I've been waiting for years for this so-called career defining fight against Jeff Lacy.

BBC: Calzaghe scoops BBC Wales honour

The last of that four-fight deal was Calzaghe's unification clash with Jeff Lacy at Manchester's MEN Arena in March 2006.

BBC: Calzaghe files court counterclaim

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

BBC: Froch challenges Calzaghe again

The cruiserweight showdown will be the chief support to an equally mouth-watering fight at super middleweight between Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy.

BBC: I've got a couple of game plans on how to beat Johnny

In March 2006 Calzaghe fought through the pain of a hand injury to demolish Jeff Lacy to unify the IBF and his WBO crown.

BBC: Calzaghe confident on hand injury

Earlier, America's Jeff Lacy won the vacant IBF super middleweight title by beating Canada's Syd Vanderpool when the referee stopped the fight in the eighth round.

BBC: Klitschko scrapes through

The two-weight world champion fought through the pain of a hand injury to demolish Jeff Lacy to unify the IBF and his WBO crown in March 2006.

BBC: Calzaghe postpones Jones Jr fight

Calzaghe, 33, won the IBF title from America's Jeff Lacy in sensational fashion in March but was forced to abandon a defence against Glen Johnson this July.

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Calzaghe cemented his position as the world's best super middleweight by delivering a masterclass of boxing in comprehensively beating American Jeff Lacy in March to claim the IBF title.

BBC: Calzaghe scoops BBC Wales honour

In 2005 he suffered the first stoppage of his career, when he was beaten in seven rounds by IBF champion Jeff Lacy in Florida, and his career never quite recovered.

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