Calzaghe outpoints Chris Eubank to win WBO super-middleweight title in 1997

Joe Calzaghe weighs-in as he prepares to successfully defend his WBO title against Will McIntyre of the US

Joe Calzaghe is one of the world's best 168Ibs fighters - although he has struggled to find really top class opponents

Calzaghe is in impressive form as he knocks-out Omar Sheika in the fifth-round in August 2000

Calzaghe beats Charles Brewer and retains his WBO Super-Middleweight title with a unanimous points decision in 2002

Calzage was put on the canvas by Byron Mitchell in June 2003 - but the Welsh dragon came roaring back

Less than 90 seconds after being on the floor for the first time in his career, Calzaghe had won the fight

Calzaghe stops Mario Veit in the 16th defence of his WBO title in Germany in May 2005

And the Newbridge fighter produces his best display to wrest the IBF and IBO belts off Jeff Lacy in March 2006

Joe Calzaghe has now defended his WBO title 18 times - and is widely regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world