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well done! The Europeans will probably consider him the greatest ever. I think he was definitely one of the best.
Calzaghe hangs up his gloves
LONDON (AP) -- Former super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe retired from boxing Thursday with a perfect 46-0 record.
"I've got no other goals to go for," he said. "That's why I am calling it a day."
The 36-year-old Welshman outpointed Roy Jones Jr. in November in his last fight of a 16-year pro career.
Calzaghe held the WBO super middleweight world le for more than 10 years, unifying the le against Mikkel Kessler in April 2007, before moving up to light heavyweight to fight Bernard Hopkins and Jones.
"It was a difficult decision to make but I have achieved everything I wanted to achieve in boxing," he said. "I've been world champion for 11 years, unifying the super middleweight division, going to America and winning light heavyweight les against great fighters like Hopkins and Roy Jones.
"I had a long think with my family. My children wanted me to give up, plus my mum. That's why I decided to call it a day and will go on to do something else."
Calzaghe said he was tempted to fight three more times to match Rocky Marciano's 49-0 record, but said he lacked the hunger.
And there will be no comeback, he pledged.
"My decision is to retire. I've been boxing for 25 years and, like I said, I've achieved everything I want to achieve," he said. "You can never say never in this game, but I can't see myself boxing again.
"There's loads of things I want to do. I'm proud to be one of only a few fighters in history to retire undefeated."
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well done! The Europeans will probably consider him the greatest ever. I think he was definitely one of the best.
He will be considered a great but I think he should have fought Chad Dawson to cement his place as one of the best ever. He hasn't fought someone good in their prime since Micheal Kessler a few years ago...
he'll be back
they always come back...
Definitely missed his chance at more money and notoriety and possibly an L by staying in Europe for too long, but an excellent career and an excellent fighter. The Lacey and Kessler fights were huge wins.
That sucks if it's true.
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