Steve Collins says he’s as “fit as a flea” as he gets ready for a “15-year grudge match” with Roy Jones.

Boxer Steve Collins has sensationally announced that he is to come out of retirement.

Almost 18-years ago the whole nation was screaming as one of their own fought to become a world champion.

David Haye insists only a fight against WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will tempt him back into the ring.

OUT for dinner in Melbourne the other night a journalistic colleague recalled the night he interviewed Roy Jones Jnr.

THERE’S a tale, probably apocryphal, that has long done the rounds of the boxing fraternity which is intended to highlight the depth of rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

BERNARD HOPKINS says Roy Jones Jr is a “desperate man” as the two ageing veterans try and settle an old score in Las Vegas on Saturday.

DAVID HAYE has vowed to “clean up” in the heavyweight division and unify the titles after ripping the WBA belt from the waist of Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.

WORLD light-heavyweight champion Chad Dawson has compared Joe Calzaghe to the legendary Rocky Marciano following the Welshman’s announcement that he is to retire with his 46-fight unbeaten record intact.

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

A true sporting legend will present the trophy to the winner of the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow on December 27 with boxer Joe Calzaghe set to do the honours.

JOE CALZAGHE has branded boxing “a dying sport” and is glad he is close to ending his career rather than just starting out.

FORMER world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is leading the calls for Joe Calzaghe to keep his promise to retire.

ENZO CALZAGHE has pledged his son Joe will not fall at the last hurdle of his professional career when he faces Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden early tomorrow morning.

Roy Jones jnr believes his fight against Joe Calzaghe on Saturday is history in the making.

Joe Calzaghe admits the prospect of fighting Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night has restored his hunger for the fight game.

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 has put all thoughts of retirement on the backburner ahead of his fight against Roy Jones Jnr next month.

NOT a good week for marginal boxing decisions.

Joe Calzaghe hopes to remain on good terms with Frank Warren despite announcing his split with the promoter yesterday.

JOE CALZAGHE will launch an ambitious bid to self-promote the final super-fight of his career against Roy Jones after announcing his split from long-term promoter Frank Warren yesterday.

Joe Calzaghe has announced he has split from Frank Warren, his promoter of 12 years, as he prepares to negotiate for what he says will be the final fight of his glittering career.

Joe Calzaghe has confirmed he will contest one more fight before hanging up his gloves and retiring from boxing after his victory over Bernard Hopkins.

Joe Calzaghe has been handed the offer of a lucrative Cardiff homecoming against four-weight world champion Roy Jones.

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

FIRST it was Floyd Mayweather, who reversed his own retirement decision before he had even had time to count his winnings from his super-fight against Oscar De La Hoya.

HE IS boxing’s longest reigning current world champion and, with 20 defences under his belt, ties legends Larry Holmes and Bernard Hopkins as the fighter with the fourth-longest winning streak in title history.

IRISH Ropes are lining up two more stern tests for John Duddy after the Derryman came through the successful defence of his WBC Continental Americas title in New York at the weekend.

JOE CALZAGHE has been rewarded for his magnificent March victory over Jeff Lacy with a world super-middleweight title date at his home city’s Millennium Stadium.

ANDY LEE is relishing his professional debut as the headline act at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on February 17.

Dethroned WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz announced his retirement following last night’s defeat by former middleweight James Toney in New York.

In the concluding interview with ex-winners ahead of tomorrow night’s Irish Examiner/TV3 National Junior Sports star awards, Tony Leen delves into the driven world of hurler of the year Sean Óg Ó hAilpín.

Joe Calzaghe and Amir Khan are set to join forces to headline an historic bill in Manchester on February 11.

Promoter Frank Warren is confident he can deliver Joe Calzaghe a career defining fight against world light-heavyweight champion Glen Johnson in 2005.

Promoter Frank Warren is confident he can deliver Joe Calzaghe a career-defining fight against world light-heavyweight champion Glen Johnson in 2005.

JAMAICAN journeyman Glen Johnson refused to proclaim himself the best light-heavyweight in the world despite beating Antonio Tarver via split decision to become ‘unofficial’ champion.

Frank Warren yesterday hailed Joe Calzaghe as the greatest British super-middleweight of the modern era and lamented the Welshman’s failure to meet fallen great Roy Jones Jr.

American Mike Stewart has promised Ricky Hatton a war to remember in their WBU light-welterweight title clash in Manchester.

Bernard Hopkins maintained his position as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world when becoming the first man to stop Oscar de la Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

American superstar Roy Jones was sensationally knocked out in the second round of his world light-heavyweight title bout with Antonio Tarver in Las Vegas.

Audley Harrison is ready to fight British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton, “if the money is right”.