round. However, with less than 20 seconds remaining, Lebedev landed a big right followed by an uppercut. Jones, having bent down holding his head and in no position to continue, was then hit by a final big right hand as Steve Smoger hesitated to stop the fight. Jones lay on the canvas for several minutes before getting up.

Roy Jones vs. Max Alexander [link]

Jones won a 10-round unanimous decision against Max Alexander on December 10, 2011 in Atlanta, snapping a three-match losing streak, and winning the UBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight Championship.

Roy Jones vs. Dawid Kostecki [link]

Jones will face Dawid Kostecki in a ten round bout at Atlas Arena, Poland on June 30th. The bout will be in the cruiserweight division at a contracted weight limit of 185 pounds.^[21]

Professional boxing record [link]

55 Wins (40 knockouts, 15 decisions), 8 Losses (4 knockouts, 3 decisions, 1 disqualification), 0 Draws^[22]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rnd. Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	55–8	Max Alexander	UD	10	2011-12-10	Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia	Won vacant UBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight title.
Loss	54–8	Denis Lebedev	KO	10 (10), 2:58	2011-05-21	Krylatskoe Sport Palace, Moscow
Loss	54–7	Bernard Hopkins	UD	12	2010-04-03	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	54–6	Danny Green	TKO	1 (12), 2:02	2009-12-02	Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales	For IBO Cruiserweight title.
Win	54–5	Jeff Lacy	RTD	10 (12), 3:00	2009-08-15	Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi	Retained WBO NABO Light Heavyweight title.
Win	53–5	Omar Sheika	TKO	5 (12), 1:45	2009-03-21	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida	Won vacant WBO NABO Light Heavyweight title.
Loss	52–5	Joe Calzaghe	UD	12	2008-11-08	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	For The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Win	52–4	Félix Trinidad	UD	12	2008-01-19	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Win	51–4	Anthony Hanshaw	UD	12	2007-07-14	Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi	Won vacant IBC Light Heavyweight title.
Win	50–4	Prince Badi Ajamu	UD	12	2006-07-29	Qwest Arena, Boise, Idaho	Won WBO NABO Light Heavyweight title.
Loss	49–4	Antonio Tarver	UD	12	2005-10-01	St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida	For The Ring, IBO & vacant NBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Loss	49–3	Glen Johnson	KO	9 (12), 0:48	2004-09-25	FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee	For IBF Light Heavyweight title.
Loss	49–2	Antonio Tarver	TKO	2 (12), 1:41	2004-05-15	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBC, WBA (Super), IBO, IBA & The Ring Light Heavyweight titles. For vacant WBF & vacant NBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	49–1	Antonio Tarver	MD	12	2003-11-08	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained The Ring & IBO and won WBC and vacant WBA (Super) Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	48–1	John Ruiz	UD	12	2003-03-01	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won WBA Heavyweight title.
Win	47–1	Clinton Woods	TKO	6 (12), 1:29	2002-09-07	Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon	Retained WBC, WBA (Super), IBF, IBO, NBA, WBF, IBA & The Ring Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	46–1	Glen Kelly	KO	7 (12), 1:55	2002-02-02	American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida	Retained WBC, WBA (Super), IBF, IBO, NBA, WBF & IBA Light Heavyweight titles. Awarded vacant The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Win	45–1	Julio César González	UD	12	2001-07-28	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	Retained WBC, WBA (Super), IBF, IBO & NBA and won WBF & vacant IBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	44–1	Derrick Harmon	RTD	10 (12), 3:00	2001-02-24	Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida	Retained WBC, WBA (Super), IBF & IBO and won NBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	43–1	Eric Harding	RTD	10 (12), 3:00	2000-09-09	New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	Retained WBC, WBA & IBF and won IBO Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	42–1	Richard Hall	TKO	11 (12), 1:41	2000-05-13	Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana	Retained WBC, WBA & IBF Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	41–1	David Telesco	UD	12	2000-01-15	Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York	Retained WBC, WBA & IBF Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	40–1	Reggie Johnson	UD	12	1999-06-05	Grand Casino Biloxi, Biloxi, Mississippi	Retained WBC & WBA and won IBF Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	39–1	Richard Frazier	TKO	2 (12), 2:59	1999-01-09	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida	Retained WBC & WBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	38–1	Otis Grant	TKO	10 (12), 1:18	1998-11-14	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut	Retained WBC & WBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	37–1	Lou Del Valle	UD	12	1998-07-18	The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	Retained WBC and won WBA Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	36–1	Virgil Hill	KO	4 (12), 1:10	1998-04-25	Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi
Win	35–1	Montell Griffin	KO	1 (12), 2:31	1997-08-07	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut	Won WBC Light Heavyweight title.
Loss	34–1	Montell Griffin	DQ	9 (12), 2:27	1997-03-21	Trump Taj Mahal Casino & Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Lost WBC Light Heavyweight title. Disqualified for hitting a downed opponent.
Win	34–0	Mike McCallum	UD	12	1996-11-22	Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida	Won interim WBC Light Heavyweight title.
Win	33–0	Bryant Brannon	TKO	2 (12), 2:23	1996-10-04	The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	32–0	Eric Lucas	RTD	11 (12), 3:00	1996-06-15	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	31–0	Merqui Sosa	TKO	2 (12), 2:36	1996-01-12	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Win	30–0	Tony Thornton	TKO	3 (12), 0:45	1995-09-30	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	29–0	Vinny Pazienza	TKO	6 (12), 2:58	1995-06-24	Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	28–0	Antoine Byrd	TKO	1 (12), 2:06	1995-03-18	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	27–0	James Toney	UD	12	1994-11-18	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	26–0	Thomas Tate	TKO	2 (12), 0:30	1994-05-27	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	25–0	Danny Garcia	KO	6 (10), 2:59	1994-03-22	University of West Florida Field House, Pensacola, Florida
Win	24–0	Fermin Chirino	UD	10	1993-11-30	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida
Win	23–0	Thulani Malinga	KO	6 (10), 1:57	1993-08-14	Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Win	22–0	Bernard Hopkins	UD	12	1993-05-22	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C., Washington	Won vacant IBF Middleweight title.
Win	21–0	Glenn Wolfe	TKO	1 (10), 2:23	1993-02-13	Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	20–0	Percy Harris	TKO	4 (12), 3:00	1992-12-05	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Won vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight title.
Win	19–0	Glenn Thomas	TKO	8 (10), 3:00	1992-08-18	Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
Win	18–0	Jorge Castro	UD	10	1992-06-30	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida
Win	17–0	Art Serwano	KO	1 (10), 1:40	1992-04-03	Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada
Win	16–0	Jorge Vaca	KO	1 (10), 1:45	1992-01-10	Paramount Theatre, New York, New York
Win	15–0	Lester Yarbrough	KO	8 (10), ?	1991-08-31	Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida
Win	14–0	Kevin Daigle	TKO	2 (10), ?	1991-08-03	Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida
Win	13–0	Eddie Evans	TKO	3 (10), ?	1991-04-13	Pensacola, Florida
Win	12–0	Ricky Stackhouse	KO	1 (10), 0:46	1991-01-31	Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
Win	11–0	Reggie Miller	TKO	5 (10), ?	1990-11-08	Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
Win	10–0	Rollin Williams	KO	4 (10), 2:56	1990-09-25	Pensacola, Florida
Win	9–0	Tony Waddles	KO	1 (10), 2:02	1990-07-14	Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
Win	8–0	Ron Johnson	KO	2 (10), 2:28	1990-05-11	Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
Win	7–0	Knox Brown	TKO	3 (10), 2:20	1990-03-28	Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida
Win	6–0	Billy Mitchem	TKO	2 (8), 2:57	1990-02-28	Interstate Fairgrounds, Pensacola, Florida
Win	5–0	Joe Edens	KO	2 (8), ?	1990-01-08	County Fairgrounds, Mobile, Alabama
Win	4–0	David McCluskey	TKO	3 (8), 2:00	1989-11-30	Bayfront Auditorium, Pensacola, Florida
Win	3–0	Ron Amundsen	TKO	7 (8), 2:43	1989-09-03	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida
Win	2–0	Stephan Johnson	TKO	8 (8), 2:04	1989-06-11	Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	1–0	Ricky Randall	TKO	2 (8), 2:46	1989-05-06	Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida

Titles in boxing [link]

Major World Titles:

IBF Middleweight Champion (160 lbs)
IBF Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
WBC Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
WBA Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
IBF Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
WBA Heavyweight Champion (+200 lbs)
(2) WBC Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
(2) WBA Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)

Minor World Titles:

IBO Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
NBA Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
WBF Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
IBA Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
IBC Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)

The Ring/Lineal Championship Titles:

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)

Regional/International Titles:

WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
WBO NABO Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
(2) WBO NABO Light Heavyweight Champion (175 lbs)
UBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight Champion (200 lbs)

Personal life [link]

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Roy Jones, Jr., was born in Pensacola, Florida,^[23] to two very different parents. His mother, Carol, was warm and easy-going, whereas his father, Roy Sr., was much like a Marine Drill Instructor with respect to his son. A decorated Vietnam veteran, ex-club fighter and retired aircraft engineer who had taken up hog farming, Roy Sr. was hard on his son from early on, taunting the child, ``sparring'` with him, enraging Roy Jr., yelling at him and beating the child, often for 20 minutes at a time. This behavior never really changed; if anything it became more brutal as Roy Jr. grew up. Many people would call the father's treatment out-and-out abuse, but he believed he had a good reason for it: to make Roy Jr. tough enough to be a champion. In this pursuit, he was relentless and Roy Jr. lived in constant fear of his father's verbal and physical violence against him.^{[citation needed]}

Jones described his childhood in Sports Illustrated: ``After a while I didn't care about gettin' hurt or dyin' anymore. I was in pain all day, every day, I was so scared of my father. He'd pull up in his truck and start lookin' for something I'd done wrong. There was no escape, no excuse, no way out of nothin'. ... Getting' hurt or dyin' might've been better than the life I was livin'. ... Used to think about killin' myself anyway.'` There's no way to know whether or not Jones would have become a world champion fighter without this extremely punitive upbringing, but there's little question it toughened the young man.^{[citation needed]}

Roy Sr. ran his own boxing gym, to which he devoted all his available time and financial resources. He offered direction and useful discipline to numerous youths and steered many of them away from trouble. Roy Sr. did everything possible to expand the program and help more kids. But towards his own son he was merciless, driving Roy Jr. to the brink of exhaustion, screaming at him in front of all the other fighters, assaulting him. Roy Sr.'s father had been a hard-working laborer and had been tough on him the way he was on Roy Jr. But Jones, the world champion boxer, will not continue this line of treatment. He is very attuned to others' anguish; on his web site, he says, ``What gets [me] down?'` is watching other people be hurt and mistreated.'` It is a feeling he has known very well.^{[citation needed]}

Using his birds as an image for his own predicament, Jones said in the same Sports Illustrated piece: ``I spent all my life in my dad's cage. I could never be 100 percent of who I am until I left it. But because of him, nothing bothers me. I'll never face anything stronger and harder than what I already have.'` Jones' father, with his overbearing and overwhelming personality, had created a powerful craving in the boxer—the need to become his own man.

