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Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 2 00:00:39,540 --> 00:00:43,465 ANNOUNCER: Introducing, the Hghting pride of Newbridge, Wa/es, 3 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:49,301 former undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion and reigning, 4 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:54,765 defending Light Heavyweight Champion of the World, 5 00:00:55,347 --> 00:01:00,228 Joe... 6 00:01:00,310 --> 00:01:02,028 Calzaghe! 7 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:03,655 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 8 00:01:10,404 --> 00:01:12,748 REFEREE: Okay, gentlemen, we went over the rules in the dressing room. 9 00:01:12,781 --> 00:01:15,625 Obey my commands at all times and protect yourself at all times. 10 00:01:15,701 --> 00:01:17,123 Touch 'em up. 11 00:01:23,041 --> 00:01:25,464 JOE CALZAGHE: /t was as if my life was flickering through all my careen 12 00:01:25,544 --> 00:01:27,467 looking around and just taking it in. 13 00:01:27,546 --> 00:01:29,514 Just looking round thinking, ”Look where I am. " 14 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:32,434 There's no way I'm just going to throw everything away on my last fight. 15 00:01:33,135 --> 00:01:35,183 -(BELL DINGs) -REFEREE: Box! 16 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:36,893 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 17 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:51,077 Break! 18 00:01:51,153 --> 00:01:52,450 (CROWD cl-lANTING) 19 00:02:10,088 --> 00:02:15,766 REFEREE: Four, five, six, seven, eight... 20 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:32,922 ENZO CALZAGHE: Just another wet day. 21 00:03:34,506 --> 00:03:36,179 I remember these steps. 22 00:03:36,258 --> 00:03:39,353 I created them one by one. 23 00:03:42,013 --> 00:03:44,641 They're 36 up there and 36 coming down. 24 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:46,067 So much... 25 00:03:49,104 --> 00:03:51,903 Pretend it's going to be hard to get in here. 26 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:52,987 So people don't rob me. 27 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:54,739 So, it's really hard. 28 00:03:58,029 --> 00:03:59,281 This is it. 29 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:00,741 There you are. 30 00:04:00,824 --> 00:04:03,373 Bingo. The lights are back on. I must have paid the rent. 31 00:04:05,537 --> 00:04:07,130 (svvlTcHEs Fl_lCKING) 32 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:30,153 You can imagine what it was like in Sardinia. 33 00:04:30,812 --> 00:04:32,155 If you don't work, you don't eat. 34 00:04:35,358 --> 00:04:36,701 We had Hve kids. 35 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:38,905 So, my dad worked his bollocks off 36 00:04:39,321 --> 00:04:41,540 Day and night, day and night. 37 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:48,414 I got brought up to hope about him, wish about him. 38 00:04:48,497 --> 00:04:52,422 ”l wish he'd seen me playing football, I wish he would turn up. ” 39 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:06,978 I knew my dream was to be a footballer. 40 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:09,397 And he told me, 41 00:05:09,684 --> 00:05:12,437 "No, leave football alone and try music. " 42 00:05:12,521 --> 00:05:15,570 Because my uncle wanted me to be a bass player. 43 00:05:20,904 --> 00:05:24,283 So there you are, I couldn't argue with that at all. 44 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:27,874 And then /became a musician. 45 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:30,205 My dream kept going. 46 00:05:30,789 --> 00:05:32,041 I'm gonna leave Sardinia. 47 00:05:32,123 --> 00:05:33,545 I'm going to follow the music. 48 00:05:33,625 --> 00:05:35,002 I gotta leave. 49 00:05:35,877 --> 00:05:37,003 And that's what happened. 50 00:05:37,087 --> 00:05:40,591 I run away, and I put two words on the wa/I when I left. 51 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:44,971 Ritorno, quandosaromillionario 52 00:05:45,053 --> 00:05:47,306 "I'll come back when I'm a millionaire." (CHUCKLING) 53 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:49,016 And that's on the wall. 54 00:05:50,225 --> 00:05:51,397 They couldn't believe it. 55 00:05:54,813 --> 00:05:56,781 I went hitchhiking all round Europe, 56 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,905 and I ended up in Cardifi Wa/es. 57 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:02,074 I met Jackie, and we were married four weeks later 58 00:06:04,990 --> 00:06:07,118 And it was love at first sight. 59 00:06:36,104 --> 00:06:38,277 JOE: First time I actually hit something, it was not a punch bag. 60 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:40,779 I think, uh, it was my dad's hands, 61 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:44,739 a rolled-up carpet and, uh, and settee cushions, 62 00:06:44,779 --> 00:06:46,452 watching the Rocky H/ms. 63 00:06:48,325 --> 00:06:50,828 My dad, / think he worked as a bus conductor. 64 00:06:50,911 --> 00:06:53,005 But mainly he was a musician, you know, he'd do gigs, 65 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:56,253 and my mum was a housewife, obviously myself and two younger sisters. 66 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:58,085 So, yeah, it was pretty hard. 67 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:03,007 Dad had like, uh, pad or something, didn't he? 68 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:06,719 -He bought Joe one of those stand on pads... -That's right. 69 00:07:06,801 --> 00:07:09,680 ...Uh, fOI' Christmas, and ljLIStl'€l'T1€l'T1b€I' 70 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:11,982 Joe just punching at it and Dad was like "Ah", 71 00:07:12,057 --> 00:07:14,731 he just noticed something different about Joe, the way he was doing it. 72 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:17,313 ENZO: I just picked bits and pieces off A/i, 73 00:07:17,395 --> 00:07:19,443 the way he'd throw his jabs, Sugar Ray Leonard, 74 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:21,115 you know, I copied a bit, you know. 75 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,865 And I let him do things on the bag... 76 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:26,242 Not with an intention of turning him into a boxer. 77 00:07:31,076 --> 00:07:33,374 JOE: /always remember the first day going to the gym, 78 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,455 like a little, tiny, skinny, little 9-year-old. 79 00:07:35,538 --> 00:07:37,381 Actually, it was quite frightening. 80 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:40,427 Because I remember walking in and just the smell of the gym, 81 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,337 the sweat and, um, 82 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:46,266 the big guys, the noise on the bags, and the bags were swinging round. 83 00:07:46,758 --> 00:07:49,136 And I had this nervous, nervousness, 84 00:07:49,219 --> 00:07:51,642 and, wow, you know, I'd never seen anything like it. 85 00:07:53,765 --> 00:07:58,066 It was made of wood and tin, it was always freezing cold and dusty and dirty. 86 00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:02,149 Basically, the council said it was so unsafe, it was going to fall down anytime. 87 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:11,283 ENZO: A guy called Pau/ Williams was there, and Pau/ said to me, 88 00:08:11,366 --> 00:08:13,289 "Has he trained before?" UNO-ll 89 00:08:13,368 --> 00:08:15,166 "Has he been to another gym?" "No, never has." 90 00:08:15,245 --> 00:08:16,292 llokaylll 91 00:08:16,371 --> 00:08:19,090 JOE: "Put your hands up. ” I think he tried to stand me as a right-hander. 92 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:21,008 Obviously, me being a leftie, I'm a southpaw. 93 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:23,382 So I stood straight up, put my hands up. 94 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:27,425 You know, he said, like, double jab left and I'd done exactly what he said- 95 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:31,803 "You've got an open class boy there." 96 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,931 So, "Open class". I didn't have a clue what that meant. 97 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:37,768 I asked everyone. "Hey, mate, you know, open class, what that mean?" 98 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:39,273 That means very special. 99 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:42,318 Joe came back. 100 00:08:42,397 --> 00:08:44,650 He Said, "Dad,liked it! I liked it!" 101 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:47,907 UCCIO CALZAGHE: We were taking a walk with my mother. 102 00:08:47,986 --> 00:08:50,330 She kind of, uh, you know, thought there was something wrong with him 103 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:52,032 'cause, you know, with all his gestures all the time, 104 00:08:52,115 --> 00:08:53,833 just punching the air, you know. 105 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:58,918 Like he was, uh, trying to catch flies or mosquitoes. (CHUCKLES) 106 00:08:59,622 --> 00:09:02,296 He knocked flies out, believe it or not, he did! 107 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:03,968 It's not a joke. (CHUCKLING) 108 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:08,925 I realised I was never going to play for Italy or Juventus or Wales or any team like that. 109 00:09:09,007 --> 00:09:10,930 Uh, my hands were a lot quicker than my feet. 110 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:13,391 ANNOUNCER: ...CalZaghe. 111 00:09:15,638 --> 00:09:16,639 (BELL DINGS) 112 00:09:24,189 --> 00:09:25,486 The winner is Calzaghe. 113 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:26,566 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 114 00:09:27,150 --> 00:09:28,652 JOE: Paul was my main trainer at the time. 115 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:31,579 I'd go Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to the boxing gym. 116 00:09:32,113 --> 00:09:33,740 Then every other day, my father trained me. 117 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:36,789 And I trained myself 118 00:09:36,868 --> 00:09:39,246 So I trained every day, not three times a week. 119 00:09:39,329 --> 00:09:40,751 Like a professional. 120 00:09:49,380 --> 00:09:50,927 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 121 00:09:56,805 --> 00:10:02,232 ENZO: This was his choice to be a boxen not me making him a boxen 122 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:05,697 He knew himself how good he was. 123 00:10:06,022 --> 00:10:07,239 He knew. 124 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:10,865 ANNOUNCER: In the red corner from Wales, Joe Calzaghe. 125 00:10:10,902 --> 00:10:12,028 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 126 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:15,745 JOE: Just being a champion, being a winner; to become the best. 127 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:18,000 That's what motivated me more than anything. 128 00:10:28,837 --> 00:10:30,054 Was I a happy kid? 129 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:31,632 Um, yes and no, I suppose. 130 00:10:31,714 --> 00:10:33,887 It was hard when I got a bit older. 131 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,560 I suffered a /ot of bullying. 132 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:37,262 Not physical, but verbal. 133 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:40,432 -And we were bullied as well. -Because we were his sisters. 134 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:43,394 I never told Joe 'cause we were frightened that Joe would do something about it, 135 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:44,477 and he'll get in trouble. 136 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:45,938 So, I never ever told Joe. 137 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:47,943 -It was horrible, Weren't it? -Yeah, it was terrible. 138 00:10:50,358 --> 00:10:52,110 JOE: I was like the skinny boy from a different area 139 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:54,946 who was the British champion, obviously getting picked on by older kids. 140 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:57,657 And because I was pretty quiet, you know, /'d take it to heart. 141 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,787 There wasn't that many foreigners as well in our days. 142 00:11:01,870 --> 00:11:03,918 And I think a lot of it came 'cause Dad was foreign 143 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:05,169 and we had a lot of things like spaghetti... 144 00:11:05,248 --> 00:11:07,046 It was like our name as well, Calzaghe. 145 00:11:07,125 --> 00:11:08,126 -It was like... -Yeah. 146 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:11,088 They always called us "dirty, stinking, Itai___" 147 00:11:11,462 --> 00:11:14,557 "Look at what he is, look at olive oil guy", you know. 148 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:16,304 Joe probably was isolated. 149 00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:17,389 He had no brother with him. 150 00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:19,937 Because if he had a brother with him, they wouldn't bu//y him. 151 00:11:20,847 --> 00:11:23,851 MELISSA: Joe unwittingly, as we/I, he had a lot of girl attention, 152 00:11:23,933 --> 00:11:25,901 which Joe never wanted because Joe was so shy. 153 00:11:25,977 --> 00:11:27,479 'Cause he was a good looking boy. 154 00:11:27,562 --> 00:11:29,860 And there was a lot of jealousy, I think, 'cause of that, as well. 155 00:11:30,231 --> 00:11:31,904 (BREATHING DEEPLY) 156 00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:37,622 SONIA: One day, they came to the house and there was about 40 of them on bikes. 157 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,119 MELISSA: Yeah they did, yeah. 158 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:42,494 SONIA: So, Dad just said, come in one by one and he'll beat 'em up. 159 00:11:42,577 --> 00:11:43,999 You know, /et's have a go. 160 00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:48,550 They didn't. They just drove off on their bikes, didn't they? 161 00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:59,515 I find it difficult to talk about it, I do. 162 00:11:59,594 --> 00:12:02,143 I find it hard to talk about it, it upsets me. 163 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:07,644 JOE: Boxing was my way of escaping and having self-worth. 