The 36-year-old, who beat Chris Eubank to win the WBO super-middleweight title in 1997, has been Welsh boxing's leading light for so long.

BBC: Maccarinelli inspired by Calzaghe

Should Calzaghe beat Jones, he will secure the ultimate boxing immortality of retiring unbeaten - an achievement that proved beyond some of the greatest names in the sport's history.

BBC: Calzaghe ready to cement legacy

The Furniture Village chain - which, as a vendor of big-ticket durable goods, is particularly sensitive to consumer frugality - reported almost a thousand transactions at its 40 stores by mid-afternoon on Boxing Day, putting it on course to beat the 1, 200 sales it closed on the same day in 2011.

BBC: Boxing Day sales: Shoppers flock to stores