Former Heavyweight Champion George Foreman said Jones, "hits like a heavyweight and moves like a lightweight."

Boxer Montell Griffin, who faced Jones twice at 175 lbs and sparred with Floyd Mayweather Jr. at 140 lbs said, "Floyd was no comparison as far as speed. Roy was much faster."

In 1996, High Frequency Boxing's John DiMaio wrote ``The early evidence points toward the real possibility that Jones is the greatest talent this sport has ever seen. His skill so dwarfs that of his nearest ranked opposition...that providing competitive opponents is a more challenging dilemma than the fights themselves.'` The expert opinion of Boxing magazine's editor, Bert Sugar, is provided on Jones' website: ``He possesses the fastest hands in boxing with lightning fast moves and explosive power in both hands.'` After Mike MacCallum lost the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown to Roy Jones in a 1996 unanimous decision, he called Jones ``the greatest fighter of all time.'`

Awards [link]

Selected Awards: Ring Sports Magazine—1993 Fighter of the Year; 1995 Man of the Year; 1996 Sportsman of the Year. Ring, Boxing Illustrated, and Boxing Scene magazines—1994 Fighter of the Year. International Boxing Federation—1995 Fighter of the Year and 1995 Fighter of Unlimited Potential. ESPN ESPY Award—1995 Boxer of the Year. The Sports Network-Boxer of the Decade. Boxing Illustrated's Budweiser ratings, June 1995 onward—Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World. March of Dimes—1995 Honorary Chairman. KO—1996 Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and 1996 Best Fighter in the World. Congress of Racial Equality—1996 Outstanding Achievement Award. American Association for the Improvement of Boxing (the Marciano Foundation)--1996 Humanitarian of the Year. Boxing 1996—Best Pound-for Pound Fighter in the World. Harlem Globetrotters—Honorary Ambassador of Goodwill (1997). Escambia-Pensacola Human Relations Commission—1997 Olive Branch Award, for humanitarianism.

Music career [link]

Roy Jones, Jr.
Birth name	Roy Lavesta Jones, Jr.
Born	(1969-01-16) January 16, 1969 (age 43)
Origin	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Genres	Hip hop, Southern Hip Hop, Crunk, Dirty South
Occupations	Boxer, rapper, actor, promoter, sports commentator
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Body Head Entertainment

Discography [link]

Album [link]

Album information
Round One: The Album Released: February 26, 2002 Label: Body Head Entertainment Last RIAA Certification: None Singles: "Y'all Must've Forgot", "And Still"

With Body Head Bangerz [link]

Album information
Body Head Bangerz: Volume One Released: October 26, 2004 Label: Body Head Entertainment Last RIAA Certification: None Singles: "Can't Be Touched", "I Smoke, I Drank (Remix)"

Solo singles [link]

2001: "Y'all Must've Forgot"
2001: "And Still"
2009: "Battle of the Super Powers"

Featured singles [link]

2004: "Can't Be Touched"

Filmography [link]

Married... with Children, Torch Song Duet (1996) – himself^[24]
The Devil's Advocate (1997) – uncredited^[24]
New Jersey Turnpikes (1999) – unknown^[24]
The Wayans Brothers, Rope-a-Dope (1999) – himself^[24]
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – Captain Ballard^[24]
Enter The Matrix (2003) – Captain Ballard^[24]
Cordially Invited (2007) – Lenny Banks^[24]
Universal Soldier: A New Dimension (2012)^[24]

References [link]

^ http://static.boxrec.com/wiki/a/a1/Jonesdecade.jpg
^ ^a ^b Mamet, David (1988-10-07). "In Losing, a Boxer Won". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DD153DF934A35753C1A96E948260. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
^ New York Times Sep 26, 1997
^ http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2782402 Boxing does not escape the specter of steroids
^ http://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/flashback-when-roy-jones-tested-positive/ Flashback: When Roy Jones Tested Positive
^ http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/lheavy.htm
^ Jones Jr – Ruiz: John Ruiz Puts His Heavyweight Title On The Line Against Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champ Roy Jones
^ "How I got my body". The Guardian (London). 2008-10-26. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/oct/26/boxing-roy-jones-jnr. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
^ . http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/james-lawton/james-lawton-calzaghe-should-beware-the-ageing-warrior-14046206.html.
^ Roy Jones Jr Tickets – Jones vs Alexander | Ringside by Gus
^ ^a ^b HBO: Boxing: All Fights : Upcoming
^ HBO: Boxing: All Fights : Upcoming
^ "Johnson floors Jones". BBC News. 2004-09-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3690784.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
^ Roy Jones Wins Unanimously Over Prince Badi Ajamu – RJ Still Has Something Left
^ Roy Jones Jr. vs. Anthony Hanshaw – Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
^ HBO: Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr
^ Trinidad-Jones round-by-round – Boxing Experts Blog – Boxing Blog – Yahoo! Sports
^ Willis, George (2008-01-20). "Roy Wonder". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202008/sports/roy_wonder_273099.htm.
^ HBO: Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr
^ Oops! Roy Jones Jnr loses his posse | thetelegraph.com.au
^ http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/7964480/roy-jones-jr-fight-cruiserweight-june-poland
^ Roy Jones Jr
^ (2009, October). Boxer Profile Biography: Roy Jones Jr.. Retrieved from http://www.hotboxingnews.com/biography/biojonesjr.htm
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Roy Jones Jr. – IMDb

External links [link]

Professional boxing record for Roy Jones, Jr. from BoxRec
Roy Jones Jr's Official Blog
Roy-Jones.net
Roy Jones Jr. Fight-by-Fight Career Record
Boxing-Encyclopedia
"One Tough Bird" – a 1995 Sports Illustrated feature article by Gary Smith.

Awards
Preceded by Inaugural Award	BWAA Fighter of the Decade 1990–1999	Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao
Preceded by Michael Carbajal	Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Oscar De La Hoya
Achievements
Preceded by James Toney Vacated	IBF Middleweight Champion May 25, 1993 –1994	Succeeded by Vacancy filled by Bernard Hopkins
Preceded by James Toney	IBF Super Middleweight Champion November 18, 1994 – 1997	Succeeded by Vacancy filled by Charles Brewer
Preceded by Fabrice Tiozzo Vacated	WBC Light Heavyweight Champion November 22, 1996 – March 21, 1997 Initially interim title	Succeeded by Montell Griffin
Preceded by Montell Griffin	WBC Light Heavyweight Champion August 07, 1997–2002	Succeeded by Vacancy filled by Antonio Tarver
Preceded by Lou Del Valle	WBA Light Heavyweight Champion July 18, 1998 – December 12, 2001 Promoted	Succeeded by Bruno Girard as Regular champion
Preceded by Reggie Johnson	IBF Light Heavyweight Champion June 5, 1999 – September 7, 2002	Succeeded by Vacancy filled by Antonio Tarver
Preceded by N/A Inaugural champion	WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Super title December 12, 2001 – 2002	Succeeded by Himself Title reinstated
Preceded by John Ruiz	WBA Heavyweight Champion March 1, 2003 – February 20, 2004	Succeeded by John Ruiz Interim champion elevated
Preceded by Antonio Tarver	WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Nov 08 2003 – May 15, 2004	Succeeded by Antonio Tarver
Preceded by Himself Title reinstated	WBA Light Heavyweight Super Champion Nov 08 2003 – May 15, 2004
Preceded by Michael Spinks Vacated	The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion 2002 – May 15, 2004

v t e Val Barker Trophy Winners

Awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games

1936: Louis Laurie USA 1948: George Hunter RSA 1952: Norvel Lee USA 1956: Richard McTaggart GBR 1960: Giovanni Benvenuti ITA 1964: Valeri Popenchenko URS 1968: Philip Waruinge KEN 1972: Teofilo Stevenson CUB 1976: Howard Davis, Jr. USA 1980: Patrizio Oliva ITA 1984: Paul Gonzales USA 1988: Roy Jones, Jr. USA 1992: Roberto Balado CUB 1996: Vassiliy Jirov KAZ 2000: Oleg Saitov RUS 2004: Bakhtiyar Artayev KAZ 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko UKR

v t e Body Head Bangerz

Roy Jones, Jr. Magic Choppa

Albums	Body Head Bangerz: Volume One

Singles	"I Smoke, I Drank" "Can't Be Touched"

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Andre Ward
Ward in 2011
Statistics
Real name	Andre Ward
Nickname(s)	S.O.G. (Son Of God)^[1]
Rated at	Super Middleweight
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Reach	71 in (180 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	(1984-02-23) February 23, 1984 (age 28) San Francisco, California, USA
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	25
Wins by KO	13
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Olympic medal record
Men's boxing
Gold	2004 Athens	Light heavyweight

Andre Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American professional boxer^[2] and the current WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring Super Middleweight Champion.

Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #6 and #5 by Yahoo! Sports,^[3] Sports Illustrated^[4] and The Ring^[5] respectively. Ward was a Gold Medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Ward was named Ring Magazine fighter of the year in 2011.

1 Early life
2 Amateur career
- 2.1 Amateur Highlights
3 Professional career
4 Super Six
5 Professional boxing record
6 Titles in boxing
7 Personal life
8 Connection to Victor Conte
9 References
10 External links

Early life [link]

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Andre was born to Frank Ward, an American of Irish descent, and Madeline Arvie Taylor, an African American. His father inspired him by regaling him with stories of hard fought battles and triumphant victories. Given the choice to fight or pursue other sports, the young Andre chose boxing and has poured his mind, body and soul into the sport & became a world champion.

