Joe Calzaghe Vs Mikkel Kessler

Saturday 3rd November 2007 the Millennium Stadium Cardiff There can be no doubt now Calzaghe is King In front of 50000 adoring fans Joe Calzaghe delivered a Millennium Stadium masterclass a furious fabulous performance of pace power and electric intensity to unify the World super middleweight division To do it Calzaghe had to rip the WBC and WBA belts from unbeaten Dane Mikkel Kessler Both men went to war in a quite breathtaking 12 rounds of nerveshredding excitement The blurring hand speed of Calzaghe proved decisive as he took his unbeaten record to 44 fights 21 of them world title defences In his decade of dominance Calzaghe has never had to dig so deep Kessler was class but the judges scorecards confirmed the undeniable excellence of the Welsh warrior The judges scored it John Stewart USA 116112 Massimo BarrovecchIo Italy 116112 Raul Caiz USA 117111 The result was unanimous Calzaghe was the better man he always is