The 30-year-old has held the WBO super-middleweight belt since October 1997 when he beat Chris Eubank with an emphatic points decision.

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Calzaghe victims include Chris Eubank, Robin Reid, Richie Woodhall, Charles Brewer, Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.

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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.

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Calzaghe enjoyed a record-breaking reign of the super-middleweight division for 11 years after defeating the great Chris Eubank for the vacant WBO crown in 1997.

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In Brighton, Chris Eubank's former homes are in the process of being demolished to make way for flats and, not surprisingly, not everyone is happy about it.

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Not too long ago the 160lb triumvirate of Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Michael Watson were taking on and defeating football in the battle for back-page ink.

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Representing himself in court, Mr Eubank added he was confident that evidence relating to his case would get in the public domain shortly and he looked forward to the "gargantuan battle" ahead of him.

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To Richard Eubank, who also served at the height of the Vietnam War, I want to wish you the best of luck as you take the helm of this great organization at a critically important time.

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