The Final Countdown: Joe Calzaghe vs. Evans Ashira
Cardiff, Wales
168 lbs
Mark Nelson
WBO Super Middleweight Championship
With a unification bout lined up with undefeated IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy, undefeated WBO Champion Joe Calzaghe takes a tune-up against undersized middleweight Evans Ashira. Calzaghe buckles Ashira's knees in the first and second rounds but hurts his left hand and is forced to go the distance. Fighting with one hand, Calzaghe still scores the shutout over Ashira, but the big fight with Lacy is postponed five months due to the injury.
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