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 35,000 incentives to turn in the most devastating performance of his career tomorrow night as he finally begins to reap the rewards his talent deserves.

JOE Calzaghe will be fuelled by fear when he steps into the ring in the early hours of tomorrow morning for his massive world super-middleweight title unification showdown against Jeff Lacy.

Joe Calzaghe will be fuelled by fear when he steps into the ring in the early hours of Sunday morning for his massive world super-middleweight title unification showdown against Jeff Lacy.