Joe Calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr - Highlights (Calzaghe BEATS Jones)

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November 8th, 2008. In the "Battle of the Superpowers", undefeated Joe Calzaghe aka “The Pride of Wales” takes on “Captain Hook” Roy Jones Ir in the 1st defense of his Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Championship.

Prefight records; Calzaghe 45(32)-0, Jones 52(38)-4.

In January 2008, Jones dominated Felix Trinidad en route to a lopsided UD12 victory while Calzaghe defeated “The Executioner” Bernard Hopkins via SD12 in the same year to bag The Ring Magazine 175 pound title.

Thus, a showdown between the 2 athletic warriors were set to take place towards the end of the calender year.

Entering the bout, Jones who was world champion at Middleweight, Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight had notable victories over Merqui Sosa, Jorge Vaca, Jorge Fernando Castro, Vinny Pazienza, Julio Cesar Gonzalez, Clinton Woods, Mike McCallum, Montell Griffin, John Ruiz. Glenn Wolfe, Thulani Malinga, Eric Harding, Eric Lucas, Lou Del Valle, Otis Grant, Thomas Tate, Tony Thornton, Reggie Johnson, Richard Hall & John Ruiz.

On the other hand, the unbeaten Brit who won world titles at Super Middleweight & Light Heavyweight had beaten commendable oppositions in Richie Woodhall, Sakio Bika, Jeff Lacy, Omar Sheika, Juan Carlos Gimenez, Robin Reid, Byron Mitchell, Charles Brewer, Chris Eubank, Mikkel Kessler & Bernard Hopkins.

While 39 year old Jones was past his prime, he still had pretty fast hands and quick reflexes despite not nearly the fighter he was just 5 years ago. He put Calzaghe down with a right hand in the opening frame just as Hopkins did but replay shows that it was his wrist that landed on Joe’s chin.

In the 2nd frame, Roy landed some power shots but Calzaghe (as in most of his fights) threw and connected more. The unorthodox Welshman dominated the 3rd by outlanding the challenger while showboating and evading most of his punches in a good comeback from the knockdown in the 1st round.

Between rounds 4 and 6, both fighters had their moments; Jones landed with more single telling blows while Joe connected with higher volume of punches upstairs and downstairs thus the fight was more or less even after 18 minutes of action. The most significant punch through the 1st half was a thunderous right uppercut by Captain Hook in the 6th.

However, Calzaghe’s body work was starting to pay dividends as Roy was slowing down towards the midpoint.

At around the 1.22 mark of the 7th, Calzaghe opened up a horrid gash above the challenger’s left eye with a perfect straight left hand and blood began to flow. It affected his vision all the way, as Calzaghe targeted the injured eye with his renown volley of nonstop punching while effectively working downstairs to keep Roy at bay.

This was the 1st time in Jones’ boxing career (amateur and pro) that he was actually cut and very badly too. At his best, he was rarely hit clean due to his unparalleled speed and reflexes.

Overall, Jones was utterly overwhelmed throughout the 2nd half as he had little answers against the confidently laid out assaults of the defending champion who not only dominated, but showboated his way en route to a lopsided UD12 win.

All 3 judges scored it 118-109 for The Italian Dragon who retained his perfect professional record.

Just as in his fights against Chris Eubank, Byron Mitchell and Bernard Hopkins, he was floored in the early goings but came back to emerge victorious.

This was the last fight for Joe Calzaghe as he retired after the win with an unblemished final record of 46(32)-0. He is one of the few world champions who ended his career without a loss along the likes of Terry Marsh, Edwin Valero, Ji Won Kim, Sven Ottke, Ricardo Lopez, Rocky Marciano, Andre Ward & Floyd Mayweather Jr.

As for Captain Hook, he went on to fight for 10 more years before hanging up his gloves at 49 years of age after a career that lasted nearly 30 years that spanned through 4 different decades.

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