164 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,479 You know, feeling good about myself 165 00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:16,778 MELISSA: / think that when he was taking the physical pain, 166 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:18,287 it was taking his emotional pain out. 167 00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:21,867 'Cause Joe was such an emotional person, he's so sensitive, it's unbelievable. 168 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:23,543 I think that that was his way of getting... 169 00:12:23,618 --> 00:12:26,041 When he'd come from school feeling so hurt, 170 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,215 that he would go and do that, and it would get the anger out. 171 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:32,419 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 172 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:35,672 JOE: Everything is meant for a reason. 173 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:38,599 I look back at everything, and / don't regret nothing, you know. 174 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:41,929 Maybe toughened me up, maybe it made fighters that tried 175 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:43,934 to, to bully me verbally. 176 00:12:45,014 --> 00:12:48,018 Maybe that education in school made me strong. 177 00:12:48,810 --> 00:12:50,608 COMMENTATOR: Joe Calzaghe, 178 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,189 18 years old, 179 00:12:54,232 --> 00:12:55,734 from Newbridge way. 180 00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:03,326 Joe Ca/zaghe, he really has got something going for him out there. 181 00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:07,416 JOE: And then my trainen Pau/ Williams, wanted me to turn pro with him. 182 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:10,544 He came up, he tried to make me sign something to manage me. 183 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:13,001 I was still a kid, and I thought, "/ can't do this"_ 184 00:13:16,421 --> 00:13:20,722 COMMENTATOR: The experience now, of Michael Smyth, catching up with Calzaghe. 185 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,679 He's good, but he's got to be careful. 186 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:27,812 JOE: And I just to/d him. And Paul gave the keys to my dad. 187 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:29,437 And I never saw him again. 188 00:13:29,934 --> 00:13:31,527 My dad took over. 189 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:34,439 I'll manage it, myself. 190 00:13:34,522 --> 00:13:38,402 But what happened, any boxer disappears, and it's just one man alone. 191 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:39,531 It's just me. 192 00:13:39,610 --> 00:13:43,285 I spent everything I had to carry on with his gym. 193 00:13:44,907 --> 00:13:47,035 UCCIO: At the time, we were playing in a band, me and Enzo. 194 00:13:47,118 --> 00:13:48,586 Picked up the phone. 195 00:13:48,619 --> 00:13:50,587 He said, "I'm gonna quit." 196 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:53,254 I said, "What do you mean, you're gonna quit? You can't quit." 197 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,177 I mean, you know, we're near to a record deal and stuff like that. 198 00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:59,051 He said, "No, no. I'm, I'm gonna train my son." 199 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:01,133 Like, I was a bit shocked, you know. 200 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:03,388 'Cause he didn't have that experience, you know? 201 00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:05,929 ENZO: I said "Joe, what shall we do? 202 00:14:06,554 --> 00:14:07,976 "Paul's gone_" 203 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:10,892 He said "Crack on, Dad! Just get on with it." 204 00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:13,273 Fuck 'em, you know? Get on with it. 205 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:16,983 So, he gave me the power of thinking we could still do it. 206 00:14:17,315 --> 00:14:18,692 (BELL DINGS) 207 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,323 COMMENTATOR: Round two of the ABA Welterweight Final. 208 00:14:21,402 --> 00:14:25,908 Wearing the red singlet, the Welsh champion Joe Calzaghe, who's only 19, 209 00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:29,703 trained by his father; Enzo, Italian ancestry. 210 00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:35,421 ENZO: Let's see if/ can be a part of him. 211 00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:38,920 Let's see if I can be a trainer. 212 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,673 Let's see if I can be a pusher. 213 00:14:42,173 --> 00:14:44,722 ANNOUNCER: Calzaghe. In the blue corner. 214 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:49,059 Joe needed a push. 215 00:14:49,138 --> 00:14:50,185 And I can push. 216 00:14:50,264 --> 00:14:51,311 (BELL DINGS) 217 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:53,644 COMMENTATOR: Ca/zaghe, probably the only boxer in the world 218 00:14:53,726 --> 00:14:55,979 with a singer-songwriter as a trainer. 219 00:14:56,354 --> 00:14:57,355 REFEREE: Stop! Stop! 220 00:14:57,939 --> 00:14:59,441 And it's been stopped. 221 00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:03,446 And Joe Calzaghe has won another ABA Championship. 222 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,072 ENZO: Everybody knew he was talented. 223 00:15:06,364 --> 00:15:07,490 He's a one and only. 224 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:09,075 I, I don't believe it's been done before. 225 00:15:09,158 --> 00:15:10,910 No one's ever done it at three different weights. 226 00:15:11,202 --> 00:15:12,203 I'll be the first. 227 00:15:12,286 --> 00:15:13,287 (BELL DINGS) 228 00:15:13,788 --> 00:15:17,088 COMMENTATOR: He is one of those boxers who, uh, has no doubt at all in his mind 229 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:20,215 when he goes into the ring, that he's going to be the dominant character. 230 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:25,467 -Soaking up punch after punch. -(BELL DINGS) 231 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:30,848 So it's all over, and it looks pretty clear that Joe Calzaghe has done it again. 232 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:33,774 To win three titles in a row at different weights. 233 00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:37,270 GARETH A. DAVIES: Joe had his own style. 234 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:39,276 He was a southpaw, obviously. 235 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:42,199 So... And very adept and very athletic. 236 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:49,829 But he had a father who was not classically trained as an amateur boxer, 237 00:15:50,741 --> 00:15:53,711 but he'd been in the musical world playing in a band. 238 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,584 He's got that energy about him. 239 00:15:55,621 --> 00:16:00,798 But what it did was, he transferred a lot of musical movement 240 00:16:01,544 --> 00:16:06,846 into Joe throwing five, six and seven-punch combinations. 241 00:16:07,425 --> 00:16:09,098 (BALLAD PLAYING) 242 00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:16,108 Doesn't every song start off with a verse? 243 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,153 # Change your heart... # 244 00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:20,354 ENZO: \/Vhich is... 245 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,654 Jab, jab... 246 00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:29,285 After the verse, it got a bit late. 247 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:31,741 Bring it forward, bring it forvvard_ 248 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,418 Then you've got the chorus. 249 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:37,247 One, two, three, four, five, Wham, wham, wham, bam, bam, knockout punch. 250 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:38,331 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 251 00:16:47,215 --> 00:16:48,387 ANNOUNCER: Round one. 252 00:16:48,466 --> 00:16:49,592 (BELL DINGS) 253 00:16:50,218 --> 00:16:53,188 JOE: /remember I turned professional in 1993. 254 00:16:53,221 --> 00:16:54,689 I think I was 21. 255 00:16:55,932 --> 00:16:59,778 First pro fight was, um, in the stadium, Cardiff Arms Park. 256 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:01,980 I remember boxing a guy called Pau/ Han/on. 257 00:17:03,272 --> 00:17:04,398 COMMENTATOR: Joe Calzaghe. 258 00:17:04,482 --> 00:17:07,861 How good is he going to be here in this Super Middleweight Division? 259 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:09,654 JOE: Yeah, /boxed on the, on the undercard 260 00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:12,707 of Frank Bruno and uh, Lennox Lewis. 261 00:17:14,659 --> 00:17:16,411 And I won in the first round. 262 00:17:21,249 --> 00:17:24,298 Obviously, I stayed on after to watch the fight with Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno, 263 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:26,471 and, you know, to be there when the crowd was full 264 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:28,799 and the sense of atmosphere was amazing. 265 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:31,680 And it was giving me tingles, and I used to think to myself, 266 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:35,605 "This is what I want. One day, this is going to be me." 267 00:17:40,101 --> 00:17:43,446 Get up in the morning, rain, sleet, or snow, and just go for a run. 268 00:17:43,521 --> 00:17:44,818 Go to the gym. 269 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:46,820 Go home, come back and train again. 270 00:17:47,358 --> 00:17:48,701 That's it. Every day. 271 00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:50,198 Every single day. 272 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:52,697 Iran, I ran, I ran. 273 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:55,499 I jab, I work. I worked with him before he did it. 274 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:57,668 And that's what Joe loved. 275 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:03,462 JOE: I used to train 12 weeks before the fight. 276 00:18:03,541 --> 00:18:06,715 The first few weeks would be hard, and then you get into the groove. 277 00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:10,427 (GRuNTING) 278 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:11,507 Start sparring. 279 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:12,638 Go! 280 00:18:12,717 --> 00:18:15,220 JOE: We had different combinations like A's, B's and C's. 281 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,643 And we'd like throw 300 punches a round, possibly. 282 00:18:18,723 --> 00:18:19,895 One, two, three, four, five. 283 00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:21,396 ENZO: What if I've got a machine gun in my hands? 284 00:18:21,642 --> 00:18:26,148 Seven shots, you're gonna hit him with four, five you'll hit him with. Common sense. 285 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:28,073 Why not make boxing the same way? 286 00:18:28,149 --> 00:18:29,696 Rock 'n' roll. Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. 287 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:31,618 Numbers, numbers. You gonna hit. 288 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:32,949 COMMENTATOR: A lot of boxing writers 289 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:34,747 wouldn't have picked him as their tip for the top. 290 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:35,952 And look at the clusters here. 291 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:39,252 Rosamond is taking a thorough pounding and the referee has got to step in. 292 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:40,920 And he has. 293 00:18:40,995 --> 00:18:43,714 Four Sffa/Qhf W/DS for ._/O9 C8/Zaghe. 294 00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:46,501 COMMENTATOR: His wife Mandy is there. 295 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:49,091 He's something of a family man, Joe Calzaghe, 296 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:51,844 who never leaves home during his training. 297 00:18:51,922 --> 00:18:53,845 That's the way he likes it, and you have to respect that. 298 00:18:57,219 --> 00:18:58,391 JOE: I was knocking everybody out. 299 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,974 The first 21 fights, I knocked 20 out. 300 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:02,604 Sixteen in the first two, three rounds. 301 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:05,482 I was named as Young Fighter of the Year. 302 00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:08,739 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 303 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:09,815 COMMENTATOR 2: Tremendous left hook. 304 00:19:09,899 --> 00:19:12,652 COMMENTATOR 1: What a shot, what a beautiful uppercut 305 00:19:14,362 --> 00:19:15,488 ENZO: I was mad boover. 306 00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:17,744 I was pretty good, don't worry about that. Pretty good. 307 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:20,246 So therefore, if I caught him once, 308 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:23,796 I used to go "Ah, ah, ah, here we go, he's coming." 309 00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:26,215 Bang, and I would be like, "Look at my nose. 310 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:28,713 "Who busted that? I didn't bust it. Joe busted it_" 311 00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:30,591 JOE: Most of the time, / would have an argument with my dad. 312 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:33,890 Because he was pretty fiery and he'd get on my nerves and /'d get on his nerves. 313 00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:36,058 That's Italians anyway. We argue all the time. 314 00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:38,477 But because Joe was his son, Dad didn't give a shit. 315 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:41,647 So it didn't matter what he said, Joe, so, Dad could just let it go. 316 00:19:41,722 --> 00:19:43,190 So he just, "Phew!" 317 00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:44,312 It was just... 318 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:46,815 An explosion. (CHUCKLES) 319 00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:50,735 JOE: I never saw a contract. 320 00:19:50,815 --> 00:19:52,408 Still on my £300-a-week. 321 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:55,323 That was it. I mean, it was difHcu/t from the start. 