Calzaghe surrenders IBF title to fight Manfredo

WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has given up his IBF title to fight Peter Manfredo in Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Saturday 3 March.

The Welshman, aged 34, has chosen to meet US TV boxing reality show star Manfredo, aged 26, rather than IBF mandatory challenger Robert Stieglitz.

“It’s disappointing to give up the IBF but Stieglitz doesn’t mean anything outside of Germany,” said Calzaghe.