On This Day In Boxing History!
1972: Joe Calzaghe Was Born!
Joe Calzaghe
Born: March 23rd, 1972
Birth Place: Hammersmith, London, UK
Birth Name: Joseph Calzaghe
Residence: Newbridge, Wales
Pro-Debut: October 10th, 1993
Alias: Pride of Wales / Italian Dragon
Division: Super Middleweight
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 5′ 11″
Reach: 73″
Record: 46-0, 32Ko’s
Bouts: 46
Rounds: 262
Kos: 70%
WBO Super Middleweight Champion: Oct 11th 1997 – Sep 26th, 2008
IBF Super Middleweight Champion: Mar 4th, 2006 –Nov 27th, 2006
WBA Super Middleweight Champion: Nov 3rd, 2007 – Sep 2008
WBC Super Middleweight Champion: Nov 3rd, 2007 –Jun 28th, 2008
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 2014.
March 23rd
1893: Johnny Wilson born.
1900: Frank Erne KO12 Joe Gans
1913: Sixto Escobar born.
1917: Battling Levinsky ND10 Tommy Gibbons
1948: Rinty Monaghan KO7 Jackie Paterson
1963: Davey Moore KOed by Sugar Ramos two days earlier dies
1972: Joe Calzaghe born.
1979: Larry Holmes KO7 Osvaldo Ocasio
Earnie Shavers KO1 Ken Norton
1996: Nate Miller KO9 Brian LaSpada
Arturo Gatti KO6 Wilson Rodriguez
Antonio Cermeno W 2 Yober Ortega
1998: Yory Boy Campas KO3 Anthony Stephens
2001: Clarence Adams W12 Ivan Alvarez
2002: Masamori Tokuyama KO9 Kazuhiro Ryuko
2008: Anita Christensen W10Jane Kavulani
2012: Jelena Mrdjenovich TKO1 Lindsay Garbatt
2013: Robert Stieglitz TKO4 Arthur Abraham
Melissa McMorrow SD10 Nadia Raoui