Joe Calzaghe clambered off the floor in the first round once again to maintain his perfect record with a convincing, unanimous decision victory over Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden.

Calzaghe scored a resounding 118-109 victory on all three of the judges' scorecards to extend his unbeaten record to 46-0.

It also saw him retain the Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title he had won by scoring a split-decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas last April.

Like that fight, Calzaghe was floored in the opening round, this time by a jolting straight left from 39-year-old Jones that momentarily stunned his travelling fans from Wales who formed roughly half of the 14,152 fans inside the legendary New York venue.

Calzaghe, 36, came back to wear down the American, causing a damaging cut above the former four-division champion's left eye in the seventh round that Jones' corner could not staunch.

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