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Calzaghe Gives Up Title To Face Jones

POSTED: 2:25 pm EDT July 4, 2008

(Sports Network) - Unbeaten British star Joe Calzaghe relinquished his WBC super-middleweight title on Friday to set up a potential fight against Roy Jones Jr. in the light heavyweight division.

The BBC reported that the 36-year-old Calzaghe, who beat Bernard Hopkins in his first light heavyweight bout last April, hopes to fight Jones in September.

If Calzaghe had kept the super-middleweight title, he would have been forced to defend it against countryman Carl Froch. Instead, Froch will now face Jermain Taylor for the super-middleweight title later this year.

Calzaghe still holds the WBA and WBO super-middleweight belts.


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