322 00:19:58,072 --> 00:19:59,995 COMMENTATOR: A /ot of people have criticised Calzaghe 323 00:20:00,074 --> 00:20:02,702 for not having really fought anyone of note. 324 00:20:02,785 --> 00:20:04,628 Well, we can't be far from the finish now. 325 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:08,132 Surely, the referee, Coy/e, looking very close. 326 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:09,675 Well, it's all over now. 327 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:13,387 Joe Ca/zaghe's father; Enzo, lifts him high. 328 00:20:14,004 --> 00:20:17,349 The new British Super Middleweight Champion, Joe Calzaghe. 329 00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:21,601 There he is, and who knows where that championship could take him? 330 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,272 More of him to come. Stay with us. 331 00:20:23,347 --> 00:20:25,099 ANNOUNCER2 Joe Calzaghel 332 00:20:25,141 --> 00:20:26,518 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 333 00:20:28,811 --> 00:20:31,064 COMMENTATOR: Referee Denzil Lewis is looking on here. 334 00:20:31,147 --> 00:20:32,945 -There's nothing coming back... -ANNOUNCER: One, two... 335 00:20:32,982 --> 00:20:35,906 - ...and Torres takes refuge from the canvas. - ...three, four. 336 00:20:35,985 --> 00:20:37,658 COMMENTATOR: It's horribly one-sided. 337 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:38,829 (CROWD JEERING) 338 00:20:39,780 --> 00:20:41,248 Calzaghe has won. 339 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:47,872 INTERVIEWER: Are you getting a bit fed up because they, 340 00:20:47,955 --> 00:20:49,878 they keep putting you in these high-profile fights. 341 00:20:49,957 --> 00:20:52,551 And then everybody moans about the quality of the opponents and says, 342 00:20:52,626 --> 00:20:54,378 "Oh, what's Joe Calzaghe proved now?" 343 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:55,888 I mean, what's your reaction to all that? 344 00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:58,637 It's nothing to do with a classy opponent, people are saying that. 345 00:20:58,716 --> 00:21:00,343 But people don't realise just how good I am. 346 00:21:00,426 --> 00:21:01,723 And until I fight for a world title, 347 00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:03,804 then they're going to see what Joe Calzaghe's all about. 348 00:21:03,888 --> 00:21:06,357 'Cause I'm going to destroy anybody who's gonna get in the ring with me. 349 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:08,309 I'm only on 70% so far. 350 00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:10,565 When I get that world title fight, that's different, 351 00:21:10,644 --> 00:21:12,521 then you're going to see the power. 352 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:14,399 Well, let's, um, let's bring in Frank Warren here 353 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:17,823 who was saying off microphone that there was nothing wrong with that opponent. 354 00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:19,282 Um, explain? 355 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:21,702 Well, you're saying that, you're saying that the opponent 356 00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:23,533 that Joe had in front of him tonight was no good? 357 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,576 I don't think that he was a particularly great fighter. 358 00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:27,878 I'm not criticising Joe's performance, he's done the job. 359 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,672 I mean, what do you want to see, to see him have a 12-round war or something, 360 00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:31,874 and then you'll be satisfied? 361 00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:33,800 It won't happen because they can't take the power, 362 00:21:33,876 --> 00:21:35,173 they can't take the hand speed. 363 00:21:35,252 --> 00:21:37,880 He's done well at this level, he will be stepped up another level. 364 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,761 He will fight for a world title. It will happen this year. 365 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,014 I don't agree with what you're saying. You're doing him a disservice... 366 00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:47,849 He made them look bad because his style of boxing was unique. 367 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:52,278 So, they always had something against what Joe was achieving. 368 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:55,565 And I gotta say this now, it pissed me off big time. 369 00:22:03,197 --> 00:22:07,998 JOHN FAIRCLOUGH: Joe's relationship with his father is a very complex one. 370 00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:09,329 Because this man, 371 00:22:09,411 --> 00:22:14,292 when he was going out to a fight, he's going to let his son be injured. 372 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:19,426 The son was going to trust his father, who's sitting at his corner. 373 00:22:19,547 --> 00:22:24,599 And I think it is an immense accolade to both Enzo and Joe 374 00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:28,727 that they managed to keep that relationship, a very, very unusual relationship, 375 00:22:28,806 --> 00:22:30,433 but it seemed to work. 376 00:22:32,101 --> 00:22:35,230 JOE: He's gonna be worried, he's gonna have fear. 377 00:22:35,312 --> 00:22:37,360 He's thinks we're gonna win, but it's stressful for him, as well. 378 00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:38,907 It's not like he's just training any other fighter. 379 00:22:38,941 --> 00:22:40,193 He's training his son 380 00:22:40,568 --> 00:22:41,740 that's about to get in the ring where somebody 381 00:22:41,819 --> 00:22:43,821 who is going to try and knock your head off 382 00:22:45,656 --> 00:22:49,081 ENZO: My son is going into a sport that can be very dangerous, right? 383 00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:52,288 And Joe knew that and accepted the consequences. 384 00:22:53,998 --> 00:22:56,046 JOE: My mum, she's, uh, totally the opposite of my dad. 385 00:22:56,125 --> 00:22:57,968 Uh, she never wanted me to box. 386 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,842 She's like "Joe, you know, do something else. 387 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:04,137 "What are you boxing for, getting punched in the head?" 388 00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:07,561 I've never been to any of Joe's fights, no. 389 00:23:07,636 --> 00:23:08,979 I couldn't bear it, no. 390 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,931 It's horrible. It's a horrible feeling. 391 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:14,735 And I, and I did see Johnny Owens going down. 392 00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:24,696 COMMENTATOR: And Owens down for the second time in his boxing career. 393 00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:27,865 The only times he's ever been down, and he's in trouble now... 394 00:23:27,948 --> 00:23:29,325 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 395 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:39,044 And I can remember he went down and he didn't get back up. 396 00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:53,687 A father has to teach his son how to live. 397 00:23:53,766 --> 00:23:57,066 A trainer has to teach his son how to fight. 398 00:23:57,144 --> 00:23:59,647 Those are not always compatible. 399 00:24:00,147 --> 00:24:05,529 Years before, if you wanted to ruin a fighter, you had him trained by his father. 400 00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:07,955 I mean, there were almost virtually no success stories. 401 00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:13,874 ENZO: I'm not a masochist, I'm a father. 402 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:16,172 But in that ring, it's war. 403 00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:18,044 He chose to go to war. 404 00:24:18,540 --> 00:24:20,542 I chose to be with him in the war. 405 00:24:21,043 --> 00:24:24,297 Now, course I got sentiments, but I got no sentiment whatsoever 406 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:26,508 for that 36 minutes of fight. 407 00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:27,637 I got no sentiments. 408 00:24:27,716 --> 00:24:29,684 I can't have sentiments. 409 00:24:30,219 --> 00:24:32,142 I can't! I wish I had! 410 00:24:32,513 --> 00:24:34,140 But I haven't got 'em. 411 00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:37,727 Because simply as that, that's my kid that I'm putting to war. 412 00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,687 I put him to war. Right? 413 00:24:39,770 --> 00:24:41,818 He's gotta get out of that war. 414 00:24:45,609 --> 00:24:47,156 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 415 00:24:55,536 --> 00:25:00,417 COMMENTATOR: Oh, and that went through straight as a lance, 416 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,922 and he is not going to like that. 417 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:06,506 That really was bang on the money. 418 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:09,512 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 419 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,188 At the press conference, he looked at me and laughed. 420 00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:22,647 He went "Hey, kid, I'm gonna take you somewhere you've never been before, 421 00:25:23,063 --> 00:25:24,610 "I'm going to take you into the trenches." 422 00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:26,408 I'm thinking, "Yeah, right, okay." 423 00:25:40,414 --> 00:25:41,540 ANNOUNCER: And now, ladies and gentlemen, 424 00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:42,879 for 12 rounds of boxing, 425 00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:49,220 for the vacant WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World. 426 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:58,399 CHRIS EUBANK: /was complete, I was total. I was pure as a fighter. 427 00:25:58,474 --> 00:26:00,226 I was always in shape. 428 00:26:00,309 --> 00:26:02,653 And I'd been training from the day I'd started. 429 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:04,025 I never had breaks. 430 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:12,913 When I was going to fight Joe Calzaghe, I knew that he was unbeaten. 431 00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:14,998 I knew he was a southpaw. 432 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,576 I had watched him fight. 433 00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:21,710 I thought that perhaps, he has never fought anyone like me. 434 00:26:22,081 --> 00:26:26,427 Chris Eubank_ 435 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:27,552 EU BAN K: / am pure. 436 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:31,007 I'm a very difficult man to beat because it's not about money, 437 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:32,342 it's about honour. 438 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:33,767 All right, gentlemen. 439 00:26:34,051 --> 00:26:36,099 We went over the ru/es in the dressing room. 440 00:26:36,178 --> 00:26:40,149 I expect a good clean fight. Give me good Sportsmanlike conduct. 441 00:26:40,224 --> 00:26:43,694 Obey my commands at all times. Shake hands. Good luck. 442 00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:47,486 EUBANK: I didn't know whether his punching ability was real. 443 00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:51,869 Fast hands, yes, but you have to have lead. 444 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:54,447 You have to have heavy hands. 445 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,744 (BELL DINGS) 446 00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:08,594 COMMENTATOR: Oh, left hand puts Eubank on the floor. 447 00:27:09,002 --> 00:27:11,346 What a start from Calzaghe! 448 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:19,225 EUBANK: I remember landing on my back. 449 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:21,523 I messed the seat of my pants, 450 00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:24,772 is how hard the shot came out of nowhere. 451 00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:27,733 JOE: I caught him with a left hook. 452 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:30,612 First 15 seconds, he went flying across the ring, landed on his arse. 453 00:27:30,691 --> 00:27:33,194 Man, I thought, "This is going to be easy." 454 00:27:33,277 --> 00:27:34,904 (CHUCKLES) "What are you talking about? 455 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:36,284 "What'S Chris Eubank all about?" 456 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:37,872 Bingo! 457 00:27:37,948 --> 00:27:41,998 Fucking dropped him down. I said, fucking this, "Joe, that's brilliant. Excellent. 458 00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:43,750 "That not going to last another round. 459 00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:45,126 "Fucking brilliant, get on with it." 460 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:53,384 EU BAN K: All his so-called slaps, 461 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:56,011 they were hard punches. 462 00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,352 He was a hurtful puncher. 463 00:27:59,803 --> 00:28:01,020 Fast and hard. 464 00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:10,524 And at that point in the first round, I knew I would have to be resourceful. 465 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:13,700 Motherfucken 466 00:28:14,651 --> 00:28:19,157 He did. He got up and, uh, he was a good fighter. 467 00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:20,616 He was a good fighter. 468 00:28:22,993 --> 00:28:24,586 COMMENTATOR 1: Good body shot from Eubank_ 469 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:25,792 Two or three. 470 00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:29,917 COMMENTATOR 2: Ca/zaghe there asking a /ot of questions 471 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,129 about his heart, his chin, his determination... 472 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,134 And his right to be here. 473 00:28:43,931 --> 00:28:46,104 I mean, I threw every punch I could possibly throw. 474 00:28:46,183 --> 00:28:48,402 Two rounds, three rounds, I remember thinking... 475 00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:51,154 Come back to the stool and like, breathe heavily, 476 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:52,857 and he's still doing this little strut that he does, 477 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:55,910 looking around and I'm like, "Oh, Dad, it's going to be a hard night." 