“Super” Joe
Calzaghe vs. “Superman” Roy Jones
Re-Scheduled and Set For November 8, 2008 At
Madison Square Garden Live on Pay-Per-View
For
Immediate Release
New York (August 7, 2008)
-- “Super” Joe Calzaghe vs. “Superman”
Roy Jones has been officially rescheduled for
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the Mecca of Boxing,
Madison Square Garden in New York City. The
superfight, originally scheduled for September
20, was postponed due to an injury suffered
by Calzaghe during training. Calzaghe vs. Jones,
presented by Square Ring, Inc. and Calzaghe
Promotions in association with Madison Square
Garden, will be produced and distributed live
by HBO Pay-Per-View.
The undefeated Calzaghe,
boxing’s longest reigning world champion,
will put his perfect record on the line against
Roy Jones Jr, eight-time world champion in four
weight classes. With the light heavyweight battle
the most anticipated among the fall boxing schedule,
Calzaghe and Jones are ready for the challenge.
“I can’t wait
to get back to America and triumph over another
boxing legend,” said Calzaghe.
"I am just glad to be
blessed with the opportunity to be God’s
instrument that he plays his beautiful music
thru and I just can’t wait for the 8th,"
said Jones.
Hailing from Newbridge, Wales,
Joe Calzaghe’s (45-0, 32 KOs) biggest
victory of his career was his most recent, a
win over multi-divisional world champion and
future Hall-of-Famer Bernard Hopkins on April
19 in Las Vegas. The win, Calzaghe’s first
fight on US soil, elevated "Super"
Joe to the top of most boxing experts’
pound-for-pound lists. Preceding the Hopkins
bout, on November 3, 2007 Calzaghe won a super
middleweight unification bout against WBA &
WBC undefeated champion Mikkel Kessler with
over 50,000 strong at Millennium Stadium in
Cardiff, Wales. The win was Calzaghe's 21st
successful defense, surpassing Bernard Hopkins
and Larry Holmes for most consecutive successful
title defenses, in any weight class.
“Superman” Roy
Jones (52-4, 38 KOs) from Pensacola, FL has
been world champion at middleweight, super middleweight,
light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.
On March 1, 2003, Jones defeated then-champion
John Ruiz to become the first former middleweight
champion to win a world heavyweight crown in
over 100 years. Jones was virtually unstoppable
for over a decade, and from 1993 to 2004 he
was regarded by most as the best pound-for-pound
fighter in the world. No less than fifteen opponents
on the losing end against Jones have worn a
world championship belt around their waste.
The Calzaghe vs. Jones pay-per-view
telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT,
will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View
and will be available to more than 71 million
pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available
in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD.
HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of
event programming to the pay-per-view industry.
For Calzaghe vs. Jones fight week updates, log
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