Ward grew up in the East Bay in the Fairview neighborhood of Hayward, in California, where he attended Fairview Elementary, Bret Harte Junior High School and Hayward High School. At Hayward High he starred as a running back and safety on the football team. When he turned 17 he became a close friend to boxer Andre Dirrell.

Amateur career [link]

Ward started boxing in 1994 and had a record of 115–5 as an amateur. From 1998 to 2004 he did not lose a single match. In 2002, he won the Under 19 National Championship and was also a two time U.S. National Champion in 2001 and 2003 at Middleweight.

Amateur Highlights [link]

2001 United States Amateur Middleweight Champion
2002 Under 19 National Championship
2003 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion
Won the Light Heavyweight gold medal for the United States at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece becoming the first American boxer to capture gold in 8 years.

His results were:

- 1st round – Second Place at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2nd round – Defeated Clemente Russo (Italy) 17–9
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Evgeny Makarenko (Russia) 23–16
- Semifinals – Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan) 17–15
- Gold Medal Match – Defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev (Belarus) 20–13

Professional career [link]

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Ward made his pro debut on December 18, 2004 by scoring a second round TKO over Chris Molina. Ward dropped Molina in the first round with a straight left cross to the chin that drove him into the ropes and down on the second strand. Ward, continued to dominate the action and dropped Molina for the second and final time with another sharp left hook to the jaw. The referee waved off the bout at 40 seconds of the second round.

On February 5, 2005 Ward fought in his second pro fight against Kenny Kost. Ward overcame a rocky second round, in which he was hurt by a left hook, to win by unanimous decision. Ward defeated Roy Ashworth on April 7, 2005 by disqualification, after Ashworth committed numerous fouls on Ward, including shoving Ward to the canvas and hitting him in the back of his head.

Ward won his next three fights, all by knockout, before going up against Darnell Boone on November 19, 2005. Ward was knocked down for the first time in his career in round four. Despite the knockdown, Ward went on to win by unanimous decision.

After the fight with Boone, Ward went on to win his next six fights, including TKO victories over undefeated Andy Kolle and Francisco Diaz. On November 16, 2007 Ward beat undefeated Roger Cantrell by fifth round TKO in Saint Lucia.

On March 20, 2008, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, Ward defeated Rubin Williams by seventh round TKO. Ward hit Williams with jabs and straight left hands almost at will, opening a bad cut over Williams' left eye in the process. The cut would force the referee to stop the fight.

Ward faced Jerson Ravelo on June 20, 2008, in Georgetown, Cayman Islands, for the vacant regional NABO super middleweight title. Ward dominated Ravelo for the majority of the fight en route to a TKO victory in the eighth round.

On May 16, 2009, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, Ward defeated Edison Miranda by unanimous decision. The scores were 116–112, 119–109, 119–109 for Ward. Ward showed he had an inside game as well as an outside game. Miranda couldn't stay up with Ward's versatility around the ring.

On September 12, 2009, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, Ward defeated Shelby Pudwill by TKO in the 3rd round.

Super Six [link]

Ward vs. Kessler [link]

Andre Ward defeated Mikkel Kessler on November 21, 2009 for the WBA Super Middleweight Championship in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. Kessler was the strong favorite going into Showtime's Super Six tournament. In a career-defining performance, undefeated hometown favorite Ward put the U.S. on the board in the Super Six and captured the WBA Super Middleweight title with a dominant 11 round technical decision over Denmark’s Kessler in their Group Stage 1 bout.^[6] The fight was stopped in round 11 due to cuts on Kessler's face caused by what was deemed unintentional headbutts by Ward. The fight went to the scorecards and Ward was far ahead by scores of 98–92, 98–92 and 97–93 at the time of the stoppage.

Ward vs. Green [link]

In January 2010 Jermain Taylor announced his exit from Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament. Ring Top 10 ranked Super Middleweight Allan Green was selected as his replacement and challenged Andre Ward on June 19.^[7] Ward, defending the WBA Super Middleweight title, outclassed an opponent who spent most of the fight with his back against the ropes. Ward defeated Green by unanimous decision on June 19, 2010.^[2]. Though the 30-year-old gamely fought on, the knockout he needed to win never appeared remotely likely and he looked a spent man by the end as he picked up the second loss of his 31-fight pro career.

Ward vs. Bika [link]

Ward was exempt from the final preliminary fight in the Super Six because he had already secured a number one position in the elimination rounds and his designated opponent (Andre Dirrell) had dropped out of the tournament. Instead, Ward successfully defended his WBA Super Middleweight title, unanimously outpointing another Top 10 ranked Super Middleweight, Sakio Bika, in front of a sparse crowd at Oracle Arena on Saturday night. Fighting in front of his hometown crowd as part of a dual-site co-main event, Ward didn't land many big shots but repeatedly hit Bika with a stinging left jab that the challenger was unable to counter. Ward won all 12 rounds on one judges scorecard and was ahead 118–110 on the other two.^[8]

Ward vs. Abraham [link]

Main article: Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham

Ward's next title defense came against Top 10 ranked Super Middleweight Arthur Abraham on May 14, 2011 in Carson, California. Ward started out slow with Abraham, trying to find a way to penetrate his tight defense. After a competitive first few rounds, Ward seized control of the fight, using his ring savvy and instincts to control Abraham. Although Abraham was somewhat passive at times, he gave an earnest effort and frequently threw combinations that were mostly blocked by Ward. Abraham hurt Ward a couple of times in the final round, but it wasn't enough to finish Ward, who had dominated the fight and won a lopsided unanimous decision.

Ward vs. Froch [link]

Main article: Carl Froch vs. Andre Ward

Andre Ward won the Super Six tournament in a dramatic bout against WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch. In the first 7 rounds, Ward outboxed Froch, successfully using his jab to neutralize Froch and beating Froch to the punch from a distance and at close range. In the later rounds, Ward seemed to take his foot off the gas, leaving Froch to win a couple rounds near the end of the fight, though they were close and fairly competitive rounds. The judges scorecards were 115–113, 115–113 and 118–110, all in favor of Ward, with two of the scorecards being much closer than the general consensus of the how the fight played out. Ward won the vacant The Ring Super Middleweight title.

The World Boxing Council Board of Governors voted to make Ward "Champion in Recess" due to a broken hand Ward is currently recovering from.^[9]

Professional boxing record [link]

25 Wins (13 knockouts, 11 decisions, 1 disqualification), 0 Losses, 0 Draws^[2]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd.	Date	Location	Notes
Win	25–0	Carl Froch	UD	12	2011-12-17	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained WBA (Super) and won WBC & vacant The Ring Super Middleweight titles. Wins Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Win	24–0	Arthur Abraham	UD	12	2011-05-14	Home Depot Center, Carson, California	Retained WBA (Super) Super Middleweight title.
Win	23–0	Sakio Bika	UD	12	2010-11-27	Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States	Retained WBA (Super) Super Middleweight title.
Win	22–0	Allan Green	UD	12	2010-06-19	Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States	Retained WBA (Super) Super Middleweight title.
Win	21–0	Mikkel Kessler	TD	11 (12)	2009-11-21	Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States	Won WBA (Super) Super Middleweight title.
Win	20–0	Shelby Pudwill	TKO	3 (10)	2009-09-12	Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, United States
Win	19–0	Edison Miranda	UD	12	2009-05-16	Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States	Retained WBO NABO & NABF Super Middleweight titles.
Win	18–0	Henry Buchanan	UD	12	2009-02-06	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California, United States	Retained WBO NABO & won vacant NABF Super Middleweight titles.
Win	17–0	Esteban Camou	TKO	3 (10)	2008-12-13	Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, United States
Win	16–0	Jerson Ravelo	TKO	8 (12)	2008-06-20	Royal Watler Cruise Terminal, Georgetown, Cayman Islands	Won vacant WBO NABO Super Middleweight title.
Win	15–0	Rubin Williams	TKO	7 (10)	2008-03-20	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, United States
Win	14–0	Roger Cantrell	TKO	5 (10)	2007-11-16	Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Win	13–0	Francisco Diaz	TKO	3 (8)	2007-07-14	Home Depot Center, Carson, United States
Win	12–0	Dhafir Smith	TKO	6 (8)	2007-05-17	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California, United States
Win	11–0	Julio Jean	TKO	3 (8)	2007-03-29	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, United States
Win	10–0	Derrick Findley	UD	6	2006-11-16	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, United States
Win	9–0	Andy Kolle	RTD	6 (8)	2006-04-29	Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	8–0	Kendall Gould	UD	6	2006-02-23	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California, United States
Win	7–0	Darnell Boone	UD	6	2005-11-19	Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon, United States
Win	6–0	Glenn LaPlante	KO	1 (6)	2005-10-01	St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, United States
Win	5–0	Christopher Holt	RTD	3(6)	2005-08-18	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California, United States
Win	4–0	Ben Aragon	TKO	3 (6)	2005-06-18	FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee
Win	3–0	Roy Ashworth	DQ	3 (6)	2005-04-07	Pechanga Resort and Casino
Win	2–0	Kenny Kost	UD	6	2005-02-10	Palace Indian Gaming Center, Lemoore, California, United States
Win	1–0	Chris Molina	TKO	2 (4)	2004-12-18	Staples Center, Los Angeles	Ward's Professional Debut.

Titles in boxing [link]

Major World Titles:

WBA (Super) Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
WBC Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)

The Ring/Lineal Championship Titles:

The Ring Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)

Regional/International Titles:

WBO NABO Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)
NABF Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)

Special Titles:

WBC Recess Super Middleweight Champion (168 lbs)

Personal life [link]

Born in San Francisco, California, Ward currently lives in Dublin, CA and trains in Oakland, CA. He has two sons and a daughter.

Andre Ward made an appearance in the 2008 documentary, Beyond the Ropes.^[10]

Connection to Victor Conte [link]

On December 4, the LA Times ran a story connecting Andre Ward with former convicted doping provider Victor Conte. Andre Ward was quoted saying:

"Victor, I like you man, but don't go down that road with me," Ward said he told Conte. "Victor's a brilliant guy when it comes to this stuff (sports science), but I was still going to be watchful. I did my due diligence. I read all the labels. And I feel he deserves to be forgiven."