478 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,457 EUBAN K: I knew in the 11th round, 12th round, /'d stil/ be there, 479 00:29:02,532 --> 00:29:05,536 and if he isn't the real deal, I will break him in those rounds. 480 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:08,918 No one stops me. 481 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:12,008 It's just, uh, it's just a thing. 482 00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:13,544 (BELL DINGS) 483 00:29:15,545 --> 00:29:17,889 COMMENTATOR 1: Eubank again, always with a fast start. 484 00:29:17,965 --> 00:29:20,434 Can he break Calzaghe's resistance? 485 00:29:25,013 --> 00:29:28,688 JOE: Trust me, after seven or eight rounds, / had, I felt I had nothing left in me, 486 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,644 and wanted to win and wanted to win 487 00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:32,775 and just, you know, coming through the pain barrier 488 00:29:32,896 --> 00:29:34,739 and gave me a second wind. 489 00:29:34,815 --> 00:29:38,069 And he was right, you know, he did put me through the trenches. 490 00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:44,037 That's how we do. (CHUCKLING) 491 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:45,242 We're real. 492 00:29:48,912 --> 00:29:52,792 COMMENTATOR 1: Oh, big left and a right, and Eubank, how did he stay up from those? 493 00:29:57,337 --> 00:29:59,055 COMMENTATOR 2: Ca/zaghe landed a good left hand there. 494 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:00,553 It's a good exchange from him. 495 00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:03,848 COMMENTATOR 1; Eubank let him go with his right hand. 496 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:07,932 He just cannot put out Calzaghe's Hre though. 497 00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:12,152 EUBAN K: I mean, he stood strong. He had it all. 498 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,083 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 499 00:30:36,376 --> 00:30:37,719 (BELL DINGS) 500 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:43,300 (CROWD APPl_AuDING) 501 00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:53,110 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, we go to the Scorecards. 502 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:56,564 Dave Pepper scores the bout 118 to 109. 503 00:30:57,230 --> 00:31:00,450 Paul Thomas scores it 116 to 111. 504 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:04,325 And Roy Francis scores it 118 to 111. 505 00:31:04,404 --> 00:31:09,581 For the winner who is now WBO Super Middleweight Champion of the World, 506 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:15,291 Joe Ca/zaghe! 507 00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:16,751 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 508 00:31:35,685 --> 00:31:38,780 INTERVIEWER: Joe Calzaghe, World Champion, how does that sound? 509 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:41,862 Sounds brilliant, you know, after all the hard work I've done. 510 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:45,363 I just thank God. Obviously, I thank my dad. 511 00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:47,823 I thank all the fans who've come to support me tonight. 512 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:48,907 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 513 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:51,994 They gave me a lot of incentive and there's only better to come. 514 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:58,334 I was not that familiar with Joe Calzaghe prior to him winning his first world title. 515 00:31:58,417 --> 00:32:01,421 But when he beat Chris Eubank, uh, that was very exciting. 516 00:32:01,461 --> 00:32:04,385 And I realised this might, this guy might be something. 517 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:09,728 Unfortunately then, he made a string of defences that were mediocre at best. 518 00:32:10,011 --> 00:32:15,438 Uh, it was difficult to get excited by him in terms of rating him among the very best. 519 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:19,984 COMMENTATOR: Ca/zaghe wants that finish here, and he might get it, too. 520 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:21,648 -And it's stopped. -(CROWD CHEERING) 521 00:32:21,731 --> 00:32:26,988 It is oven and Ca/zaghe has retained his title in emphatic style. 522 00:32:29,406 --> 00:32:30,908 INTERVIEWER: I hear in the build-up to this fight, too, 523 00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:32,538 you had a bit of a handicap with the sore hands, 524 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,369 you weren't able to do very much sparring? 525 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:36,626 Well, in fact, ldidn't do no sparring at all for this fight. 526 00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:38,378 I haven't sparred for maybe two months. 527 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,343 JOE: Coming from beating Eubank and being there, 528 00:32:42,419 --> 00:32:44,968 to suddenly underperforming and struggling. 529 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:49,059 COMMENTATOR: Oh, terrific shot, huge shot of the fight. 530 00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:52,183 Right hand, and Calzaghe getting hit too often. 531 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:54,063 He must have /ost that round. 532 00:32:56,224 --> 00:33:00,320 Um, very disappointing, it seems very much like he's, he's losing his power. 533 00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:03,695 He used to have destructive punching power; maybe that's beginning to evaporate. 534 00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:05,901 COMMENTATOR 2: VVe'l/ try and find reasons in a moment. 535 00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:08,703 These little bones in your hands, they're called the metacarpals. 536 00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:12,157 And these were broken very early because 537 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,586 when you keep on stressing that bone, it breaks, 538 00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:21,126 and unfortunately, even though it mends, it's actually a weakness. 539 00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:24,836 JOE: I couldn't span I was seeing all these specialists. 540 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,264 I was having all this treatment, I just couldn't punch. 541 00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:28,511 Simple as that. 542 00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:31,351 And to be honest, it was like a minor miracle, 543 00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:35,772 I managed to be able to win fights not training properly. 544 00:33:37,224 --> 00:33:39,022 MICHAEL PEARLMAN: Sometimes, Joe wouldn't lift a glove 545 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:40,773 to punch another human being, 546 00:33:40,936 --> 00:33:44,861 between ending one professional fight and starting another world title defence, 547 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:46,863 because his hands were so bad. 548 00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,656 INTERVIEWER: You don't want to mention the hand trouble, 549 00:33:48,735 --> 00:33:50,112 but we were wondering in the fight, 550 00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:53,916 because you seemed to revert to your boxing skills quite early on. 551 00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:55,583 Has the hand gone again? 552 00:34:00,622 --> 00:34:02,374 -ANNOUNCER: Round one. -(BELL DINGS) 553 00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:05,301 COMMENTATOR: I think last year; he was thinking, 554 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:10,099 he was gonna become a millionaire overnight and his path would be paved with gold. 555 00:34:10,173 --> 00:34:12,517 -It doesn't work like that. -COMMENTATOR 2: It doesn't. 556 00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:15,846 It's, it's a very tough sport and it's a very tough business and, you know, 557 00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:17,772 Calzaghe's beginning to /earn how tough it is. 558 00:34:21,601 --> 00:34:22,818 COMMENTATOR 1: Frank Warren there, 559 00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:26,273 not happy with Joe Calzaghe's performance there, really. 560 00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:30,110 COMMENTATOR 2: Good shots going in from Brewer now. 561 00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:36,241 -This is a bad patch for Calzaghe. -(BELL DINGS) 562 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,714 JOE: I remember boos in the crowd. 563 00:34:43,373 --> 00:34:46,877 I had a meeting with Frank Warren, he said, "Listen, Joe, are you going to retire or what?” 564 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:48,428 It was never an option to stop. 565 00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:50,088 I had a family, kids. 566 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:52,716 I had to fight for money. 567 00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:02,980 COMMENTATOR 1: Ca/Zaghe'S down. 568 00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:05,983 That's the first time he's been down in his career. 569 00:35:14,029 --> 00:35:16,578 COMMENTATOR 2: First time back in the ring in eight months. 570 00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:21,583 He's had a back injury and there's been some domestic problems in the background. 571 00:36:09,042 --> 00:36:11,966 There was a battle there that Joe had to do. 572 00:36:12,587 --> 00:36:16,137 He had to have a battle, because believe me, he was hurt. 573 00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:19,182 Thinking of doing it, you can cope with it, 574 00:36:19,594 --> 00:36:24,270 but when it had and has been done, the divorce, then you think. 575 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:37,529 Truthfully, / didn't think he'd box any more. 576 00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:44,916 I had to find a format to make him interested, 577 00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:48,665 that he had to train for this fight. 578 00:36:48,748 --> 00:36:50,375 Now, how do you block that out? 579 00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:51,550 I couldn't block it out. 580 00:36:51,626 --> 00:36:53,720 It happened, it's reality. 581 00:36:55,422 --> 00:36:57,424 He had some Hght_ He had that in his mind. 582 00:36:57,507 --> 00:36:59,601 So, imagine a guy who gotta fight. 583 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:01,519 Can he concentrate on it? 584 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:05,724 Twelve rounds for a world title. His career could be gone straightaway. 585 00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:15,741 COMMENTATOR; What a right hand from Salem! 586 00:37:15,817 --> 00:37:19,822 Calzaghe is down for only the second time in his career. 587 00:37:20,155 --> 00:37:21,156 ANNOUNCER: Seven, eight... 588 00:37:21,448 --> 00:37:23,416 God says to everybody... 589 00:37:27,537 --> 00:37:30,541 "It's what's inside of you that counts most of all." 590 00:37:33,376 --> 00:37:35,424 it's what's inside of you. 591 00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:40,600 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 592 00:37:42,427 --> 00:37:44,600 It was a hard, hard road. 593 00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:49,101 He was tested, and he got through it. 594 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:56,693 ANNOUNCER: And still, the undefeated Joe Calzaghe! 595 00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:07,744 JOE: Think I was 34. 596 00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:09,416 I was eight years World Champion. 597 00:38:09,496 --> 00:38:13,876 Not really given the respect in the States for doing what I did. 598 00:38:15,043 --> 00:38:18,638 There's no doubt that there is an American bias when it comes to boxing. 599 00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:21,842 We have dominated this sport for the better part of a hundred years. 600 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:25,182 So as a result, he never got the credit he deserved from American fight fans 601 00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:27,097 for the simple reason that he was British. 602 00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:28,397 Even though he was undefeated, 603 00:38:28,515 --> 00:38:31,143 and even though he had a very lengthy, uh, title reign. 604 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:44,076 DAVIES: Jeff Lacy came with a big noise. 605 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:50,253 A really, really dangerous hooker, a very powerful guy, incredible self-belief. 606 00:38:50,495 --> 00:38:52,293 ANNOUNCER: Undefeated in the professional ranks, 607 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:56,969 with a record of 21 wins, no losses, one no decision, 608 00:38:57,043 --> 00:39:01,298 with 17 wins coming by way of knockout. 609 00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:08,934 He was hyped as a smaller version of Mike Tyson. 610 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:12,984 He had the body and the story of his pro-debut not happening 611 00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:16,401 because his opponent saw him take his shirt off at the weigh-in and left town. 612 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:18,402 Got into a bus and left, "I'm not fighting that guy!" 613 00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:23,487 ANNOUNCER: Here is the undefeated /BF and IBO 614 00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:26,414 Super Middleweight Champion of the World. 615 00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:33,122 Introducing, Jeff "Left Hook” Lacy. 616 00:39:33,997 --> 00:39:35,840 Jeff Lacy had been a US Olympian. 617 00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:38,801 Um, and was knocking everybody out with his big left hook, 618 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:40,720 so, hence the nickname Left Hook Lacy. 619 00:39:41,004 --> 00:39:42,631 His physical makeup was different from Joe, you know? 620 00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:45,012 He looked like a condom stuffed with walnuts, you know? 621 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:46,684 He was properly built, Jeff Lacy. 622 00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:49,638 From what we had seen, at least in this country, with Joe, 623 00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:53,351 we saw a fighter who was often technically inferior, 624 00:39:53,433 --> 00:39:56,733 slapped with his punches, was not the hardest guy to hit. 625 00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:59,899 So, as a result, it was an easy pick, and virtually, 626 00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:02,943 I would say, 95% of the US media 627 00:40:03,026 --> 00:40:07,577 picked Jeff Lacy to win and expected him, fully expected him to knock out Joe Calzaghe_ 628 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,664 JOE: Ten days to two weeks before the fight, I remember injuring myself 629 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:40,321 Under no circumstances did Joe want to fight Jeff Lacy with a damaged hand. 630 00:40:40,396 --> 00:40:43,570 Joe started to believe this guy really is that good. 631 00:40:43,650 --> 00:40:46,574 Enzo had studied him extensively and didn't agree. 