But should the warrior from south Wales beat Jones in his 46th professional fight, Calzaghe would achieve a feat that even Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis failed to accomplish.

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But despite his bravery and combat record, he was more of an engineer than a warrior, and a hero who would have dismissed the notion that he was heroic.

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The mighty warrior had one son, by his first wife, Mathilde Lorrain, but other women were also important in his life.

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