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Joe Calzaghe

1972 - Today

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Joseph William Calzaghe ( kal-ZA-gee; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including unified and lineal titles at super-middleweight, and the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title. Calzaghe is the longest reigning super middleweight world champion in boxing history, having held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title for over 10 years and defending it against 20 opponents (a record in the division, shared with Sven Ottke) before moving 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 boxer at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Calzaghe is the 317th most popular boxer (down from 207th in 2024), the 6,856th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,440th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Joe Calzaghe ranks 317 out of 496. Before him are Javier Castillejo, Mario Kindelán, Diego Corrales, Parinya Charoenphol, Bekzat Sattarkhanov, and Robert Helenius. After him are Mohamed Aly, Mark Leduc, Hussain Shah, Antonio Margarito, Odlanier Solís, and Giovanni Parisi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Joe Calzaghe ranks 840. Before him are Oh Kyo-moon, Greg Bryk, Brad Paisley, Nima Arkani-Hamed, David Musulbes, and Božidar Jović. After him are Derlis Gómez, Norbert Rózsa, Rasoul Khadem, Sergejs Žoltoks, Antal Kovács, and Nicolette Krebitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Calzaghe ranks 6,858 out of 8,785. Before him are Max Brown (1981), Gemma Whelan (1981), Ken MacLeod (1954), Siobhan Finneran (1966), Jo Cox (1974), and Jessica Brown Findlay (1989). After him are Lady Helen Taylor (1964), Aiden McGeady (1986), Ryan Christie (1995), Rafe Spall (1983), Jasmine Thompson (2000), and Matt Haig (1975).

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Among BOXERS In United Kingdom

Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Joe Calzaghe ranks 20. Before him are Alan Minter (1951), Frank Bruno (1961), Joe Joyce (1985), David Haye (1980), Luke Campbell (1987), and Benjamin Whittaker (1997). After him are Chris Eubank (1966), Ricky Hatton (1978), Danny Williams (1973), Tony Bellew (1982), Carl Froch (1977), and Audley Harrison (1971).

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