P471 $eletext 471 Nov27 22:13:12       ————————————————  ——————  Calzaghe lets belt go  Joe alzaghe has relinquished the IBF super-middleweight championship he won with his career-best victory over American Jeff Lacy in March. The Newbridge ace has chosen to fight American TV boxing reality show star Peter Manfredo Jr, 26, in ardiff on March 3 rather than face his IBF mandatory challenger Robert Stieglitz. Calzaghe, 34, said: "Stieglitz doesn't mean anything outside Germany." ——————————————————————————————————1/2—— General Sport 540 Football index 401 FIND LOVE OR FRIENDSHIP WITH MATCHE5 SEE p390 Next Football P'ship Prim SMS
P471 $eletext 471 Nov27 21:02:54       ————————————————  ——————  Kelly calls it a day  Ulsterman Damaen Kelly has announced his retirement after his European bantamweight title defeat. He was stopped in the third round in Sardinia to suffer his second successive loss to champion Simone Maludrottu, who had controversially beaten him in Belfast last April. Kelly, 33, said: "The time has come for me to walk away. The defeat on Saturday night just confirmed that to me." ——————————————————————————————————2/2—— General Sport 540 ootball index 401 GREAT USED CAR DEALS C4 p700 Next Football P'ship Prim SMS