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