632 00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:50,248 And it was his job to try and cajole Joe into realising 633 00:40:50,323 --> 00:40:52,371 yes, this is a fight you can win injured. 634 00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:01,508 ENZO: Have you seen him? 635 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:05,797 Lacy does five moves to throw one punch. 636 00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:09,304 Do five punches in one move, you do. 637 00:41:12,053 --> 00:41:15,182 JOE: I wanted to pull out the fight because I actually doubted myself 638 00:41:15,264 --> 00:41:18,063 scared of failure against this bad guy from America. 639 00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:24,528 ENZO: Do you know what happens if you don't fucking fight the Hght? 640 00:41:24,607 --> 00:41:28,157 They call you a bastard, coward, they'll cal/ you every name under the sun. 641 00:41:28,236 --> 00:41:30,910 You can forget your boxing careen you're oven 642 00:41:32,407 --> 00:41:34,205 JOE: And my dad said ”You have to fight this fight. 643 00:41:34,283 --> 00:41:36,081 ”Joe, if you got to fight with one arm, it doesn't matter; 644 00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:38,587 ”l 'm proud of you no matter what. " 645 00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:57,561 The day before the weigh-ins, 646 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,189 I wake up and there's like, a couple of feet of snow. 647 00:42:02,854 --> 00:42:05,107 And I can't explain, it's magical. 648 00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:10,745 From that moment of walking in to the garden, I had no nerves. 649 00:42:10,820 --> 00:42:12,663 I was completely calm. 650 00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:15,284 Everything was lifted off me. 651 00:42:18,411 --> 00:42:21,335 ANNOUNCER: He is making the 18th defence of his title. 652 00:42:21,414 --> 00:42:27,968 Ladies and gentlemen, the undefeated Joe Calzaghe! 653 00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:30,256 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 654 00:42:30,339 --> 00:42:31,591 (BELL DINGS) 655 00:42:31,674 --> 00:42:34,143 Al/ right, gentlemen, the time you have been waiting for is here. 656 00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:37,188 The opportunity of a lifetime, so remember; take advantage... 657 00:42:37,263 --> 00:42:39,686 JOE: I looked in his eyes, man, and I just knew I had him. 658 00:42:39,766 --> 00:42:42,019 He looked away, he didn't want to look at me in the eyes. 659 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:44,188 He looked stiff he looked nervous. 660 00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:47,023 There was no way this guy was ever going to come over and beat me. 661 00:42:48,191 --> 00:42:49,989 -ANNOUNCER: Round one. -(BELL DINGS) 662 00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:52,821 COMMENTATOR: Finally, the unification fight 663 00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:56,158 C8/Zaghe /TBS CI'8V9d /788 arrived. 664 00:42:56,657 --> 00:43:00,787 The Lacy camp think Calzaghe is over the hill, 665 00:43:00,870 --> 00:43:03,840 and that he's a man ready to be taken. 666 00:43:08,711 --> 00:43:11,806 As Calzaghe gets hit, he starts going into a tear up. 667 00:43:11,881 --> 00:43:14,555 Rememben the left hand is the fragile one. 668 00:43:14,634 --> 00:43:17,854 He can't afford to have that one damaged. 669 00:43:18,054 --> 00:43:19,772 (ENZO sl=>EAKING) 670 00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:28,155 COMMENTATOR 1 : Lovely right uppercut. 671 00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:31,906 COMMENTATOR 2: Joe Ca/zaghe at the moment, 672 00:43:31,984 --> 00:43:33,702 but there's a long way to go. 673 00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:36,827 And a little contemptuous smile from Ca/zaghe. 674 00:43:39,075 --> 00:43:40,418 (SPEAKING) 675 00:43:41,369 --> 00:43:43,542 He's saying to him. "Don't worry, man. Don't worry. 676 00:43:43,579 --> 00:43:46,048 "He's gonna cool down now. Don't worry about that." 677 00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:50,090 COMMENTATOR: Look at that superb flurry of punches. 678 00:43:50,169 --> 00:43:53,298 I say, there might have been nine or 10. 679 00:43:53,589 --> 00:43:56,388 Round eight, the guy's looking at us saying, "Where's the cool down?" 680 00:43:56,467 --> 00:43:57,810 (LAUGHING) 681 00:43:58,928 --> 00:44:00,851 COMMENTATOR: Dear me, that face is just a mess. 682 00:44:00,930 --> 00:44:02,477 Look at the eyes of Jeff Lacy. 683 00:44:04,058 --> 00:44:05,310 He didn't beat him, 684 00:44:06,394 --> 00:44:07,691 schooled him! 685 00:44:09,814 --> 00:44:10,861 COMMENTATOR: Fantastic! 686 00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:12,908 Winding up the right hand, striking the jab. 687 00:44:12,942 --> 00:44:14,410 Hitting him with the left hook. 688 00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:17,788 If it was a ballet, it would have been Nureyev. 689 00:44:17,864 --> 00:44:19,491 It, it was just magical. 690 00:44:19,574 --> 00:44:22,703 I can remember not sleeping for two days after that fight. 691 00:44:23,744 --> 00:44:26,839 A man danced with another man, 692 00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:29,758 like he was blessed, like something was shining on him. 693 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:32,804 Landing punches and avoiding punches like you've never seen before. 694 00:44:34,797 --> 00:44:37,016 Joe's right foot was sort of nailed to the canvas, 695 00:44:37,091 --> 00:44:39,059 'cause he would pivot on it, on a 90 degree 696 00:44:39,552 --> 00:44:41,725 and just... And he was gone. 697 00:44:43,431 --> 00:44:45,559 And Lacy was punching mid-air. 698 00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:53,742 Finally, he'd painted a masterpiece that you could see was there. 699 00:44:53,816 --> 00:44:55,159 -Twelve rounds of brilliance. -(BELL DINGS) 700 00:44:55,234 --> 00:44:56,861 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 701 00:45:07,163 --> 00:45:09,211 The Lacy fight is where he took off, 702 00:45:09,290 --> 00:45:12,544 and where America went, "What the fuck? Who's this guy?" 703 00:45:15,755 --> 00:45:17,553 DAVIES: Joe was one hand. 704 00:45:17,632 --> 00:45:21,307 Forced into the fight, didn't want the fight, truly delivers. 705 00:45:21,385 --> 00:45:25,856 That was one of the greatest performances I've ever seen live. 706 00:45:25,932 --> 00:45:31,314 It ignited something in the public and in the media. 707 00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:33,739 Thanks to my dad, without him I wouldn't be here today. 708 00:45:33,814 --> 00:45:36,033 He's a great trainer, great dad. I love him to bits. 709 00:45:36,108 --> 00:45:40,909 Um, and thanks to, you know, my little kids, Joe and Connor. I love you both. 710 00:45:41,113 --> 00:45:42,660 ENZO: He's just come up to me, whispered in my ear, 711 00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:44,242 "Dad, you're right!" 712 00:45:44,325 --> 00:45:45,872 I was right. 713 00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:48,626 With an "f-ing", of course. "Dad, you were right." 714 00:45:48,704 --> 00:45:50,832 "I told you Joe. I told you Joe." 715 00:45:50,957 --> 00:45:52,504 And we kissed each other on the lips. 716 00:45:59,465 --> 00:46:02,014 I was having injections in... Oh, remember, that's right. 717 00:46:02,343 --> 00:46:05,062 Went to Harley Street, had an operation, 718 00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:07,731 and you, you parked the car, and you forgot where you parked the car. 719 00:46:07,807 --> 00:46:09,901 That's right. I walked all over the place. 720 00:46:09,976 --> 00:46:12,820 That's it, you were saying "My fucking hand, but my hand..." 721 00:46:12,895 --> 00:46:13,896 No, it was wrapped up. 722 00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:15,357 -You parked the car on the road somewhere. -Yeah. 723 00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:18,693 You couldn't find it, and I was fucking running around, for an hour. 724 00:46:18,776 --> 00:46:20,369 -That's right. -Fucking hour. 725 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,321 Saying, "My hand, my fucking hand." 726 00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:25,120 Right, 'cause I was coming off an anaesthetic, 727 00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:27,247 -I didn't know where the fuck I was. -(LAUGHING) 728 00:46:27,368 --> 00:46:30,292 And I just remember, "I think it's on this street, I think it's on this street." 729 00:46:30,371 --> 00:46:32,749 That's it, looked everywhere, do you remember? 730 00:46:32,832 --> 00:46:34,880 If I had two good hands I reckon I would, I really could have... 731 00:46:34,959 --> 00:46:37,132 (LAUGHS) That's it. 732 00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:40,385 DAVIES: Two completely different characters. 733 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:42,341 And maybe that's why they work. 734 00:46:42,425 --> 00:46:44,268 I mean physically, as well. 735 00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:46,225 They are Abbott and Costello. 736 00:46:46,304 --> 00:46:47,647 They are chalk and cheese. 737 00:46:47,722 --> 00:46:50,521 You would not pick them out in a room as father and son. 738 00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,476 And they act differently as we//_ 739 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,028 That's great. 740 00:46:55,187 --> 00:46:57,485 PiaceMolto, PiaceMolto. 741 00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:02,153 (LAUGHS) 742 00:47:05,281 --> 00:47:09,661 DAVIES: The energy that Enzo speaks with, and enunciates with, 743 00:47:09,702 --> 00:47:11,670 and flies around a room with, 744 00:47:11,746 --> 00:47:14,750 is the same energy that Joe then explodes with when he fights. 745 00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:18,048 COMMENTATOR 1: Calzaghe's throwing punches by the dozen. 746 00:47:18,127 --> 00:47:20,596 COMMENTATOR 2: The referee might stop it. The ref's having a look. 747 00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:22,264 COMMENTATOR 1: He's stopped it. He's stopped the fight. 748 00:47:22,340 --> 00:47:25,640 Joe Calzaghe, that one came from nowhere. 749 00:47:26,302 --> 00:47:28,054 DAVIES: Father and a son. 750 00:47:28,137 --> 00:47:31,732 If the son is fighting professionally, they are a unit. 751 00:47:31,807 --> 00:47:33,809 This makes a formidable team. 752 00:47:34,101 --> 00:47:37,025 You see, your father will never mislead you. 753 00:47:37,104 --> 00:47:41,530 And your father is always going to tell you every single thing that is a liability 754 00:47:42,193 --> 00:47:43,740 (ENZO sl=>EAKING) 755 00:47:49,658 --> 00:47:51,035 JOE: I always knew in the corner. 756 00:47:51,118 --> 00:47:53,792 He always knew if I had a bad round, I could have six good rounds. 757 00:47:53,871 --> 00:47:58,047 And one bad round, and he'd, he'd be mouthing off and swearing. 758 00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:00,002 "What's going on? What's going on?" 759 00:48:00,086 --> 00:48:01,463 But he knew how to get to me. 760 00:48:02,171 --> 00:48:03,468 (SPEAKING) 761 00:48:12,181 --> 00:48:15,560 DAVIES: There are lots of times when you, you have seen his father 762 00:48:15,643 --> 00:48:19,568 literally whipping him into action, whipping him into shape. 763 00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:24,782 On fight nights, I was not his dad. 764 00:48:24,860 --> 00:48:26,112 Forget that. 765 00:48:26,195 --> 00:48:27,447 We were divorced. 766 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:33,453 COMMENTATOR: He's on the floor and it's stopped in the very first round. 767 00:48:33,536 --> 00:48:35,959 Joe Ca/zaghe in sizzling style 768 00:48:36,038 --> 00:48:40,214 retains his WBO Super Middleweight Championship. 769 00:48:43,212 --> 00:48:45,556 Every time we went in the corners for a minute, he was confident. 770 00:48:45,631 --> 00:48:46,723 His eyes were with me. 771 00:48:46,799 --> 00:48:49,302 Not looking round, looking round, where, where? 772 00:48:49,385 --> 00:48:51,888 He's looked to me in the eyes and he knew that when I said, 773 00:48:51,971 --> 00:48:55,601 "Throw three B's, trust me, do things", I said. "Do it!" 774 00:48:57,685 --> 00:49:00,438 COMMENTATOR: And he's stopped. 775 00:49:00,521 --> 00:49:02,523 Everything in two rounds. 776 00:49:05,484 --> 00:49:09,660 His father; Enzo Calzaghe, has been with him from the word go. 777 00:49:09,738 --> 00:49:15,336 He's the man who shaped this magnificent champion and Ca/zaghe remains just that. 778 00:49:21,750 --> 00:49:25,721 STEVE FARHOOD: At times, you need a trainer who's a psychiatrist. 779 00:49:25,838 --> 00:49:27,431 At times, you need a mother. 780 00:49:27,506 --> 00:49:29,850 At times, you need a cheerleader. At times, you need a conditioner. 781 00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:31,518 At times, you need a boxing strategist. 782 00:49:31,594 --> 00:49:34,188 And the fact that Enzo, with really no boxing experience, 783 00:49:34,263 --> 00:49:37,107 was able to create a fighter, 784 00:49:37,141 --> 00:49:41,021 help create a fighter as good as Joe, is absolutely mind-boggling 785 00:49:41,145 --> 00:49:42,522 Forget the fact that he's his father, 786 00:49:42,646 --> 00:49:45,820 just that he was able to do that as a trainer was remarkable. 787 00:49:50,446 --> 00:49:54,496 DAVIES: After beating Jeff Lacy, after beating Sakio Bika, 788 00:49:54,617 --> 00:49:58,747 Joe needed a fight of magnitude 789 00:49:58,829 --> 00:50:03,630 which'd justify him as the rightful owner of the Ring belt, 790 00:50:03,709 --> 00:50:07,805 the rightful owner of the Liheal Championship. 791 00:50:10,299 --> 00:50:14,020 JOE: Mikkel Kessler by far was the biggest, biggest name in my weight. 792 00:50:17,932 --> 00:50:23,439 I was the Ring Magazine Champion, WBO Champion, IBF Champion. 793 00:50:25,606 --> 00:50:28,359 Mikkel Kessler was obviously WBC, WBA Champion. 