Froch v Kessler should be one of the fights of the year

The professional boxing season has thrown up several dramatic fights and one master class from ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in recent weeks.

Patrick Hyland and Brian Magee were left licking their wounds on both sides of the Atlantic on Saturday night after suffering losses in WBA World title fights in the USA and Denmark.

Northern Ireland's Brian Magee’s first defence of his WBA super-middleweight title ended in heartbreak after he was stopped in the third round by a clinical Mikkel Kessler in Herning, Denmark.

Carl Froch will make the first defence of his IBF super-middleweight title against American Yusaf Mack on November 17.

Carl Froch fears he may have ended Lucian Bute’s career after delivering a “devastating beating” which crowned him a three-time world champion while crushing his opponent’s unbeaten record.

Lucian Bute stopped Ireland's Brian Magee in the 10th round to retain his IBF super-middleweight title in Montreal on Saturday night.

DAVID HAYE has revealed negotiations with the Klitschko brothers will begin later this week as he seeks to unify the world heavyweight titles.

UNDEFEATED world super- middleweight and light-heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe has announced his retirement from boxing.

Undefeated world super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe has announced his retirement from boxing.

JOE CALZAGHE may be undecided about his future but he is convinced his victory over Roy Jones Jr at the weekend was one of the top three performances of his long and undefeated career.

Former Joe Calzaghe victim and reigning world super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler wants another shot at the Welshman and will move to any weight to fight the undefeated star.

JOE CALZAGHE is ready to shine on boxing’s biggest stage when he faces Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night.

JOE CALZAGHE has vowed to honour his retirement pledge and bow out unbeaten on Saturday night after defeating Roy Jones Jnr at Madison Square Garden.

JOE CALZAGHE is ready to shine in the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip tonight and score a victory which will elevate him to a pantheon inhabited by some of the very best to have laced on gloves.

JOE CALZAGHE is ready to shine in the neon glow of the Las Vegas Strip in the early hours of tomorrow morning and score a victory which will elevate him to a pantheon inhabited by some of the very best to have laced on gloves.

BERNARD HOPKINS admits he is reaching the end of a remarkable journey which began in ignominious fashion 26 years ago when he emerged from a Pennsylvania prison cell to lose his first professional fight.

JOE CALZAGHE is looking to emulate one of the great feats of British boxing when he fights Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas in April.

Preliminary talks have taken place about Joe Calzaghe and Clinton Woods squaring off in an all-British showdown – but Frank Warren insists negotiations are at a very early stage with several opponents still being considered for the Welshman.

BERNARD Hopkins should dismiss the mighty challenge of Joe Calzaghe and instead head into retirement after settling a long-standing score with American rival Roy Jones.

RICKY HATTON admits to being star-struck by messages of support from David Beckham in the run-up to his super-fight with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas next month.

JOE CALZAGHE’S camp have told Bernard Hopkins to put up or shut up.

Joe Calzaghe’s camp have told Bernard Hopkins to put up or shut up.

BERNARD HOPKINS has insisted he “would love” to step into the ring with Joe Calzaghe.

JOE CALZAGHE hurled out a challenge to Bernard Hopkins after being crowned undisputed world super-middleweight champion with a magnificent points win over previously unbeaten Dane Mikkel Kessler.

Joe Calzaghe hurled out a challenge to Bernard Hopkins after being crowned undisputed world super-middleweight champion with a magnificent points win over previously-unbeaten Dane Mikkel Kessler.

Joe Calzaghe was crowned undisputed world super-middleweight champion in Cardiff tonight after a victory over Mikkel Kessler which secured his place in the pantheon of great post-war fighters.

JOE CALZAGHE is plotting a path to world domination via his local supermarket as the hours tick down towards his world super-middleweight title unification clash with Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff tomorrow morning.

JOE CALZAGHE will cement his place as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world at present if he wins his world super-middleweight title unification clash with Mikkel Kessler in the early hours of Sunday.

JOE CALZAGHE will turn his back on the chance to eclipse the great Joe Louis’ record of 25 consecutive world title defences after his Saturday night super-fight against Mikkel Kessler.

JOE CALZAGHE has home advantage for his super-fight against Mikkel Kessler with the Millennium Stadium hosting the eagerly awaited showdown on November 3.

Joe Calzaghe taught ’Contender’ star Peter Manfredo a violent lesson in the reality of world championship boxing with an emphatic third-round stoppage victory at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

JOE CALZAGHE has banished memories of his greatest night as he prepares to defend his IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles against Cameroon’s Sakio Bika in Manchester on Saturday.