References [link]

^ Andre Ward – BoxRec Boxing Encyclopaedia. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c Andre Ward's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-08.
^ http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AioCnsHfnQhsfMmKR7FEkNmUxLYF?slug=ki-iole_boxing_rankings092111
^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/mma/boxing/pound-for-pound-ratings/index.html
^ http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings
^ Gonzalez, Edgar (2009-11-29). "Ward defeats Kessler". MyBoxingFans. http://www.myboxingfans.com/2009/11/ward-defeats-kessler/. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
^ Tulsa's Allan Green Tulsa World accessed February 17, 2010
^ Rafael, Dan (2010-11-28). "Andre Ward defeats Sakio Bika". ESPN. http://www.myboxingfans.com/2009/11/ward-defeats-kessler/. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
^ http://www.boxingscene.com/dirrell-sjekloca-wbc-title-ward-champion-recess--52210
^ Beyond the Ropes (Video 2008), IMDB.com

External links [link]

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Achievements
Preceded by Mikkel Kessler	WBA Super Middleweight Champion Super Champion November 21, 2009 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Carl Froch	WBC Super Middleweight Champion December 17, 2011 – April 26, 2012 Status changed	Vacant
Vacant Title last held by Joe Calzaghe	The Ring Super Middleweight Champion December 17, 2011 – present	Incumbent
Vacant	WBC Super Middleweight Champion Champion in Recess April 26, 2012 – present	Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Sergio Gabriel Martinez	BWAA Fighter of the Year 2011	Incumbent
Preceded by Sergio Gabriel Martinez	The Ring Fighter of the Year 2011	Incumbent

v t e Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight

1920-1936: 160-175 lb (72.6-79.4 kg), 1948: 73-80 kg 1952-2008: 75-81 kg

1920: Eddie Eagan (USA) 1924: Harry Mitchell (GBR) 1928: Víctor Avendaño (ARG) 1932: David Carstens (RSA) 1936: Roger Michelot (FRA) 1948: George Hunter (RSA) 1952: Norvel Lee (USA) 1956: James Boyd (USA) 1960: Cassius Clay (USA) 1964: Cosimo Pinto (ITA) 1968: Danas Pozniakas (URS) 1972: Mate Parlov (YUG) 1976: Leon Spinks (USA) 1980: Slobodan Kačar (YUG) 1984: Anton Josipović (YUG) 1988: Andrew Maynard (USA) 1992: Torsten May (GER) 1996: Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ) 2000: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) 2004: Andre Ward (USA) 2008: Zhang Xiaoping (CHN)

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Date of birth	February 23, 1984
Place of birth	San Francisco,
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Bernard Hopkins
Hopkins in 2010
Statistics
Real name	Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr
Nickname(s)	The Executioner B-Hop
Rated at	Middleweight Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nationality	American
Born	(1965-01-15) January 15, 1965 (age 47) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	62
Wins	52
Wins by KO	32
Losses	6
Draws	2
No contests	2

Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner (born January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American boxer and former Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion. He became the oldest boxer to ever win a world title, when at age 46, he defeated Jean Pascal on May 21, 2011 by a unanimous decision, surpassing the record previously held by George Foreman.

Hopkins is also the former undisputed world middleweight champion, and the first fighter to retain all 4 world titles of each major boxing sanctioning body, plus The Ring belt, in the same fight. Having defended a world middleweight title a record 20 times, he is considered one of the greatest middleweight champions of all time. The Ring ranked him #3 on their list of the "10 best middleweight title holders of the last 50 years."^[1]

In addition to being an active boxer, Hopkins is also a minority partner with Golden Boy Promotions.

Background [link]

Born to Bernard Hopkins, Sr. and his wife Sue, Bernard grew up in the Raymond Rosen projects with his family. Hopkins turned to crime early in his life. By the age of thirteen he was mugging people and had been stabbed three times. At seventeen, Hopkins was sentenced to 18 years in Graterford Prison for nine felonies. While in prison he witnessed rapes and the murder of another inmate in an argument over a pack of cigarettes, but also discovered his passion for boxing. After serving almost five years, Hopkins was released from prison in 1988. He then decided to use boxing as an escape from his previous life, and converted to Islam.^[2] While leaving the prison for the final time, the warden told Hopkins he'd "see [Hopkins] again when you wind up back here," to which Hopkins replied "I ain't ever coming back here." ^[3]

Professional career [link]

He immediately joined the professional boxing ranks as a light heavyweight, losing his debut on October 11, 1988, in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Clinton Mitchell. After a sixteen-month layoff, he resumed his career as a middleweight, winning a unanimous decision over Greg Paige at the Blue Horizon on February 22, 1990.

Between February 1990 and December 1992, Hopkins scored 21 wins without a loss. He won 16 of those fights by knockout, 12 coming in the first round. This victorious sequence was halted when he lost to Roy Jones Jr. in 1993 for their first encounter.

Winning the IBF middleweight title [link]

The IBF came again knocking at Hopkins's door on December 17 of that year, matching him with Segundo Mercado in Mercado's hometown of Quito, Ecuador. Mercado knocked Hopkins down twice before Hopkins rallied late and earned a draw. It has been argued that Hopkins was also not properly acclimated to the altitude of nearly 10,000 feet.^[4]

The IBF called for an immediate rematch, and on April 29, 1995, Hopkins became a world champion with a seventh-round technical knockout victory in Landover, Maryland.

In his first title defense he defeated Steve Frank, whom he stopped in twenty-four seconds. By the end of 2000, he had defended the IBF title 12 times without a loss, while beating such standouts as John David Jackson, Glen Johnson (undefeated at the time and later went on to knock out an aging Roy Jones Jr), Simon Brown, and Antwun Echols.

2001 middleweight unification tournament [link]

The arrival of former welterweight and light middleweight champion Félix Trinidad into the middleweight ranks set off a series of unification fights between major middleweight title-holders. The boxers involved in the tournament would be reigning IBF champion Bernard Hopkins, WBC champion Keith Holmes, WBA champion William Joppy, and Félix Trinidad.

Hopkins vs Holmes [link]

On April 14, 2001, Hopkins won a unanimous decision over WBC champion Keith Holmes in New York City. Trinidad, however, knocked out Middleweight mainstay William Joppy in an impressive five rounds.^[5] This led to many to believe that Felix Trinidad was simply too much, too strong for Bernard Hopkins.^[6]

Hopkins vs Trinidad [link]

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad

Then, on September 29, 2001, WBA champion Trinidad challenged Hopkins for middleweight unification in Madison Square Garden.

For the first time in many years, Hopkins was an underdog in the betting, which led the confident Hopkins to place a $100,000 bet on himself to win the bout. During promotion for the bout, Hopkins caused huge controversy by throwing the Puerto Rico flag on the floor in press conferences in both New York and Puerto Rico, the latter conference leading to a riot in which Hopkins had to be run to safety from the angry mob.^[7]

During the fight, Hopkins was on his way to a lopsided decision victory when, in the 12th and final round, he floored Trinidad. Referee Steve Smoger called a halt to the fight after Trinidad's father entered the ring to stop the fight. It was the first loss of Trinidad's career, and it made Hopkins the first undisputed world middleweight champion since Marvin Hagler in 1987. 'The Ring' magazine and the 'World Boxing Hall of Fame' named Hopkins as the 2001 Fighter of the Year.

Undisputed middleweight champion [link]

He defended the undisputed title six times. Hopkins bested Carl Daniels on February 2 surpassing Carlos Monzon's division record of 14 defenses, 2002, by tenth-round technical knockout; Morrade Hakkar on March 29, 2003, by eighth-round TKO; William Joppy on December 13, 2003, by unanimous decision; and Robert Allen on June 5, 2004, also by unanimous decision.

Oscar De La Hoya [link]

In the highest-paying fight of his career, Hopkins fought six-division titleholder Oscar de la Hoya, another welterweight for the undisputed middleweight championship on September 18, 2004, in Las Vegas. They fought at a catchweight of 158 lbs, two pounds below the middleweight limit of 160 lbs.^[8] Hopkins won the bout by knockout in the ninth round with a left hook to the body and thus became the first boxer ever to unify the titles of all four major sanctioning bodies. At the time of the stoppage, Hopkins was ahead on two of the scorecards, with De La Hoya ahead on the other.^[9]

In November 2004 de la Hoya invited Hopkins to join his boxing promotional firm, Golden Boy Promotions, as president of its new East Coast chapter.

Reaching number 20 - Howard Eastman [link]

At 40 years old, an age at which most boxers are retired, Hopkins reached the middleweight record of 20 title defenses on February 19, 2005, against ranked #1 WBC Middleweight contender Howard Eastman, the European middleweight champion. Hopkins dominated the fight from start to finish, winning 119-110, 117-111 and 116-112.

Hopkins vs Taylor [link]

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor I

In his next fight on July 16, 2005, Hopkins lost his undisputed middleweight championship to Jermain Taylor via controversial split decision. Hopkins started slowly but came on strong over the final four rounds. Many press row writers scored the fight for Hopkins. Many boxing observers feel that the decision wasn't booed like a disputed decision normally is because the crowd was pro-Taylor, which influenced the some of the commentators and Harold Lederman.^[10] Compubox round-by-round punch stats showed Taylor outscoring Hopkins 6-5-1 in total punches. Hopkins out landed Taylor in power punches 78-50.

Compubox statistics indicated that Hopkins landed more overall punches and significantly more power shots over the course of the fight, however these statistics may not accurately reflect the judging as rounds are scored in isolation. It should also noted that there are some unaccurate flaws in Compubox statistics and therefore may not reflect the actual outcome of the bout.

On December 3, 2005, Hopkins lost his rematch against Jermain Taylor by unanimous decision in a bout that was reminiscent of their first bout but was a decisive victory for Taylor. All three judges scored the fight 115-113 for Taylor.