794 00:50:28,734 --> 00:50:31,954 And he was undefeated in like, 39 fights, so everything on the line. 795 00:50:40,162 --> 00:50:43,211 PEARLMAN: For both of them, the main motivating factor was, 796 00:50:43,332 --> 00:50:47,337 we want to be recognised as the best Super Middleweight fighter in the world. 797 00:50:47,419 --> 00:50:48,841 (CAMERAS Cl_lCKING) 798 00:50:48,921 --> 00:50:53,301 MIKKEL KESSLER: I know I can beat him, don't hit that hard and, I can beat this guy. 799 00:50:54,134 --> 00:50:56,228 JOE CALZAGHE JR: Him and my dad had got really close, 800 00:50:56,303 --> 00:50:59,056 and they were like, you know, shouting at each other. 801 00:50:59,139 --> 00:51:01,233 My granddad was shouting at his manager, you know? 802 00:51:01,308 --> 00:51:02,605 All that Kind of stuff happening. 803 00:51:02,768 --> 00:51:06,944 Block him out, Joe. Come on, Joe, come on, Joe. 804 00:51:07,815 --> 00:51:09,442 JOE JR: And that's when you know how real it really is. 805 00:51:09,525 --> 00:51:12,950 'Cause when the fight gets first announced, it's weird, it's like two months away. 806 00:51:13,028 --> 00:51:15,451 You don't really think about it, going to school every day. 807 00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:18,952 Then suddenly, the day before, going to bed, you can't sleep 808 00:51:19,034 --> 00:51:21,128 because you know tomorrow is going to be that fight night 809 00:51:21,203 --> 00:51:23,752 when your dad is, you know, is gonna be in that ring 810 00:51:23,872 --> 00:51:25,749 fighting somebody like Mikkei Kessler. 811 00:51:26,458 --> 00:51:28,881 ANNOUNCER: it was here in the old Cardiff Arms Park 812 00:51:28,961 --> 00:51:32,886 that Joe Ca/zaghe's career began back in 1993. 813 00:51:32,965 --> 00:51:37,892 Now he has what may be one of the toughest nights of his career. 814 00:51:39,638 --> 00:51:41,891 A very, very late night fight 815 00:51:42,057 --> 00:51:45,652 to catch the premium market in the United States as well. 816 00:51:46,145 --> 00:51:50,446 Fifty-five thousand people at the Millennium Stadium. 817 00:51:50,524 --> 00:51:53,403 One of the biggest stadium fights we've ever seen. 818 00:51:56,238 --> 00:51:57,740 JAMES BRADFIELD: Knowing that you're in Cardiff 819 00:51:57,781 --> 00:51:59,579 and everybody has turned out to see you, 820 00:51:59,658 --> 00:52:01,035 and it's a defining fight for you. 821 00:52:01,368 --> 00:52:04,542 And not only might you lose the fight, you'/I lose your undefeated record. 822 00:52:04,622 --> 00:52:09,503 To actually take that pressure on board, it just takes unbelievable strength. 823 00:52:17,926 --> 00:52:19,303 (BELL DINGS) 824 00:52:22,931 --> 00:52:24,524 COMMENTATOR: Trying to wing the shot around, 825 00:52:24,642 --> 00:52:28,112 that straight left hand lead of Kesslen who's started well. 826 00:52:29,688 --> 00:52:32,862 That's a decent right hand from Kesslen and a good left jab. 827 00:52:32,900 --> 00:52:35,119 And now, Kess/er's starting to come in. 828 00:52:35,194 --> 00:52:37,071 And he's looking for Calzaghe. 829 00:52:37,154 --> 00:52:39,623 Good right hand. Good work from Kessler. 830 00:52:40,074 --> 00:52:42,327 DAVIES: Mikke/ Kessler was fantastic. 831 00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:47,131 Strong, lovely movement, crisp timing, heavy shots. 832 00:52:47,414 --> 00:52:49,792 Mikkel Kessler was schooling him. 833 00:52:50,626 --> 00:52:52,503 COMMENTATOR: Great uppercut from Kessler. 834 00:52:52,628 --> 00:52:54,175 Calzaghe takes it though. 835 00:52:54,254 --> 00:52:55,881 Terrific shot from the Dane. 836 00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:58,600 And these are dangerous moments for Calzaghe. 837 00:52:59,718 --> 00:53:01,561 DAVIES: The crowd had been silenced. 838 00:53:02,012 --> 00:53:04,231 The dragon wasn't breathing any fire. 839 00:53:04,556 --> 00:53:06,149 (BELL DINGS) 840 00:53:11,563 --> 00:53:12,906 (SPEAKING) 841 00:53:17,277 --> 00:53:19,154 Bam, bam, bam, bam. Bam, bam, bam, bam. 842 00:53:19,238 --> 00:53:20,535 (SPEAKING IN DANISH) 843 00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:34,219 COMMENTATOR 1: Calzaghe trying to work to the body and making Kessler miss. 844 00:53:34,294 --> 00:53:36,467 This is a better round for Calzaghe. 845 00:53:39,633 --> 00:53:42,978 Oh, this is better. Right hand from Calzaghe. 846 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,306 Rocks back the head of Kessler. 847 00:53:45,681 --> 00:53:47,228 COMMENTATOR 2: What I was saying about Calzaghe, John, 848 00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:49,602 he can adapt and he can change his style. 849 00:53:49,685 --> 00:53:52,154 DAVIES: That's what the great sports people do. 850 00:53:52,271 --> 00:53:54,865 Muhammad Ali could change the pattern of a fight, 851 00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:57,819 Lionel Messi can change the pattern of a match. 852 00:53:57,860 --> 00:53:59,783 And that's what we saw in this fight. 853 00:54:00,904 --> 00:54:03,373 COMMENTATOR: Good round though, this for Joe Ca/zaghe. 854 00:54:03,490 --> 00:54:05,663 Good uppercut. Left hand from Calzaghe. 855 00:54:06,118 --> 00:54:07,791 This is a big round for the Welshman, 856 00:54:07,870 --> 00:54:10,214 -he's bossed this last minute. -(BELL DINGS) 857 00:54:10,539 --> 00:54:11,540 ENZO: Beautiful work. 858 00:54:11,623 --> 00:54:13,045 (SPEAKING) 859 00:54:16,378 --> 00:54:19,006 DAVIES: We saw the athletic genius of Joe Calzaghe. 860 00:54:19,131 --> 00:54:20,804 His movement became different. 861 00:54:20,883 --> 00:54:22,260 He tied Kessler up. 862 00:54:22,301 --> 00:54:25,100 He, he began to sneak round. 863 00:54:26,930 --> 00:54:29,024 KESSLER: I had timing, I had the shape. 864 00:54:29,099 --> 00:54:32,694 I was there, but he could adapt his boxing style. 865 00:54:32,770 --> 00:54:36,570 And that was something I was too young to, to understand then. 866 00:54:37,649 --> 00:54:41,028 COMMENTATOR: Ca/zaghe showing superb boxing skills there. 867 00:54:41,904 --> 00:54:43,998 DAVIES: That desire in him, the heart. 868 00:54:44,072 --> 00:54:48,623 You have to give him 100 out of 100 for heart, Joe Calzaghe_ 869 00:54:49,036 --> 00:54:50,458 (BELL DINGS) 870 00:54:50,537 --> 00:54:52,130 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 871 00:54:52,873 --> 00:54:56,503 COMMENTATOR: The two hug. May even be a word from Calzaghe. 872 00:54:57,085 --> 00:54:59,179 I think Kessler knows that he's /ost that one. 873 00:54:59,588 --> 00:55:03,058 C3/Zaghe raises hfS 3l'mS BDU C6/9bl'8l'6S. 874 00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:05,261 -At the age of 35... -(WHOOPS) 875 00:55:05,302 --> 00:55:08,977 ...maybe his biggest test has been this one. 876 00:55:12,518 --> 00:55:15,613 KESSLER: After the Hght I said to him, let's have this rematch. 877 00:55:16,271 --> 00:55:18,148 He said, "No, mate. 878 00:55:18,482 --> 00:55:20,405 "Tonight was my night." 879 00:55:42,923 --> 00:55:44,596 KESSLER: I think you were a little nervous right there. 880 00:55:44,716 --> 00:55:45,717 I could see that in your eyes. 881 00:55:45,926 --> 00:55:47,143 -Oh, yeah, little bit. -Is that true? 882 00:55:47,219 --> 00:55:50,393 Oh, yeah, well obviously, when you're fighting in front of 50,000 people, come on. 883 00:55:50,472 --> 00:55:51,473 -(LAUGHING) -I was fighting you. 884 00:55:51,557 --> 00:55:52,774 You had knocked everybody out, nearly, you know? 885 00:55:52,850 --> 00:55:55,319 'Course I'm gonna be a bit nervous, you know what it's like. 886 00:55:55,811 --> 00:55:58,405 I thought to myself, "If I lose man, I don't want to think about losing, 887 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,778 "but I can never show my face in Cardiff again." 888 00:56:00,858 --> 00:56:03,577 -(BOTH LAUGH) -They'd carry me out, mate, carry me out. 889 00:56:04,069 --> 00:56:05,821 My trainer, Jim Montoya, you Know Jim. 890 00:56:05,904 --> 00:56:08,157 Yeah, yeah, he did my bandages. 891 00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:10,493 Yeah, he's, um, he said, 892 00:56:10,576 --> 00:56:14,831 "When you hit Calzaghe with a right, you should have come back with a left hook." 893 00:56:14,913 --> 00:56:16,915 I only threw the right hand, you Know. 894 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:18,713 Yeah, thanks. 895 00:56:18,792 --> 00:56:20,339 (BOTH l_AuGHING) 896 00:56:21,879 --> 00:56:23,426 Hey, your father is happy. 897 00:56:23,672 --> 00:56:25,015 That bastard. 898 00:56:25,090 --> 00:56:26,592 (BOTH l_AuGHING) 899 00:56:28,510 --> 00:56:29,807 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 900 00:56:30,220 --> 00:56:31,813 (BOTH l_AuGHING) 901 00:56:31,972 --> 00:56:33,519 Hey, come on, man. 902 00:56:34,516 --> 00:56:36,610 As I said, I hate watching my fights when I lose, 903 00:56:36,685 --> 00:56:38,232 but this is good, this is good. 904 00:56:38,353 --> 00:56:40,026 -Oh, thank you, man. -This is okay, man. 905 00:56:40,105 --> 00:56:41,903 I lost that fight. But I tried everything. 906 00:56:43,525 --> 00:56:44,868 Good fight, my man. 907 00:56:44,943 --> 00:56:47,037 Good fight, Joe. (CHUCKLES) 908 00:56:48,822 --> 00:56:53,202 PEARLMAN: I think, even if there had been those of us who hoped Joe might say, 909 00:56:53,285 --> 00:56:55,663 "I'm the undisputed Super Middleweight Champion. 910 00:56:55,746 --> 00:56:58,169 "There's nowhere else for me to go. I'll hang them up." 911 00:56:58,248 --> 00:57:01,843 It just, it became obvious from what we were hearing from America 912 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:03,928 that, that wasn't going to be an option for him, you know. 913 00:57:04,004 --> 00:57:06,928 All of a sudden, all the calls had come in to Frank Warren 914 00:57:07,007 --> 00:57:10,011 and they're coming to Joe Ca/zaghe, "When can you get over here?" 915 00:57:10,093 --> 00:57:12,687 And I think that was... That was irresistible for him. 916 00:57:35,786 --> 00:57:38,790 JOE: You need to go to the States to be recognised by the American press, 917 00:57:39,164 --> 00:57:40,916 by the American writers. 918 00:57:40,999 --> 00:57:42,171 You have to go there. 919 00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:50,388 SO what I did, the Week after the Kessler Hghf, 920 00:57:50,509 --> 00:57:53,012 bought my own ticket, went out to America, 921 00:57:53,095 --> 00:57:56,941 and, um, the whole point of me going over was to bump in to Hopkins. 922 00:57:57,432 --> 00:58:00,185 Bernard Hopkins was, pound-for-pound, one of the best in the world. 923 00:58:00,268 --> 00:58:01,690 I knew I wanted to fight that guy. 924 00:58:05,399 --> 00:58:07,527 Hopkins was in the press room, and I could see him come in. 925 00:58:07,609 --> 00:58:10,408 'Cause / was doing interviews and Hopkins was on the other side of the room. 926 00:58:12,406 --> 00:58:14,750 I remember him making his way towards me. 927 00:58:15,117 --> 00:58:17,745 Twenty five years a boxer with this face, man. It's for a reason. 928 00:58:17,828 --> 00:58:20,456 You fought in every... Because you fought over in Europe... 929 00:58:20,539 --> 00:58:22,758 -Because you fought in Europe. -You think you could beat Kessler? 930 00:58:22,874 --> 00:58:25,252 You fought in Europe. Kessler ain't not in my league, man. 931 00:58:25,377 --> 00:58:26,845 It was like the school playground. 932 00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:28,672 Fight... There's a fight going on over there. 933 00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:31,433 And, of course, that's where Bernard famously said... 934 00:58:31,508 --> 00:58:33,260 I would never let a white boy beat me. 935 00:58:33,301 --> 00:58:34,393 If we fight you will lose. 936 00:58:34,469 --> 00:58:35,937 I you fight me, you will lose. 937 00:58:36,013 --> 00:58:37,765 -I'll never let a white boy beat me. -You will lose. 938 00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:41,151 "l ain't never been beaten by a white man. I ain't never been beaten by a white man." 939 00:58:41,226 --> 00:58:42,273 And we were just like... 940 00:58:42,978 --> 00:58:44,070 And you can call in any statement you want. 941 00:58:44,146 --> 00:58:46,490 Anybody can put it down, I will never lose to a white person. 942 00:58:46,565 --> 00:58:47,862 I can't wait, man. 943 00:58:47,899 --> 00:58:50,197 I thought, "Yes!" I loved it. 944 00:58:50,277 --> 00:58:52,279 I thought, "Yes", this fight's gonna get made right now. 945 00:58:52,362 --> 00:58:54,364 And all the cameras before he realises are on. 946 00:58:54,948 --> 00:58:56,871 Rung up Frank Warren, I said, "Listen, the Hght's been made. ” 947 00:59:02,914 --> 00:59:04,632 BRADFIELD: Always scares me when a fighter goes up a weight 948 00:59:04,708 --> 00:59:07,006 because you never know how their body is gonna react to it you know. 949 00:59:07,085 --> 00:59:09,053 Will he keep his work rate up, you Know. 950 00:59:09,129 --> 00:59:13,100 You're thinking the punches are perhaps gonna have a bit more heft to them, 951 00:59:13,175 --> 00:59:14,893 but kind of like, will he be able to keep his work rate up? 952 00:59:14,968 --> 00:59:16,845 And Joe's work rate was always great. 953 00:59:16,928 --> 00:59:19,226 So, I was... Again, I was scared for that fight. 954 00:59:22,350 --> 00:59:23,351 DAVIES: He said, when they came face-to-face, 955 00:59:23,435 --> 00:59:24,652 ”You're a small guy. 956 00:59:24,936 --> 00:59:27,189 "You are this Super Middleweight they been talking about?" 957 00:59:28,023 --> 00:59:29,900 MATTHEW RHYS: You know, here's a man known as the Executioner, 958 00:59:29,983 --> 00:59:31,576 who spent time in a penitentiary, and... 959 00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:33,828 At the age of what he was, 960 00:59:34,029 --> 00:59:36,908 was a very intimidating and terrifying man. 961 00:59:37,199 --> 00:59:40,453 Every red-blooded American's gonna be happy with the outcome. 962 00:59:41,286 --> 00:59:43,505 I'm gonna kick his British ass come April 19th. 963 00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:45,207 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 964 00:59:45,707 --> 00:59:49,678 The nine year old Joe Calzaghe, the kid that had been bullied by the bullies 965 00:59:49,795 --> 00:59:52,173 was fighting probably the biggest bully in boxing. 966 00:59:52,631 --> 00:59:57,603 He was somebody who you thought, this is gonna maybe be a step too fan for Joe. 967 01:00:03,433 --> 01:00:06,528 JOE: I remember the weigh-ins, and having thousands of people 968 01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:08,105 queue up for a weigh-in. 969 01:00:08,188 --> 01:00:11,738 And all the Welsh flags, Welsh banners, 970 01:00:11,817 --> 01:00:15,321 and Hopkins came out and they were booing him. 971 01:00:15,403 --> 01:00:16,780 And he must have looked in the crowd thinking, 972 01:00:16,863 --> 01:00:19,958 "I'm fighting in my country and there's like all Brits and that." 973 01:00:20,033 --> 01:00:23,458 It was brilliant and, you know, it's like, you know, the British fans are the best. 974 01:00:23,537 --> 01:00:25,005 Welsh fans, British fans are amazing. 975 01:00:25,122 --> 01:00:26,465 They don't do it anywhere else in the world, 976 01:00:26,540 --> 01:00:29,885 and British fans will travel and come watch you fight. 