BOXER

Joe Calzaghe

1972 - Today

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Joseph William Calzaghe ( kal-ZA-gee; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including unified and lineal titles at super-middleweight, and the Ring magazine light-heavyweight title. Calzaghe is the longest reigning super middleweight world champion in boxing history, having held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title for over 10 years and defending it against 20 opponents (a record in the division, shared with Sven Ottke) before moving up to light-heavyweight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Calzaghe has received more than 4,908,848 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Calzaghe is the 207th most popular boxer (up from 210th in 2019), the 5,441st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,605th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Boxer.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Joe Calzaghe ranks 207 out of 496. Before him are Ion Alexe, Gennadiy Shatkov, Vasyl Lomachenko, Edwin Valero, James Toney, and Horace Gwynne. After him are Alan Minter, Marco Antonio Barrera, Gene Fullmer, Washington Rodríguez, Emilio Correa, and Kiyoshi Tanabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Joe Calzaghe ranks 377. Before him are Serhiy Skachenko, Aidyn Aimbetov, Oscar Dronjak, Hiroaki Morishima, Barry Atsma, and Kimbal Musk. After him are Vassilios Tsiartas, Doriva, Jessica Hausner, Isabelle Faust, Catherine Siachoque, and Takanohana Kōji.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Calzaghe ranks 5,441 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Chelsom (1956), Alexander Albon (1996), Andy Auld (1900), Jimmy Ross (1866), William Fox (1812), and William Ames (1576). After him are Frederick Humphreys (1878), Andrew Morton (1959), William Roscoe (1753), Richard Greene (1918), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), and Skandar Keynes (1991).

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Among BOXERS In United Kingdom

Among boxers born in United Kingdom, Joe Calzaghe ranks 12. Before him are Henry Cooper (1934), Ronald Rawson (1892), Anthony Joshua (1989), Frank Bruno (1961), Harry Mallin (1892), and Ted Morgan (1906). After him are Alan Minter (1951), Albert Ireton (1879), David Haye (1980), Dick McTaggart (1935), Ricky Hatton (1978), and Joe Joyce (1985).

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