Moving up to light heavyweight [link]

Tarver vs Hopkins [link]

Following his two losses to Jermain Taylor, Hopkins at 41 decided not to retire and made the decision to jump two weight divisions to face off against The Ring light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver on June 10, 2006. Going into the fight, Tarver was a 3-to-1 favorite and had been the first man ever to TKO Roy Jones Jr. Many now placed Tarver among the sports top competitors. He was constantly ranked in the P4P rankings. However, Bernard Hopkins picked up a lopsided unanimous decision, scoring 118-109 on all three judges scorecards.

Antonio Tarver also lost a $250,000 bet with Hopkins, after he failed to stop Hopkins in the first six rounds.^[11]

Hopkins vs Wright [link]

On July 21, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Hopkins defended The Ring light heavyweight championship against former undisputed junior middleweight champion Winky Wright. During the weigh-in, Hopkins shoved Wright with an open-hand to the face, igniting a brawl between both fighters' entourages.^[12] Hopkins was fined $200,000 for instigating the brawl.^[13] Hopkins prevailed with a unanimous decision victory by scores of 117-111, 117-111 and 116-112.^[14]

Hopkins vs Calzaghe [link]

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe

On April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Hopkins lost The Ring light heavyweight title to Joe Calzaghe via a highly, highly disputed split decision (116-111 and 115-112 for Calzaghe; 114-113 for Hopkins). Hopkins started the fight well, dropping Calzaghe in the first round and using his ring savvy to confuse the challenger. Calzaghe got up to showcase his blazingly fast hands and devastating combinations and despite the fact that Hopkins would smother him whenever he tried to come in and throw more than one punch, According to CompuBox, Calzaghe landed more punches on Hopkins than any of his previous opponents, however there observers again feel that there were flaws in Compubox's recorded statistics again.^[15]

Hopkins vs Pavlik [link]

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik

On October 18, 2008, Hopkins met middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in a non-title fight at a catch-weight of 170 lbs. Fans and pundits alike felt that knockout king Kelly Pavlik would become the first man to knock Hopkins out. Pavlik was a 4-1 betting favourite heading into the contest. On the night of the fight, Hopkins turned back the clock to produce a performance he claimed to be the best of his career winning a unanimous decision (117-109, 119-106, 118-108) over the undefeated Pavlik. Hopkins prepared for this fight in the late summer heat at his second home, Danny Hawk's "World Famous" Normandy Gym in Miami Beach, FL.

Recent fights [link]

During the Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao media conferences before their fight on May 3, 2009, Bernard Hopkins stated he would be "interested" in a proposed fight with British super middleweight champion Carl Froch.

Enrique Ornelas [link]

On December 2, 2009, Bernard Hopkins fought in his home city of Philadelphia for the first time since 2003 beating Enrique Ornelas via 12-round unanimous decision (120-109, 119-109 & 118-110) in what served as a tune-up bout for the 44-year old Hopkins who had not fought since his October 18, 2008 12-round upset victory over undisputed middleweight champion, Kelly Pavlik.

The bout was supposed to be a tune-up for a scheduled March 13, 2010 rematch with Roy Jones, Jr. The rematch was later postponed as a result of Jones, Jr. falling to a first round technical knockout loss to Australian, Danny Green.

Rematch with Roy Jones [link]

Hopkins and old foe Roy Jones Jr. agreed to fight in a rematch on April 3, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The two boxers fought again 17 years after their first bout in 1993. Hopkins defeated Jones by a unanimous decision in a 12-round bout marred by illegal blows and a skirmish at the end of the sixth round involving ring entourage, the referee and security guards. Judges Don Trella and Glenn Trowbridge scored it 117-110 for Hopkins, while Dave Moretti favored him 118-109. The Associated Press had it 119-108, scoring 11 of 12 rounds for Hopkins.^[16]

He then challenged WBA Heavyweight Champion David Haye who had successfully defended his title against John Ruiz.^[17] Following Hopkins challenge, Haye ruled out the fight stating Bernard was only looking for a payday.^[18] Hopkins later stated his intentions to fight Lucian Bute following Bute's third round technical knockout victory over Edison Miranda. Golden Boy Promotions also tried to approach retired boxer Joe Calzaghe for a potential rematch in 2010, but Calzaghe, who stated he no longer had the appetite, turned the offer down.^[19]

Hopkins vs. Pascal I & II [link]

Pascal defending versus Hopkins.

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal

At 45 years old, Hopkins fought WBC, IBO light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal on December 18, 2010 at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The bout ended in a majority draw decision. Judge Steve Morrow had it 114-112 for Hopkins, but was overruled by Claude Paquette (113-113) and Daniel Van de Wiele (114-114).^[20] Following the controversy of the fight, WBC chairman Jose Sulaiman sanctioned an immediate rematch.

Main article: Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins II

On May 21, 2011, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, Hopkins defeated Pascal by unanimous decision to capture the WBC, IBO, and The Ring Light Heavyweight belts.^[21]^[22] The official scores were 115–113, 116–112 and 115–114.^[23] With the win, Hopkins became the oldest man in the history of the sport to win a major world title, supplanting George Foreman, who had previously held the distinction after his knockout victory over Michael Moorer.^[24] Hopkins won at 46 years, 4 months, 6 days, while Foreman was 45 years, 10 months. After the bout, ESPN columnist Dan Rafael stated: "Bernard Hopkins already had lived several boxing lifetimes, but he was born yet again in Saturday's decision over Jean Pascal, becoming the oldest champion in history."^[24]

Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson [link]

Main article: Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson

Hopkins told the world of boxing that his next fight was going to be against former champion Chad Dawson. They fought on 15 October 2011. Hopkins lost via TKO for being unable to continue after injuring his shoulder when Dawson threw him off of his back.

After an investigation by the WBC following a protest filed by Oscar De La Hoya, the WBC ruled that Dawson intentionally fouled Hopkins and returned the belt to Hopkins. ^[25] The Ring magazine also decided to continue to recognize Hopkins as their champion pending the California State Athletic Commission’s ruling on a protest filed on behalf of Hopkins.^[26] Also on December 13, California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has ruled that the decision will be overturned to a no-contest upon official review and the testimony of referee of the bout, Pat Russell.^[27]

A rematch with Dawson was set for April 28, 2012. Hopkins lost the bout via majority decision.

Professional boxing record [link]

52 Wins (34 knockouts, 18 decisions), 6 Losses, 2 Draws, 2 No Contest^[28]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	52-6-2 2 NC	Chad Dawson	Decision (majority)	12	April 28, 2012	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA	Loses WBC, & The Ring light heavyweight titles.
NC	52-5-2 2 NC	Chad Dawson	No Contest	2 (12), 2:48	October 15, 2011	Los Angeles, California	No Contest. It was originally ruled a TKO victory for Dawson but was overturned by the CSAC since Hopkins was unable to continue after getting thrown from a clinch. The WBC ruled the fight a "technical draw" and continued to recognize Hopkins as their champion.^[29]^[30]
Win	52-5-2 1 NC	Jean Pascal	Decision (unan.)	12	May 21, 2011	Montreal, Canada	Won The Ring and WBC Light Heavyweight titles. Awarded WBC Diamond belt.
Draw	51-5-2 1 NC	Jean Pascal	Draw (maj.)	12	December 18, 2010	Quebec City, Canada	For The Ring, WBC and WBC Diamond Light Heavyweight titles.
Win	51-5-1 1 NC	Roy Jones, Jr.	Decision (unan.)	12	April 3, 2010	Las Vegas, USA
Win	50-5-1 1 NC	Enrique Ornelas	Decision (unan.)	12	December 2, 2009	Philadelphia,PA
Win	49-5-1 1 NC	Kelly Pavlik	Decision (unan.)	12	October 18, 2008	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Loss	48-5-1 1 NC	Joe Calzaghe	Decision (split)	12	April 19, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Win	48-4-1 1 NC	Ronald Wright	Decision (unan.)	12	July 21, 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Win	47-4-1 1 NC	Antonio Tarver	Decision (unan.)	12	June 10, 2006	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Won The Ring Light Heavyweight title.
Loss	46-4-1 1 NC	Jermain Taylor	Decision (unan.)	12	December 3, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	For WBC, WBA Super, WBO & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Loss	46-3-1 1 NC	Jermain Taylor	Decision (split)	12	July 16, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost IBF, WBC, WBA Super, WBO & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Win	46-2-1 1 NC	Howard Eastman	Decision (unan.)	12	February 19, 2005	Los Angeles, California	Retained IBF, WBC, WBA Super, WBO & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Win	45-2-1 1 NC	Oscar De La Hoya	KO	9 (12), 1:38	September 18, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained IBF, WBC, WBA Super, The Ring and won WBO Middleweight titles.
Win	44-2-1 1 NC	Robert Allen	Decision (unan.)	12	June 5, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained IBF, WBC, WBA Super & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Win	43-2-1 1 NC	William Joppy	Decision (unan.)	12	December 13, 2003	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained IBF, WBC, WBA Super & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Win	42-2-1 1 NC	Morrade Hakkar	TKO	8 (12), 3:00	March 29, 2003	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Retained IBF, WBC, WBA Super & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Win	41-2-1 1 NC	Carl Daniels	TKO	10 (12), 3:00	February 2, 2002	Reading, Pennsylvania	Retained IBF, WBC, WBA Super & The Ring Middleweight titles.
Win	40-2-1 1 NC	Félix Trinidad	TKO	12 (12), 1:18	September 29, 2001	New York City, New York	Retained IBF, WBC and won WBA Super Middleweight titles. Awarded vacant The Ring Middleweight title.
Win	39-2-1 1 NC	Keith Holmes	Decision (unan.)	12	April 14, 2001	New York City, New York	Retained IBF and won WBC Middleweight titles.
Win	38-2-1 1 NC	Antwun Echols	TKO	10 (12), 1:42	December 1, 2000	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	37-2-1 1 NC	Syd Vanderpool	Decision (unan.)	12	May 13, 2000	Indianapolis, Indiana	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	36-2-1 1 NC	Antwun Echols	Decision (unan.)	12	December 12, 1999	Miami, Florida	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	35-2-1 1 NC	Robert Allen	TKO	7 (12), 1:18	February 6, 1999	Washington, D.C.	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
NC	34-2-1 1 NC	Robert Allen	No Contest	4 (12), 2:57	August 28, 1998	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	34-2-1	Simon Brown	TKO	6 (12), 1:00	January 31, 1998	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	33-2-1	Andrew Council	Decision (unan.)	12	November 18, 1997	Upper Marlboro, MD	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	32-2-1	Glen Johnson	TKO	11 (12), 1:23	July 20, 1997	Indio, California	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	31-2-1	John David Jackson	TKO	7 (12), 2:22	April 19, 1997	Shreveport, Louisiana	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	30-2-1	William Bo James	TKO	11 (12), 2:02	July 16, 1996	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	29-2-1	Joe Lipsey	KO	4 (12), 2:50	March 16, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	28-2-1	Steve Frank	TKO	1 (12), 0:24	January 27, 1996	Phoenix, Arizona	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	27-2-1	Segundo Mercado	TKO	7 (12), 1:10	April 29, 1995	Landover, MD	Won vacant IBF Middleweight title.
Draw	26-2-1	Segundo Mercado	Draw	12	December 17, 1994	Quito, Ecuador	For vacant IBF Middleweight title.
Win	26–2	Lupe Aquino	Decision (unan.)	12	May 17, 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Retained USBA Middleweight title.
Win	25–2	Melvin Wynn	TKO	3, 0:48	February 26, 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	24–2	Wendall Hall	TKO	3 (12), 0:28	November 23, 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained USBA Middleweight title.
Win	23–2	Roy Ritchie	TKO	7 (12), 1:47	August 3, 1993	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Retained USBA Middleweight title.
Loss	22–2	Roy Jones, Jr.	Decision (unan.)	12	May 22, 1993	Washington, D.C.	For vacant IBF Middleweight title.
Win	22–1	Gilbert Baptist	Decision (unan.)	12	February 16, 1993	Denver, Colorado	Retained USBA Middleweight title.
Win	21–1	Wayne Powell	TKO	1 (12), 0:21	December 4, 1992	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Won vacant USBA Middleweight title.
Win	20–1	Eric Rhinehart	KO	1, 1:47	September 14, 1992	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	19–1	James Stokes	KO	1	August 28, 1992	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	18–1	Anibal Miranda	Decision (unan.)	10	May 21, 1992	Paris, France
Win	17–1	Randy Smith	Decision (unan.)	10	April 3, 1992	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	16–1	Dennis Milton	TKO	4 (10)	January 31, 1992	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	15–1	Willie Kemp	Decision (unan.)	10	December 13, 1991	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	14–1	David McCluskey	TKO	7 (10)	November 26, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	13–1	Ralph Moncrief	TKO	1 (10), 1:28	September 23, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	12–1	Danny Mitchell	KO	1	July 9, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	11–1	Pedro Marquez	TKO	1	June 20, 1991	Parsippany, New Jersey
Win	10–1	Steve Langley	TKO	3 (6), 1:10	March 18, 1991	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	9–1	Richard Quiles	KO	1 (6)	February 26, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	8–1	Mike Sapp	TKO	1	November 17, 1990	Fort Myers, Florida
Win	7–1	Darrin Oliver	TKO	1	October 20, 1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	6–1	Percy Harris	Decision (unan.)	6	August 5, 1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	5–1	Khalif Shabazz	KO	1, 0:36	June 30, 1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	4–1	Jouvin Mercado	TKO	2 (4), 0:43	May 31, 1990	Rochester, New York
Win	3–1	Eddie Tyler	TKO	1	May 18, 1990	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	2–1	Keith Gray	TKO	1	April 26, 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Win	1–1	Greg Paige	Decision (unan.)	4	February 22, 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Loss	0–1	Clinton Mitchell	Decision (maj.)	4	October 11, 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey

Coaches [link]

Hopkins has been coached by Philadelphia based English "Bouie" Fisher from 1989 until their split in 2002 which resulted in Fisher taking Hopkins to court, claiming he was underpaid by $255,000. They re-united in 2003, but split again in 2005, again with Fisher claiming to be underpaid, this time to the tune of $200,000. Naazim Richardson, Fishers long-term assistant took over as Hopkins' head coach from 2005. Fisher won the Eddie Futch-John F.X. Condon Award, awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of America, for Trainer of the Year in 2001. Bouie died aged 83 in June 2011.

Controversial quotes [link]

In late 2010, Hopkins suggested that African American fighters who possessed what he described as a "slick" inner-city style of fighting would be successful against Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao. "Maybe I’m biased because I’m black, but I think that this is what is said at people’s homes and around the dinner table among black boxing fans and fighters. Most of them won’t say it [in public] because they’re not being real and they don’t have the balls to say it. But I do think that a fighter like the Ray Leonard's or anyone like that would beat a guy (like Pacquiao) if they come with their game. Listen, this ain’t a racial thing, but then again, maybe it is. But the style that is embedded in most of us black fighters, that style could be a problem to any other style of fighting."^[31]^[32]

On December 7, 2007, Hopkins and Calzaghe met face to face in the media room set up for the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton fight. Hopkins and Calzaghe began shouting insults and taunting each other, with Hopkins shouting, "You're not even in my league! I would never let a white boy beat me. I would never lose to a white boy. I couldn't go back to the projects if I let a white boy beat me." Hopkins would later explain his comments, saying that it was not meant to be taken as a racial slur or a reflection of his feelings on white fighters, but simply said to create some hype for his fight with Calzaghe. On January 23, 2008, the fight was officially announced to take place on April 19, 2008, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

On May 11, 2011, Hopkins questioned Minnesota Vikings quarterback Donovan McNabb's racial credentials in a Philadelphia Daily News online article. Marcus Hayes of The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that according to Hopkins, McNabb had a privileged childhood in suburban Chicago and, as a result, is not black enough or tough enough, at least compared with, say, himself, Michael Vick and Terrell Owens. Hopkins saying in part, "He's got a suntan. That's all... McNabb is the guy in the house, while everybody else is on the field... He's the one who got the extra coat. The extra servings . . . He thought he was one of them."

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External links [link]

Professional boxing record for Bernard Hopkins from BoxRec

Achievements
Vacant Title last held by Reggie Johnson	USBA Middleweight Champion December 4, 1992 – 1994 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Robert Allen
Vacant Title last held by Roy Jones, Jr.	IBF Middleweight Champion April 29, 1995 – July 16, 2005	Succeeded by Jermain Taylor
Preceded by Keith Holmes	WBC Middleweight Champion April 14, 2001 – July 16, 2005
New title Unified titles against Félix Trinidad	WBA Middleweight Super Champion September 29, 2001 – July 16, 2005
Vacant Title last held by Marvin Hagler	Undisputed Middleweight Champion September 29, 2001 – July 16, 2005
Vacant Title last held by Sumbu Kalambay	The Ring Middleweight Champion September 29, 2001 – July 16, 2005
Preceded by Oscar De La Hoya	WBO Middleweight Champion September 18, 2004 – July 16, 2005
Preceded by Antonio Tarver	IBO Light Heavyweight Champion June 10, 2006 Immediately vacated	Vacant Title next held by Antonio Tarver
Preceded by Antonio Tarver	The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion June 10, 2006 – April 19, 2008	Succeeded by Joe Calzaghe
Preceded by Jean Pascal	WBC Light Heavyweight Champion May 21, 2011 – April 29, 2012	Succeeded by Chad Dawson
Preceded by Jean Pascal	The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion May 21, 2011 – April 29, 2012	Succeeded by Chad Dawson
Sporting positions
Preceded by Roy Jones Jr.	Ring Magazine Pound-for-pound #1 Boxer 2004–2005	Succeeded by Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Awards
Preceded by Félix Trinidad	Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Vernon Forrest
Preceded by Félix Trinidad	BWAA Fighter of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Vernon Forrest

v t e Pride of Philadelphia Award Winners

2004	Smarty Jones Bernard Hopkins 2004 Saint Joseph's Men's Basketball

2005	Afleet Alex Philadelphia Phantoms

2006	Prep Charter Boys Basketball Villanova men's basketball Ryan Howard

2007	Jimmy Rollins Cheltenham High School Girls Basketball

2008	2008 Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Soul Mount Saint Joseph Academy Girls Basketball

2009	Villanova Mens Basketball Archbishop Carroll Boys and Girls Basketball Teams Miguel Cartagena

2010	Carlos Ruiz Villanova Wildcats football Mark Herzlich

Persondata
Name	Hopkins, Bernard
Alternative names
Short description	American boxer
Date of birth	January 15, 1965
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death
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Christopher Livingstone Eubank

Statistics
Real name	Chris Eubank
Nickname(s)	Simply the Best
Rated at	Middleweight, Super Middleweight
Nationality	English
Born	(1966-08-08) 8 August 1966 (age 45) Dulwich, London, England, UK
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	52
Wins	45
Wins by KO	23
Losses	5
Draws	2
No contests	0

Chris Eubank, Lord of the Manor of Brighton (born Christopher Livingstone Eubanks on 8 August 1966)^{[citation needed]} is a British retired boxer who held world titles at middleweight and super middleweight. He was a world champion for over five years, undefeated in his first ten years as a professional, and remained undefeated at middleweight.

1 Early life
2 Boxing career
3 Professional boxing record
4 Career beyond boxing
5 Personal life
6 See also
7 References
8 Notes
9 External links

Early life [link]

Christopher Livingstone Eubanks, is one of the sons of Rachel Scollins (later opting to delete the 's' from his surname) was born on 8 August 1966, in Dulwich, South London and spent his early days in Jamaica (from two months old to six years old). On his return to England, he lived in Stoke Newington, Dalston, Hackney and then Peckham; largely impoverished.

He attended Bellingden Junior School, and then Thomas Carlton Secondary School, from where he was suspended eighteen times in one year and then expelled, despite claiming he was gallantly trying to protect other children from bullies. He then attended Peckham Manor School, from where he was suspended five times in four weeks and then expelled. He was then put into care and spent time in various institutions under the care of Social Services. Some time was spent at Orchard Lodge Regional Resource Centre, Anerley in 1981. When he was 16, his father sent him to New York in the U.S. to live with his mother in the tough South Bronx district.