977 01:00:30,210 --> 01:00:33,805 RHYS: I remember when getting off the plane in Nevada, thinking, 978 01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:36,303 ”\/Vho turned off the lights in VVa/es when they left?" 979 01:00:36,383 --> 01:00:38,852 Because everyone was in Las Vegas. 980 01:00:38,927 --> 01:00:41,180 You couldn't move for dragons and... And that's all you could hear, 981 01:00:41,263 --> 01:00:42,810 was that slow... 982 01:00:42,889 --> 01:00:47,190 # Super; super Joe! Supen super Joe # 983 01:00:47,477 --> 01:00:51,027 MAN: (CHANTING) # Super; super Joe! Super; super Joe! 984 01:00:51,189 --> 01:00:52,941 # Super; super Joe! 985 01:00:53,108 --> 01:00:54,826 # Super Joe Ca/zaghe! # 986 01:00:54,860 --> 01:00:56,112 -Ah! I know that one. -BOTH: Yeah. 987 01:00:56,194 --> 01:00:57,195 We peaked at the anthem. 988 01:00:57,779 --> 01:00:59,452 It felt like Cardiff out there. 989 01:00:59,531 --> 01:01:01,579 The amount of supporters who went out there, 990 01:01:01,658 --> 01:01:05,754 and everyone saw, it was like that mini community going around. 991 01:01:05,829 --> 01:01:07,923 -"Oh, you're from Wales? Da-da-da-da-da." -Yeah. 992 01:01:07,998 --> 01:01:09,500 And it's_.. It was a great buzz. 993 01:01:09,624 --> 01:01:12,548 # Super; super Joe! Super Joe Ca/zaghe! # 994 01:01:13,211 --> 01:01:16,886 DAVIES: Seven thousand people travelled oven which was extraordinary. 995 01:01:16,965 --> 01:01:19,809 The fans, everywhere, just having a great time. 996 01:01:19,968 --> 01:01:21,094 MICHAEL J. FOX: Just so many Welshmen there. 997 01:01:21,178 --> 01:01:24,352 Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Tom Jones and... 998 01:01:24,431 --> 01:01:26,900 Howard Stringer, the head of Sony, and all these... 999 01:01:26,975 --> 01:01:28,192 All these crazy Welshman_ 1000 01:01:28,268 --> 01:01:29,565 CONNOR CALZAGHE: A/ Pacino as we/I. 1001 01:01:29,686 --> 01:01:32,030 I literally just remember shaking his hand as well... 1002 01:01:32,189 --> 01:01:34,863 And I was like, "This made it absolutely, even better." 1003 01:01:34,900 --> 01:01:37,528 Even though you can feel the atmosphere, you know, 1004 01:01:37,611 --> 01:01:39,113 but you don't really see anything. 1005 01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:53,426 ANNOUNCER: The moment the world has been waiting for. 1006 01:01:53,460 --> 01:01:56,680 Twelve rounds of boxing 1007 01:01:56,755 --> 01:02:03,263 for the Linea/ Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. 1008 01:02:05,722 --> 01:02:12,105 Joe... 1009 01:02:12,187 --> 01:02:15,031 Calzaghe! 1010 01:02:17,025 --> 01:02:23,123 Bernard, the Executionen .. 1011 01:02:23,198 --> 01:02:25,701 Hopkins! 1012 01:02:32,374 --> 01:02:33,751 (BELL DINGS) 1013 01:02:34,167 --> 01:02:36,386 COMMENTATOR 1: The talking ends, the action begins. 1014 01:02:36,419 --> 01:02:38,547 Calzaghe against Hopkins. 1015 01:02:38,630 --> 01:02:40,883 Twelve three-minute rounds. 1016 01:02:46,054 --> 01:02:47,101 A good right hand. 1017 01:02:47,180 --> 01:02:50,650 Hopkins has put Calzaghe down with the very first right. 1018 01:02:50,725 --> 01:02:54,070 Calzaghe down with a clashing right hand from Hopkins. 1019 01:02:54,145 --> 01:02:56,864 Six, seven, eight. You okay? 1020 01:03:03,488 --> 01:03:05,331 He goes down in the first to a straight right hard, 1021 01:03:05,407 --> 01:03:06,624 and we're sort of metres away. 1022 01:03:06,700 --> 01:03:09,874 You sort of hear the "thup", you go "thup". Down he went, and we just went... 1023 01:03:11,496 --> 01:03:14,921 This is it. This is gonna end how we hoped it never would. 1024 01:03:15,959 --> 01:03:17,506 (SPEAKING) 1025 01:03:21,423 --> 01:03:22,470 Yeah. 1026 01:03:24,092 --> 01:03:26,311 COMMENTATOR 1: The chant is "Wa/es, Wa/es. " 1027 01:03:26,386 --> 01:03:28,809 Break! Break out, break out. Break out. 1028 01:03:29,723 --> 01:03:31,817 BRYCHAN ENGLAND: Bernard Hopkins is a very clever boxer. 1029 01:03:31,891 --> 01:03:34,895 It was a really frustrating fight to watch 'cause___ 1030 01:03:35,312 --> 01:03:36,359 Calzaghe couldn't get into his flow. 1031 01:03:36,438 --> 01:03:38,111 -Couldn't get into his flow. -He was just smothering him. 1032 01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:40,904 Every chance, he was just closing him down. 1033 01:03:41,526 --> 01:03:44,450 COMMENTATOR 1: Hopkins here, he's constantly holding. 1034 01:03:44,529 --> 01:03:46,873 COMMENTATOR 2: He should be getting warned now from the referee. 1035 01:03:46,948 --> 01:03:48,416 All right. Stop, stop, stop! 1036 01:03:49,367 --> 01:03:50,368 He's holding again. 1037 01:03:50,452 --> 01:03:52,375 All right, break. Break! Step back. 1038 01:03:53,455 --> 01:03:56,425 ENZO: Joe knew already, it's gonna be a nasty fight. 1039 01:03:57,083 --> 01:03:58,926 And as it was, it turned out to be that way. 1040 01:03:59,002 --> 01:04:02,302 He went out to spoil Joe's style of boxing. 1041 01:04:02,672 --> 01:04:03,924 (SPEAKING) 1042 01:04:07,969 --> 01:04:09,516 (SPEAKING) 1043 01:04:13,058 --> 01:04:14,685 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 1044 01:04:19,189 --> 01:04:22,944 COMMENTATOR 1: The movements... 1045 01:04:23,401 --> 01:04:25,244 Calzaghe needs a big round. 1046 01:04:31,159 --> 01:04:34,003 COMMENTATOR 2: Calzaghe is starting to make his left hand 1047 01:04:34,079 --> 01:04:35,672 produce music upstairs. 1048 01:04:36,122 --> 01:04:37,624 (ENZO sl=>EAKING) 1049 01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:43,263 (SPEAKING) 1050 01:04:48,009 --> 01:04:51,229 COMMENTATOR 1: I think the second and the fifth rounds could have gone either way. 1051 01:04:51,304 --> 01:04:53,978 It's difficult to come to a conclusion as to who won the fight. 1052 01:04:57,602 --> 01:04:59,024 (BELL DINGS) 1053 01:04:59,646 --> 01:05:00,989 (SPEAKING) 1054 01:05:05,276 --> 01:05:06,619 (SPEAKING) 1055 01:05:09,823 --> 01:05:11,700 COMMENTATOR 12 Better left hand, Calzaghe. 1056 01:05:15,203 --> 01:05:16,671 COMMENTATOR 2: Joe Ca/zaghe can finish the fight, 1057 01:05:17,122 --> 01:05:20,797 having landed more punches than anyone's ever landed against Hopkins 1058 01:05:20,875 --> 01:05:22,502 in a Com,ouBox counted fight. 1059 01:05:23,753 --> 01:05:26,051 Down goes Hopkins on a low b/ow. 1060 01:05:27,298 --> 01:05:29,517 FOX; Hopkins is particularly annoying to me. 1061 01:05:29,592 --> 01:05:32,345 As a fight fan, I just the hate defensive stuff, 1062 01:05:32,429 --> 01:05:34,602 and the slow down and the grab and the clutch, and the... 1063 01:05:34,681 --> 01:05:36,900 I just can't stand that stuff. 1064 01:05:36,975 --> 01:05:39,103 And... And Joe was very anti-that. 1065 01:05:39,310 --> 01:05:42,780 COMMENTATOR 2: I wonder if Hopkins is choosing to stop 1066 01:05:42,856 --> 01:05:45,359 Calzaghe's flowing momentum here. 1067 01:05:45,442 --> 01:05:48,616 Is it an Oscar-winning performance or did Ca/zaghe land a foul? 1068 01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:51,156 COMMENTATOR 1 : Hopkins stil/ grimacing. 1069 01:05:51,281 --> 01:05:56,128 Ca/zaghe waving to the fans suggesting this one is now going his way. 1070 01:05:58,872 --> 01:06:00,215 (SPEAKING) 1071 01:06:10,467 --> 01:06:13,721 Stop, stop. Come on, let's go. Come on, let's go. 1072 01:06:14,512 --> 01:06:16,014 (CROWD BOOING) 1073 01:06:16,764 --> 01:06:18,892 COMMENTATOR 2: Hopkins is claiming another low blow, 1074 01:06:18,975 --> 01:06:20,477 but Cortez didn't see it. 1075 01:06:21,644 --> 01:06:23,021 (SPEAKING) 1076 01:06:26,774 --> 01:06:27,775 (SPEAKING) 1077 01:06:37,785 --> 01:06:39,628 ANNOUNCER: And the final round... 1078 01:06:40,121 --> 01:06:41,543 (BELL DINGS) 1079 01:06:44,792 --> 01:06:46,635 COMMENTATOR 1: This could be a very difficult fight to score. 1080 01:06:46,711 --> 01:06:50,386 COMMENTATOR 2: American judges tend to favour aggression fighters- 1081 01:06:50,465 --> 01:06:51,808 Fighters who come forward. 1082 01:06:51,883 --> 01:06:53,635 Break! Break, break. 1083 01:06:53,885 --> 01:06:57,264 There was no real consensus of who was winning the fight. 1084 01:06:57,347 --> 01:07:01,102 And I can honestly say that when the bell rang and it went to the cards 1085 01:07:01,184 --> 01:07:05,906 no one around me with any conviction had an idea one way or the other who, 1086 01:07:05,980 --> 01:07:07,072 who was gonna get the decision. 1087 01:07:07,232 --> 01:07:08,700 (BELL DINGS) 1088 01:07:09,526 --> 01:07:11,244 Hopkins continues after the be/I. 1089 01:07:11,319 --> 01:07:13,788 And both men celebrate. 1090 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:18,452 I'm okay, man. 1091 01:07:22,330 --> 01:07:23,923 (CROWD cl-lANTING) 1092 01:07:24,916 --> 01:07:27,544 ANNOUNCER: We go to the Scorecards. 1093 01:07:28,044 --> 01:07:34,393 Adalaide Byrd scores it 114 to 113 for Bernard Hopkins. 1094 01:07:35,635 --> 01:07:42,063 Ted Gimza scores it 115 to 112 for Joe Ca/zaghe. 1095 01:07:42,100 --> 01:07:43,647 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 1096 01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:48,732 Chuck Giampa scores it 116-111. 1097 01:07:48,815 --> 01:07:51,489 To the winner by split decision, 1098 01:07:51,568 --> 01:07:53,411 from Newbridge, Wa/es, 1099 01:07:55,989 --> 01:08:01,962 Joe... 1100 01:08:03,955 --> 01:08:06,424 Calzaghe! 1101 01:08:06,749 --> 01:08:10,379 COMMENTATOR 1: The celebrations, the aggression has paid, 1102 01:08:10,420 --> 01:08:13,845 the judges have gone for the man who forced the fight. 1103 01:08:13,923 --> 01:08:18,975 And Joe Calzaghe has got off the floor in the first round to win this one. 1104 01:08:20,805 --> 01:08:24,400 There were a few tears down there when the verdict was delivered. 1105 01:08:25,643 --> 01:08:28,317 From South Wales... Oh, from Newbridge, South Wales! 1106 01:08:28,396 --> 01:08:29,693 Me and Joe, honestly, boy! 1107 01:08:29,772 --> 01:08:31,274 -(EXHALES) -JOE JR: It was gone mad, mate. 1108 01:08:31,357 --> 01:08:34,156 It took only five seconds, but it felt like ages, man, 1109 01:08:34,235 --> 01:08:36,363 like, just waiting, like, silence and then... 1110 01:08:36,529 --> 01:08:39,328 "The New Ring Magazine.-. " Oh, man, it was amazing! 1111 01:08:39,407 --> 01:08:40,954 That was the best, weren't it, man? That was good. 1112 01:08:41,034 --> 01:08:43,253 -Still gives me goose bumps, man. -It was good. 1113 01:08:43,328 --> 01:08:45,422 -Me and Giuseppe. -(BOTH LAUGHING) 1114 01:09:08,728 --> 01:09:13,029 We Kept asking him if he was gonna retire, but he kept, you know, 1115 01:09:13,107 --> 01:09:15,485 "Oh, one last fight. One last fight." 1116 01:09:15,568 --> 01:09:17,570 I just... I just wanted him to retire, you know? 1117 01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:20,748 Yeah, after he got knocked down as well in the first round. 1118 01:09:20,782 --> 01:09:23,956 Seeing him from knocking all them people out and then, you Know, 1119 01:09:24,035 --> 01:09:27,585 him fighting in America and getting knocked down in the first round again. 1120 01:09:27,664 --> 01:09:29,416 Just don't want to go through that ever again, man. 1121 01:09:29,499 --> 01:09:32,048 It broke their heart when they saw their father box. 1122 01:09:32,126 --> 01:09:34,629 -Connor, weren't he... -It absolutely broke their heart. 1123 01:09:35,797 --> 01:09:38,175 And they said to him, "Please, Dad, please not again, 1124 01:09:38,299 --> 01:09:39,801 "I don't want to do it. Please, Dad." 1125 01:09:40,218 --> 01:09:43,722 I said, myself. I said, "Don't retire." 1126 01:09:43,846 --> 01:09:48,067 I said, "Well, you can beat Rocky Marciano's record by all means_" 1127 01:09:48,518 --> 01:09:50,395 He said, looked at me straight in my eyes, 1128 01:09:51,521 --> 01:09:54,070 "Dad, I lost the hunger." 1129 01:09:57,652 --> 01:10:00,155 When I heard the words "I lost the hunger", 1130 01:10:00,238 --> 01:10:01,865 that to me was... 1131 01:10:04,283 --> 01:10:05,626 That's it. 1132 01:10:06,202 --> 01:10:07,624 So... (SIGHS) 1133 01:10:10,707 --> 01:10:15,213 You know, 25 years in a sport as hard as boxing is a longtime. 1134 01:10:15,294 --> 01:10:18,514 And when your body's starting to break up, which it was... 1135 01:10:18,881 --> 01:10:22,511 Pain, I couldn't spar. Big massive pillows for gloves and... 1136 01:10:23,428 --> 01:10:26,853 You know, everything aches more and more, and then, I think I was 36 at the time. 1137 01:10:27,473 --> 01:10:31,569 It was terribly important to Joe that he was undefeated. 1138 01:10:32,061 --> 01:10:33,984 And I think eventually, 1139 01:10:34,021 --> 01:10:37,867 when you get the accumulative problems with pain, 1140 01:10:38,609 --> 01:10:40,828 difficulty in training for fights. 1141 01:10:40,862 --> 01:10:43,741 That inevitably leads you to the point at which, 1142 01:10:44,532 --> 01:10:47,581 "Am I going to be able to get one more fight?" 1143 01:10:48,828 --> 01:10:53,629 One more fight too far may not just be pain, it may be defeat. 1144 01:10:53,791 --> 01:10:56,920 You got the sense that he couldn't go on much longer. 1145 01:10:57,044 --> 01:11:00,298 Because there was so much pressure on him not losing. 1146 01:11:00,339 --> 01:11:04,310 The idea of having one in the loss column 1147 01:11:04,385 --> 01:11:06,433 was actually destroying him in... 1148 01:11:06,554 --> 01:11:09,023 In really deep psychological ways. 1149 01:11:10,433 --> 01:11:13,687 It made me feel that I got to be a father. 1150 01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:18,157 I knew that enough is enough. 1151 01:11:20,151 --> 01:11:22,904 I changed from trainer; become a father. 1152 01:11:27,241 --> 01:11:29,494 JOE: I didn't want to keep fighting until I couldn't fight no more- 1153 01:11:29,660 --> 01:11:31,503 I wanted to Hght with something left in the tank. 1154 01:11:32,747 --> 01:11:35,671 I to/d my dad the next fight's gonna be my last one. 1155 01:11:40,797 --> 01:11:45,598 Who better to face than another American ring legend, Roy Jones Junior. 1156 01:11:48,179 --> 01:11:51,058 A man the same size as Joe, but when he steps into a ring, 1157 01:11:51,140 --> 01:11:57,068 he looks 6'6" because of his extraordinary Wingspan and reach and speed. 1158 01:12:01,776 --> 01:12:03,198 Roy is ready. 1159 01:12:03,361 --> 01:12:05,580 He's more ready now than he's ever been 1160 01:12:05,822 --> 01:12:09,668 in the fights that I've trained him for the last, the last 18 years. 1161 01:12:10,576 --> 01:12:13,671 DAVIES: There was no one else, really. No one of that stature. 1162 01:12:14,789 --> 01:12:17,338 SO fall who's QOf U76 45 and 0, mate? 1163 01:12:17,917 --> 01:12:19,544 Who's got the 45 and 0? 1164 01:12:19,627 --> 01:12:22,301 Stand up and praise Joe Calzaghe. He's got 45 and 0. 1165 01:12:22,380 --> 01:12:25,554 And then on the fight night, it's gonna be 46 and 0. 1166 01:12:25,633 --> 01:12:27,681 Put your hands together for Joe Calzaghe, thank you. 1167 01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:31,894 To Hnish off my career fighting one the greatest Hghters there's been, that's it! 1168 01:12:32,056 --> 01:12:35,560 And Hghting in Madison Square Garden, you know, that's all the motivation I need. 1169 01:12:35,685 --> 01:12:37,278 On Saturday night, you're not gonna see a good fight, 1170 01:12:37,353 --> 01:12:38,775 you're gonna see a great fight. 