Calzaghe to fight Kessler in Cardiff

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Unbeaten super-middleweight king Joe Calzaghe will face Denmark's Mario Kessler in a unification world title fight in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on November 3.

Promoter Frank Warren had accused the Millennium Stadium of "greed" last weekend as negotiations to stage the contest in Cardiff stalled.

But an agreement has been struck and Calzaghe will appear before a 60,000-crowd in a fight Warren views as currently the biggest in boxing.

Warren said: "I can't think of two guys who are undefeated and both at the top of the game who are scheduled to meet each other.

"The fight is very evenly balanced. I'm excited about it and think it's the best fight I've put together in the last 20 years - there's no doubt about it. "We're setting the...