Boxing career [link]

Eubank made a fresh start in New York, beating drug, alcohol and shoplifting addictions to attend church and school. In his spare time he trained at the Jerome Boxing Club on Westchester Avenue, following in the footsteps of his boxing elder brothers (twins, Peter and Simon Eubanks) back in England. Eubank became obsessed with boxing training and went to the gym every day, even working as caretaker to pay his way. He won the 1984 Spanish Golden Gloves Tournament and also got to the semi-final stage of the main Golden Gloves tourney at Madison Square Garden at aged 18.

He writes in his autobiography that his drive to succeed in boxing came through his drive to become an accepted individual, largely caused by subjective bullying from his elder brothers.

He made his professional debut at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino against Tim Brown, shortly after his 19th birthday. About his next 10 fights went largely unnoticed, then in February 1989 he made brief headlines in defeating Jamaican Anthony Logan in an undercard match to a Nigel Benn-headlined show. Benn was arguably the biggest rising star in European sport at the time and Logan had come closest to beating the power-punching Benn in what was Benn's most memorable clash to date. Eubank had already made Brighton in England his adopted hometown and set his sights on Benn, believing he could beat him.

After a string of impressive stoppage victories following a dominant 10-round decision over American 'gatekeeper'/'journeyman' Randy Smith, Eubank captured the WBC International title in 1990 against the useful Hugo Corti. Later in the year, he knocked out Renaldo Dos Santos in precisely 20 seconds (including the 10-count).

WBO middleweight champion [link]

Eubank won the WBO middleweight title against Nigel Benn (and the odds) in a classic encounter that was later released on DVD: a gruelling battle which ended when Benn (ahead on points, but only narrowly) was stopped on his feet near the end of round 9. Eubank would defend the title successfully against Dan Sherry (in a fight cut short by a headbutt, for which Eubank was penalised 2 points but still won on points over the 9 completed rounds), fellow Briton Gary Stretch and finally in an excellent match with another fellow Briton, Michael Watson, fighting him to a narrow 12-round majority decision in Eubank's favour. This concluded Eubank's career as a middleweight, with a 28–0 record.

WBO super middleweight champion [link]

A rematch with Watson for the vacant WBO super middleweight title took place in September 1991, in which Watson suffered a near-fatal injury. Eubank was behind on all scorecards after 10 rounds, and was knocked down halfway through the 11th, seemingly on the way to defeat: but he rose from the canvas to unleash a devastating uppercut to Watson's jaw right at the end of the round, returning the knockdown. The bell sounded to end the round as soon as Watson was up from the count. It was still obvious to all observers – and to Eubank himself – that he needed a knockout to win: and early in the 12th with Watson still visibly shaken the fight was stopped with Watson under a flurry of punches from Eubank. Soon after the fight Watson collapsed in his corner. His condition may have been worsened by delay in receiving medical attention: there was no ambulance or paramedic at the event and after eight minutes on the ring floor, Watson was attended by doctors wearing dinner jackets, arriving late. Eubank contemplated quitting the sport. Commentator Reg Gutteridge claimed he had, "never seen a more dramatic end to a world title fight". Eubank later reflected on the aftermath: "I lost my finishing instinct in the ring – I couldn't finish fights any more. However, I needed to work and so I carried on and I won most of my fights on decisions. And I blamed myself, after all, it was me who threw the punch."^[1]

Eubank was particularly noted for his confidence, concentration, composure, and extravagant behaviour, and antics that included a vault over the top-rope into the ring before each fight. His trademark theme tune was Tina Turner's "Simply the Best" anthem. It also included often-hilarious posturing (particularly between rounds of fights). Eubank was by now presented as something of a "man you love to hate" figure in the British tabloid press because of his perceived posturing and arrogance and for his singularly unconventional sense of style. In boxing circles he enjoyed even less popularity, having once referred to the sport as a 'mug's game' on national television.

Now the holder of a second title, Eubank relinquished his middleweight title and concentrated on defending his new crown at the higher weight of 12 st. After the Watson tragedy Eubank never again showed any desire to knock opponents out, preferring to retain his title through points victories. He made successful defences against "Sugarboy" Malinga, the American quartet of John Jarvis, Ron Essett, Tony Thornton and former World Champion Lindell Holmes, as well as Juan Carlos Giminez Ferreyra and a draw with fellow Briton Ray Close.

Nigel Benn moved up to super middleweight and became WBC champion. The pair agreed to meet in a WBC/WBO unification rematch. In 1993 the rivals would engage in another contest named 'Judgement Day' watched by a reported 1 billion people and fought an exciting contest – albeit less brutal than their first – to a draw. Don King had negotiated the contracts so that he would own both the winner and the loser of Eubank v Benn 2. Barry Hearn claimed that, as a draw was not written into the contract, Eubank was free to sign a new deal with him instead of King. He did – and Benn also did not sign for King, on the same pretext.

Following the Benn fight, Eubank went on to defeat Graciano Rocchigiani of Germany, the undefeated former IBF super middleweight title holder. After a split points victory over Ray Close, in the King's Hall Belfast, Eubank signed an eight-fight £10-million deal with Sky Sports for contests in South Africa, Manchester, London and Millstreet. Eubank made five further successful defences, beating British world title contenders Henry Wharton and Sam Storey as well as unbeaten Dan Schommer and Mauricio Amaral Costa.

In March 1995, however, Eubank lost his title to Irishman Steve Collins, by unanimous decision.

Eubank won an eliminator for his old title against Jose Ignacio Barruetabena, as well as a win over Bruno Ruben Godoy. In a rematch with Steve Collins, Eubank went to Collins's back yard in Cork, Ireland, and lost again by a surprisingly narrow split decision. He announced his retirement from the ring in October 1995. He made a quick comeback in 1996, however, defeating Luis Dionisio Barrera and Camilo Alarcon.

Calzaghe vs Eubank [link]

After Steve Collins withdrew from his WBO super middleweight title defence against Joe Calzaghe and unexpectedly retired in October 1997, Calzaghe was matched against Eubank for the vacant title with eleven days notice. Eubank had been scheduled to box at light heavyweight on the undercard.

Eubank was knocked down twice and lost on points to the much faster Welshman, though Calzaghe acknowledges that the 12-round fight was the toughest of his career.

Cruiserweight [link]

Eubank then added 20 lbs in weight and challenged Britain's Carl Thompson for the WBO cruiserweight title. Eubank floored Thompson in the fourth round but, as in the first Steve Collins fight, failed to press home his advantage. The thrilling fight went the distance, with Thompson's strength and durability eventually telling in the later rounds. Thompson won by unanimous decision, but the closeness of the fight was reflected in the scoring, with two of the three judges giving the fight to Thompson by a single point. A rematch was quickly arranged for three months later and they again fought for the WBO cruiserweight championship in what turned out to be Eubank's last fight. Eubank had the better of the fight early in the rematch, but the short rest between the bouts came back to haunt him as his left eye that was damaged in the first fight rapidly began to swell. The fight was stopped at the end of the ninth round, when Eubank's left eye closed completely from swelling. At the time he was ahead on the scorecards. Eubank finished his career with a creditable record of 45 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.

Professional boxing record [link]