1171 01:12:39,772 --> 01:12:43,072 DAVIES: No one wants to miss the end 1172 01:12:43,150 --> 01:12:48,156 of what has been an extraordinary, and, remember, unbeaten career. 1173 01:12:48,865 --> 01:12:52,665 But there's a fear that the great Welsh champion, 1174 01:12:52,702 --> 01:12:54,875 the Italian Dragon might lose his last fight. 1175 01:12:58,708 --> 01:13:00,381 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 1176 01:13:01,460 --> 01:13:07,092 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, from the Mecca of boxing, 1177 01:13:07,216 --> 01:13:11,392 Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. 1178 01:13:11,512 --> 01:13:13,185 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 1179 01:13:16,767 --> 01:13:20,442 Introducing first, from Pensacola, Florida, 1180 01:13:20,521 --> 01:13:21,898 a future hal/ of famen 1181 01:13:22,148 --> 01:13:28,531 Roy Jones... 1182 01:13:28,613 --> 01:13:31,617 Junior! 1183 01:13:39,248 --> 01:13:43,253 Introducing the Hghting pride of Newbridge, Wales, 1184 01:13:43,336 --> 01:13:47,512 former undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion, 1185 01:13:47,590 --> 01:13:50,264 and reigning, defending, 1186 01:13:50,384 --> 01:13:55,982 undefeated Light Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1187 01:13:56,432 --> 01:14:01,359 Joe... 1188 01:14:01,437 --> 01:14:03,439 Calzaghe! 1189 01:14:03,522 --> 01:14:05,115 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 1190 01:14:08,736 --> 01:14:11,831 Twelve rounds of boxing 1191 01:14:11,906 --> 01:14:16,662 for the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. 1192 01:14:25,795 --> 01:14:28,139 REFEREE: Okay, gentlemen, we went over the ru/es in the dressing room. 1193 01:14:28,214 --> 01:14:31,138 Obey my commands at all times and protect yourselves at all times. 1194 01:14:31,258 --> 01:14:33,352 Touch 'em up, when the bel/ rings, come out fighting. 1195 01:14:35,554 --> 01:14:36,680 Okay, gentlemen. 1196 01:14:38,099 --> 01:14:39,521 -(BELL DINGS) -Box! 1197 01:14:40,518 --> 01:14:45,240 COMMENTATOR: Joe Ca/zaghe, Roy Jones Junion herein New York, 1198 01:14:45,314 --> 01:14:49,694 for the Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. 1199 01:14:58,327 --> 01:15:01,376 I don't Know that Roy Jones ever fought anybody 1200 01:15:01,747 --> 01:15:06,002 that was faster than he was until he got in the ring with Joe. 1201 01:15:06,085 --> 01:15:09,680 And I'm not sure that Joe ever fought anybody who was faster than he was 1202 01:15:09,755 --> 01:15:11,507 until he got into the ring with Roy. 1203 01:15:14,593 --> 01:15:16,015 REFEREE: Okay, break. 1204 01:15:16,095 --> 01:15:17,142 (CROWD cl-lANTING) 1205 01:15:36,198 --> 01:15:41,921 Foul; five, six, seven, eight... 1206 01:15:41,996 --> 01:15:44,044 I, like, literally thought my dad was Superman. 1207 01:15:44,623 --> 01:15:46,091 I thought he was like, invincible. 1208 01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:49,178 We were in a frenzied state of terror. 1209 01:15:49,253 --> 01:15:54,510 That it could all come undone, you know, on the biggest stage of the boxing world. 1210 01:15:54,633 --> 01:15:56,180 (BOTH SPE/\KING) 1211 01:16:09,648 --> 01:16:10,774 (BELL DINGS) 1212 01:16:11,317 --> 01:16:13,285 COMMENTATOR: There's blood on the bridge of Ca/zaghe's nose. 1213 01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:15,283 Calzaghe has to dig out of a hole. 1214 01:16:34,381 --> 01:16:36,850 ENZO: I can't put the winning method in his life, 1215 01:16:36,926 --> 01:16:38,553 in his heart while he's boxing. 1216 01:16:38,677 --> 01:16:40,805 That comes from himself, personally. 1217 01:16:40,888 --> 01:16:43,107 It's something that creeps in his mind. 1218 01:16:43,182 --> 01:16:44,809 "I shall not lose." 1219 01:16:45,684 --> 01:16:47,061 (BELL DINGS) 1220 01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:52,191 COMIVIENTATORZ Calzaghe unfazed. 1221 01:16:52,274 --> 01:16:54,026 Goes out with his hands out low. 1222 01:16:56,821 --> 01:16:59,574 Throws one punch at a time and Calzaghe throws six. 1223 01:17:11,210 --> 01:17:13,759 Calzaghe showboating in the centre of the ring. 1224 01:17:14,964 --> 01:17:18,218 Never before have you seen that with an opponent against Roy Jones. 1225 01:17:18,843 --> 01:17:21,221 Roy Jones Junior was the ultimate showboater_ 1226 01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:22,930 He could do everything. 1227 01:17:23,180 --> 01:17:27,526 He could knock a man out five feet away across a ring with a punch they never saw. 1228 01:17:27,977 --> 01:17:29,604 So, Joe begins to showboat. 1229 01:17:29,687 --> 01:17:33,032 He rolls his shoulders, he shuffles, he does everything. 1230 01:17:33,858 --> 01:17:36,202 COMMENTATOR 1: And Ca/zaghe is standing in front of Roy Jones 1231 01:17:36,277 --> 01:17:38,200 with his hands down, showboating. 1232 01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:41,039 COMMENTATOR 2: it's abundantly clean at least with body language, 1233 01:17:41,115 --> 01:17:44,995 Ca/zaghe is trying to portray to the audience and to the judges 1234 01:17:45,077 --> 01:17:46,499 that he has weathered the storm. 1235 01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:51,087 He has dominated round three. 1236 01:17:53,460 --> 01:17:54,757 (BELL DINGS) 1237 01:17:54,837 --> 01:17:56,180 (SPEAKING) 1238 01:18:02,845 --> 01:18:04,563 COMMENTATOR 1: Another left hand by Calzaghe, 1239 01:18:04,638 --> 01:18:06,891 follows it up with a couple of body shots. 1240 01:18:06,974 --> 01:18:10,148 Another flurry by Ca/zaghe. Roy maybe momentarily hurt. 1241 01:18:10,227 --> 01:18:11,319 COMMENTATOR 2: He's hurt, he's hurt... 1242 01:18:11,395 --> 01:18:13,944 COMMENTATOR 1: Blood above the left eye of Roy Jones. 1243 01:18:14,023 --> 01:18:15,821 Joe was sticking his face out. 1244 01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:18,494 He was sticking his face out and just, just... 1245 01:18:18,903 --> 01:18:23,500 Screwing with Roy's brain, and Roy had done this for years to people. 1246 01:18:23,616 --> 01:18:25,664 COMMENTATOR 1: Roy has never; never experienced this, 1247 01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:28,545 and I think that the fact that Joe can do this all night. 1248 01:18:28,621 --> 01:18:31,670 And then I was watching that, I thought that's jazz. That's___ 1249 01:18:31,749 --> 01:18:36,175 It's smooth, it's silky, it's sneaky, it's syncopated, it's just, it's just jazz. 1250 01:18:36,879 --> 01:18:40,349 COMMENTATOR 1: Calzaghe dropping his hands and staring at Jones 1251 01:18:40,382 --> 01:18:43,602 and watching the blood flow, and going back to work. 1252 01:18:46,305 --> 01:18:49,525 He did everything but knock Roy Jones Junior out. 1253 01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:51,477 And he probably was there for the taking. 1254 01:18:52,811 --> 01:18:54,984 Why didn't Joe knock him out? 1255 01:18:56,440 --> 01:19:01,492 Maybe because he wanted to savour those last 36 minutes. 1256 01:19:01,570 --> 01:19:04,744 It was as if he was saying, "/ 've loved this, 1257 01:19:05,324 --> 01:19:10,296 ”l want you all to see me be doing everything I can do here today and it's goodbye. " 1258 01:19:14,375 --> 01:19:16,924 JOE: And it was as if my life was flickering through, like, all my career; 1259 01:19:17,002 --> 01:19:18,003 like where I started. 1260 01:19:25,261 --> 01:19:27,229 I was counting down the rounds in my head. 1261 01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:34,732 Just looking round thinking, 1262 01:19:35,145 --> 01:19:36,317 ”Look where I am. ” 1263 01:19:40,234 --> 01:19:41,702 (BELL DINGS) 1264 01:19:42,361 --> 01:19:43,988 (CROWD cl-lEERING) 1265 01:21:00,397 --> 01:21:04,072 JOE: To finish on my own terms, money can't buy that. 1266 01:21:04,860 --> 01:21:06,203 Money can't buy that. 1267 01:21:14,328 --> 01:21:20,085 DAVIES: Very few fighters go out on their terms in that way. 1268 01:21:21,627 --> 01:21:24,050 I can literally name on five fingers 1269 01:21:24,171 --> 01:21:27,300 the fighters in my era that have gotten out with their faculties, 1270 01:21:27,341 --> 01:21:29,218 with their money, and with their pride. 1271 01:21:34,598 --> 01:21:35,815 I give him a lot of credit. 1272 01:21:35,891 --> 01:21:38,235 And it says a lot about his sense of self 1273 01:21:39,019 --> 01:21:40,896 and the understanding he had, 1274 01:21:40,979 --> 01:21:44,574 that he had more than ha/f his //fe stil/ to /ive, after boxing. 1275 01:21:47,277 --> 01:21:49,029 BRADFIELD: People still talk about him, 1276 01:21:49,279 --> 01:21:51,657 and people kind of still want him to be around, 1277 01:21:52,032 --> 01:21:55,502 you know, and there are not many people that once they go away, 1278 01:21:55,619 --> 01:21:57,713 you know, the only thing people will start talking about is, 1279 01:21:57,788 --> 01:22:00,007 just like, you know, "l wish he was still here", you Know. 1280 01:22:00,082 --> 01:22:01,459 That's a big achievement. 1281 01:22:13,387 --> 01:22:16,231 If I had flags, I would put the flags out. It was really... 1282 01:22:16,890 --> 01:22:19,109 Well, you see now I've just... 1283 01:22:20,853 --> 01:22:25,324 JOE JR: It was unreal seeing my dad after all he's done, really be appreciated. 1284 01:22:25,399 --> 01:22:27,743 I just fe/t like that was the best moment ever. 1285 01:22:27,818 --> 01:22:30,913 So proud of him, like, that's probably my proudest moment ever. 1286 01:22:36,618 --> 01:22:39,087 I respect him as a father for what he's done for us. 1287 01:22:39,997 --> 01:22:43,376 Nobody knows what my dad went through to get, 1288 01:22:43,792 --> 01:22:46,136 to get there, from a little kid. 1289 01:22:46,420 --> 01:22:48,218 That's, that's what I feel, you Know. 1290 01:22:53,385 --> 01:22:54,887 INTERVIEWER: You wanna come in, Joe? 1291 01:23:11,945 --> 01:23:14,994 ENZO: Never happened, it wasn't us, it couldn't be us, no way. 1292 01:23:15,115 --> 01:23:17,834 Look at the memories, that's there, it's us. 1293 01:23:22,247 --> 01:23:25,626 JOE: Oh, he's my best friend and a great dad, and he's an awesome trainer. 1294 01:23:26,919 --> 01:23:28,512 I couldn't pay him back for the way he brought me up 1295 01:23:28,587 --> 01:23:32,217 and also for instilling that animal in me 1296 01:23:32,299 --> 01:23:33,846 that I become in the ring, 1297 01:23:34,551 --> 01:23:37,270 who refused to be beat, refused to be knocked down. 1298 01:23:41,475 --> 01:23:44,194 If you get knocked down, you get back twice as bad. 1299 01:23:44,937 --> 01:23:46,314 That Was me. 1300 01:23:46,647 --> 01:23:48,149 Refuse to lose. 1301 01:23:48,607 --> 01:23:51,406 That was instilled in me, so thanks, Dad. 1302 01:23:59,284 --> 01:24:00,661 (INDISTINCT TALKING) 1303 01:24:13,632 --> 01:24:15,225 JOE: Oh, it's been a brilliant ride, 1304 01:24:15,300 --> 01:24:18,053 and I'm a happy man now and I'm thankful for everything I've got. 1305 01:24:19,388 --> 01:24:22,267 Nothing's come close to the family, children and health. 1306 01:24:22,349 --> 01:24:24,898 Nothing matters unless you got that. 1307 01:24:29,773 --> 01:24:31,650 ENZO: You'/I never be forgotten. 1308 01:24:32,859 --> 01:24:34,827 What you are is eternal. 1309 01:25:59,863 --> 01:26:01,740 Hey, listen, Joe put in a lot of work. 1310 01:26:01,823 --> 01:26:04,622 He fought a lot of tough guys. He um... 1311 01:26:04,660 --> 01:26:07,539 He beat the odds, you know, he has um... 1312 01:26:08,163 --> 01:26:10,757 He's beat the who's-who of his division of his time. 1313 01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:14,382 He chose to retire early, that's on him. He's still, you know... 1314 01:26:14,836 --> 01:26:16,838 I believe he still has a lot of good fight left. 1315 01:26:16,922 --> 01:26:20,392 You know, Flock would have been a great fight for him. 1316 01:26:20,967 --> 01:26:23,766 Um, in England, Wales, one of those arenas. 1317 01:26:23,845 --> 01:26:26,724 That would have been a financial moneybreaker_ 1318 01:26:26,807 --> 01:26:28,184 It would have broke some records. 1319 01:26:28,266 --> 01:26:31,145 But, you know, he chose to retire early. I have much respect for him. 1320 01:26:31,228 --> 01:26:36,576 Matter of fact, um, he got his bones of becoming a confident fighter under my cards 1321 01:26:37,109 --> 01:26:39,077 when I fought in Europe. 1322 01:26:39,152 --> 01:26:43,578 He fought in all the undercards and looked sensational then as well. 1323 01:26:43,657 --> 01:26:48,629 I think he's the greatest British fighter we've ever had, to be honest with you. 1324 01:26:48,704 --> 01:26:51,378 And he's a great fighter, a great mechanic in the ring. 1325 01:26:51,498 --> 01:26:54,468 And he understands what it is to win. 1326 01:26:54,751 --> 01:26:57,925 He totally eradicated the word "losing" out of his vocabulary. 1327 01:26:58,380 --> 01:27:01,805 He comes from a division where in England we had a wonderful name back in the day 1328 01:27:01,883 --> 01:27:03,726 with Ben, Eubank, and, you know. 1329 01:27:03,802 --> 01:27:06,931 I mean, to have your dad in your corner, you know you're not going to get ripped off. 1330 01:27:07,013 --> 01:27:08,230 You've got your old man there who loves you. 1331 01:27:08,306 --> 01:27:11,901 Your father don't let you side down. Father knows who you are. 1332 01:27:11,977 --> 01:27:14,071 There's always a strong bond. 1333 01:27:14,146 --> 01:27:17,195 One of the most important things in boxing is the bond between trainer and... 1334 01:27:17,315 --> 01:27:20,319 And when your father, you Know, when you look in his eyes, he's obviously. 1335 01:27:20,402 --> 01:27:22,496 YOU C3l'1 tl'LISt him. 1336 01:27:22,821 --> 01:27:25,495 Well, it's always going to be different strokes for different folks. 1337 01:27:25,615 --> 01:27:31,122 For Tito Trinidad and his dad, same thing as Enzo and Joe. 1338 01:27:31,204 --> 01:27:35,084 You've got something there that's family or tie. 1339 01:27:35,208 --> 01:27:36,334 They both respect each other. 1340 01:27:36,460 --> 01:27:41,182 They respect the boundaries of each other's ideologies, of course. 1341 01:27:41,715 --> 01:27:44,764 And so, that makes it just.__ It just looks good, you know. 1342 01:27:44,843 --> 01:27:49,519 Very rarely, at the end of the game, it looks good. It still looks good. 1343 01:27:49,890 --> 01:27:51,267 I think he could have gone on. 1344 01:27:51,349 --> 01:27:55,024 I think he could have gone out there and smashed... 1345 01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:57,272 I think he could still do it now. 1346 01:27:57,355 --> 01:27:59,858 -(LAUGHING) -I can only beat the old man. 1347 01:27:59,900 --> 01:28:01,823 Where's your son? Where's your son? 1348 01:28:02,778 --> 01:28:04,280 (BOTH l_AuGHING) 1349 01:28:05,614 --> 01:28:08,959 Congratulations, Joe. God bless. Just keep on keeping on. I love you. 1350 01:28:09,367 --> 01:28:12,621 He's got the life now. He doesn't have to... He's living the life. 1351 01:28:13,367 --> 01:28:14,621 Fixed & Synced By MoUsTaFa ZaKi 1351 01:28:15,305 --> 01:28:21,464 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org