45 Wins (23 knockouts, 22 decisions), 5 Losses (1 knockout, 4 decisions), 2 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	23-4	Carl "The Cat" Thompson	RTD	9	18/07/1998	Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom	WBO World Cruiserweight Title. Doctor stopped the bout at 3:00 of the ninth round.
Loss	22-4	Carl "The Cat" Thompson	UD	12	18/04/1998	Nynex Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom	WBO World Cruiserweight Title. 113-114, 113-114, 113-116.
Loss	22-0	Joe Calzaghe	UD	12	11/10/1997	Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 111-116, 110-118, 109-118.
Win	13-2	Camilo Alarcon	KO	4	27/03/1997	Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, UAE
Win	35-8-4	Luis Dionisio Barrera	KO	5	19/10/1996	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Barrera knocked out at 0:42 of the fifth round.
Loss	29-3	Steve "Celtic Warrior" Collins	SD	12	09/09/1995	Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork, Ireland	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 113-115, 113-115, 115-114.
Win	18-1	Jose Ignacio Barruetabena	KO	1	29/07/1995	Whitley Bay, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title Eliminator.
Win	31-10-5	Bruno Ruben Godoy	TKO	1	27/05/1995	King's Hall, Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Loss	28-3	Steve Collins	UD	12	18/03/1995	Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Ireland	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 114-116, 111-115, 113-114..
Win	20-1-1	"O" Henry Wharton	UD	12	10/12/1994	G-Mex Leisure Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 115-113, 118-112, 116-112.
Win	30-0-1	"Dangerous" Dan Schommer	UD	12	15/10/1994	Superbowl, Sun City, North West, South Africa	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 116-113, 116-114, 117-113.
Win	22-3	Sam Storey	TKO	7	27/08/1994	Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:00 of the seventh round.
Win	15-1-1	Mauricio Amaral	UD	12	09/07/1994	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 116-114, 115-113, 116-113.
Win	20-2-1	Ray Close	SD	12	21/05/1994	King's Hall, Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 114-117, 115-114, 118-112.
Win	35-0	Graciano Rocchigiani	UD	12	05/02/1994	Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Germany	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 115-113, 118-109, 114-113.
Draw	37-2	Nigel Benn	PTS	12	09/10/1993	Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, United Kingdom	WBO/WBC World Super Middleweight Titles. 115-113, 114-114, 113-115.
Draw	19-2	Ray Close	PTS	12	15/05/1993	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 113-116, 115-115, 116-112.
Win	45-6	Lindell Holmes	UD	12	20/02/1993	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 116-114, 120-109, 117-112.
Win	40-5-3	Juan Carlos Gimenez	UD	12	28/11/1992	G-Mex Leisure Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 119-109, 118-110, 118-110.
Win	31-4-1	Tony Thornton	UD	12	19/09/1992	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 115-113, 116-113, 117-112.
Win	25-4-2	Ron "The Dragon" Essett	UD	12	27/06/1992	Quinta do Lago Hotel, Quinta do Lago, Portugal	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 117-113, 118-110, 117-112.
Win	25-3	"Big" John Jarvis	KO	3	25/04/1992	G-Mex Leisure Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the third round.
Win	33-6	Thulani Malinga	SD	12	01/02/1992	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. 116-112, 112-115, 115-113.
Win	25-3-1	Michael Watson	TKO	12	21/09/1991	White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom	WBO World Super Middleweight Title. Watson slipped into a coma after the fight and underwent several brain surgeries and suffered permanent paralysis.
Win	25-2-1	Michael Watson	MD	12	22/06/1991	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	WBO World Middleweight Title. 115-113, 116-113, 114-114.
Win	22-1	Gary Stretch	TKO	6	18/04/1991	Olympia Grand Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	WBO World Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:56 of the sixth round.
Win	17-0	Dan Sherry	TD	10	23/02/1991	Brighton Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom	WBO World Middleweight Title. 93-95, 95-93, 95-92. Referee stopped the bout at 2:11 of the tenth round.
Win	27-1	Nigel Benn	TKO	9	18/11/1990	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom	WBO World Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:56 of the ninth round.
Win	11-3	Reginaldo Dos Santos	KO	1	22/09/1990	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	Santos knocked out at 0:20 of the first round.
Win	13-3-1	Kid Milo	TKO	8	05/09/1990	Brighton Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom	WBC International Middleweight Title.
Win	33-40-20	Eduardo Domingo Contreras	UD	12	25/04/1990	Brighton Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom	WBC International Middleweight Title. 120-112, 120-109, 120-109.
Win	20-1-1	Hugo Antonio Corti	TKO	8	06/03/1990	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	WBC International Middleweight Title.
Win	10-7	Denys Cronin	TKO	3	16/01/1990	Star Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Win	8-2	"G.I." Jose Carlos Da Silva	KO	6	20/12/1989	Kirkby Leisure Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Win	10-3	Johnny Melfah	KO	4	05/11/1989	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	19-6	Jean-Noel Camara	TKO	2	24/10/1989	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	13-11-1	Ron Malek	TKO	5	04/10/1989	Festival Hall, Basildon, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the fifth round.
Win	2-8	Les Wisniewski	TKO	2	28/06/1989	International Centre, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 1:07 of the second round.
Win	20-16	"Handy" Randy Smith	PTS	10	26/05/1989	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	13-26-2	Franky Moro	PTS	8	01/03/1989	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	17-2-1	Anthony Logan	PTS	8	08/02/1989	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	3-5-3	Simon "Says" Collins	TKO	4	31/01/1989	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 2:22 of the fourth round.
Win	5-3	Steve Aquilina	TKO	4	18/05/1988	Guild Hall, Portsmouth, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the fourth round.
Win	2-1	Greg George	TKO	5	04/05/1988	Grand Hall, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 1:25 of the fifth round.
Win	5-5-2	Michael Justin	TKO	5	26/04/1988	Town Hall, Hove, United Kingdom
Win	17-70-2	Winston Burnett	PTS	6	07/03/1988	Town Hall, Hove, United Kingdom
Win	1-1-1	Darren Parker	TKO	1	15/02/1988	Effingham Park Country Club, Copthorne, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Win	0-5	L.J. James Canty	UD	4	25/03/1987	Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	--	Eric Holland	UD	4	25/02/1986	Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	--	Mike Bagwell	MD	4	08/01/1986	Harrah's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	1-1	Kenny Cannido	UD	4	07/11/1985	Atlantis Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	--	Tim "Cleveland" Brown	UD	4	03/10/1985	Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Career beyond boxing [link]

Throughout his successful years and beyond, Eubank developed a reputation for eccentricity. In a poll published by BBC Homes and Antiques magazine in January 2006, Eubank was voted the second most eccentric star (after Björk).^[2] Speaking with a lisp and in affected upper-class tones; dressing as a stereotypically upper-class Englishman (in jodhpurs, bowler hat and riding boots; sporting a monocle) and carrying a silver-tipped cane, such affectations (along with his perceived arrogance and self-glorifying antics) did little to endear him to the tabloids – he was once voted third in a Reader's Digest poll of Britain's Silliest Celebrities. However, in 1991 and 1993 he won Britain's Best Dressed Man award, given by the Menswear Association of Great Britain. In 1993 and 1995 he won the Daily Express Best Dressed Sportsman award and in 1998 and 2001, the Gold Tie Pin Award.

His collection of vehicles included a customised Harley Davidson and a huge American Peterbilt 379 truck cab – the largest truck in Europe. At one time he owned the only Hummer in the UK and Ireland.^[3]

In the early 1990s, Eubank was caricatured as a puppet on Spitting Image. He featured on the front cover of Esquire magazine for the April 1992 edition. He has featured in television advertisements (commercials) for Nescafe, the Royal Mail, McDonald's and Jaffa Cakes, and has modelled for Vivienne Westwood and Versace.

In 1991 Eubank publicly launched the 'Breast Cancer' charity 'Breakthrough' on breakfast television .

He has purchased the title of the Lord of the Manor of Brighton and used the ancient right of this position to appoint a town crier in addition to the town crier employed by the local authority. In 1994 he took over a prime site in the city, which he called 'Buckingham Place'. He knocked down the interior whilst keeping the grade II façade intact and built 69 flats for the homeless, using £1,250,000 of his own money. The building was leased to the charity Sanctuary Housing Association with the lowest rents in the country.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, he was the guest presenter on Top of the Pops the week Suggs from Madness was at number six with a song called Cecilia: a move apparently made to capitalise on his lisp for humorous effect. The video of a boxer with a lisp saying 'Six, Cecilia, by Suggs' was subsequently often shown on the comedy music quiz programme Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 1999, he launched the Dreamcast and in the same year, he appeared in his truck in the music video for the song Turn Around by Phats & Small.

In 2001, Eubank appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4, where he was the first celebrity to be 'evicted'. He also had his own show on Talk Radio called Eubank's People: guest included Linford Christie, John Fashanu, Lennox Lewis and Naseem Hamed.

More recently, Eubank has been spending time penning a musical based on his life. The project, which carries a working title of 'Eubox', was initially being funded by producer (and chairman of Everton F.C.) Bill Kenwright. After showing great interest in the project initially, Kenwright eventually pulled out after he received an invoice to the value of £17,500 for a giant wooden replica of the Peterbilt 379 truck which Eubank owns. Eubank insisted it was essential to the production but Kenwright maintained that a script was needed before set design was considered. Undeterred, in an interview with QVC, Eubank insisted that the production would go ahead and he hoped to be in London's West end by the summer of 2011 and then on Broadway by the following year. As of 2010 Eubank is yet to finalise the script and he has not received interest from any West End or Broadway producers.

After the accident in 1991, Eubank and Michael Watson became friends, with Eubank accompanying Watson for the final mile of the 2003 London Marathon, which Watson – still showing physical damage from the fight and taking more than six days – completed to raise money for charity.^[4]

Bankruptcy [link]

In November 2005, Eubank was declared bankrupt, owing £1.3 million in taxes.^[5]

Anti-war activism [link]

On 14 October 2003, Eubank was intercepted by police whilst driving around Parliament Square, Westminster, in his truck, which displayed the message "TONY BLAIR! MILITARY OCCUPATION CAUSES TERRORISM". He completed a number of circuits before he was arrested.^[6] On 22 February 2007, Eubank was arrested outside Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall for a suspected breach of the peace after driving his truck through central London, which was emblazoned with a message condemning Tony Blair for sending Prince Harry to Iraq.^[7] The banner read "BLAIR – Don't send our young prince to your catastrophic illegal war, to make it look plausible!" On 23 May 2007, he was charged with making an unlawful anti-war protest after parking his seven-tonne truck outside Downing Street. On 16 November he failed to turn up at court, so an arrest warrant was issued, and he was fined.^[8]

Ambassadorship [link]

In October 2009, Eubank was appointed as the first ambassador for gambling charity GamCare, to support and encourage responsible gambling.^[9]

Personal life [link]

Eubank and his wife, Karron (married on 23 December 1990 in Brighton), have four children (Christopher, born on 18 September 1989, Sebastian, born on 18 July 1991, Emily, born on 19 April 1994, and Joseph, born on 23 October 1996) and have over the years starred in various television programmes. In 1992, Eubank was involved in a fatal collision when he lost control of his car on the London to Brighton road; the car came off the road and killed a building site worker. He was convicted of driving without due care and attention, fined £250 plus £1,450 costs, and had six penalty points added to his driving licence. [2] In the late 1990s, Eubank converted to Islam.^[10]

In 2001, Eubank was the subject of a Louis Theroux documentary entitled "When Louis Met...Chris Eubank", in which Theroux and his camera crew accompany Eubank for a period. In 2003, they invited television cameras to follow their lives for nine months; the resulting show, At Home With The Eubanks, was broadcast on Five. Karron petitioned for divorce from Eubank in August 2005. In 2005 Eubank was convicted of taking a vehicle without consent. He had driven a beer lorry which was being unloaded away from a place where he considered it to be causing an unreasonable obstruction. [3]

References [link]

The Times, page 22, 2 September 2005.

Notes [link]

^ Eubank, speaking on the TV show Ruby with Ruby Wax
^ poll
^ Culf, Andrew (23 February 2007). "Eubank arrested after Whitehall protest over prince's deployment". The Guardian (UK). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/feb/23/iraq.iraq1. Retrieved 27 July 2008
^ Fordyce, Tom (19 April 2003). "Poignant end to Watson's epic journey". BBC News (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/london_marathon_2003/2958573.stm. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
^ Hamilton, Fiona; Coates, Sam; Savage, Michael. The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1887949,00.html.
^ Indymedia article
^ "Eubank arrested in Whitehall demo". BBC News (BBC). 22 February 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6387231.stm. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
^ Arrest warrant issued for Eubank
^ "Chris Eubank joins fight against problem gambling". communitynewswire.press.net. http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/article.jsp?id=6212042. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
^ Petre, Jonathan (1 August 2005). "Lengthy queue to join religion that offers 'sense of direction'". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1399923/Lengthy-queue-to-join-religion-that-offers-sense-of-direction.html.

External links [link]

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2001	Jack Dee Claire Sweeney Keith Duffy Anthea Turner Vanessa Feltz Chris Eubank

2002	Mark Owen Les Dennis Melinda Messenger Sue Perkins Anne Diamond Goldie

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Name	Eubank, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	British boxer
Date of birth	8 August 1966
Place of birth	Dulwich, London, England
Date of death
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