Enzo Calzaghe – A Fighting Life

Enzo Calzaghe: A
Fighting Life

“Enzo Calzaghe is a
boxing man through and through. He proved that a trainer and boxer relationship
between a father and son really does and can work. Along with training a host of
other champions, he will probably be remembered for training and producing
arguably Britain’s greatest ever boxer” – Ricky Hatton

But just as the pop group he formed with his brothers was finally
getting noticed – with a record deal on the cards and a dream trip to America
planned – Enzo gave it all up to concentrate his efforts on training his young
son Joe to be a world-class boxer. 

In the book, Enzo talks openly about the difficulties he faced,
most notably when he took the difficult decision to persuade Joe not to drop out
of the planned fight against Jeff Lacy – despite the fact Joe would have to
fight on with a broken wrist. 

“You want to protect
your child, it’s instinctive. But my boy was going to fight a guy everyone said
was a monster. What sort of sadistic bastard of a father wouldn’t pull his kid
out of danger if that was what he wanted? But I stuck to my first instinct which
was that the fight had to go ahead.”  

Not only does Enzo
Calzaghe – A Fighting Life provide a unique insight into the father and son
relationship that conquered boxing, but also shows how the heart and
determination of one self-made man serves as an example for anyone who craves
success and is prepared to overcome near-impossible odds to achieve it. ‘I’m a
life fighter,’ he says. This book proves it. 

“My message to you is
that Enzo Calzaghe is completely unique. He doesn’t conform to convention in any
way imaginable and he is consumed with enthusiasm for life … He is my hero.
He’s not just a great father or trainer even though he is both of those. He is
an inspirational person and I owe him everything.” – Joe Calzaghe says of Enzo
in his foreword to the book: 

Diary Date: Thursday 18th October, 12 noon, Waterstones in
Cardiff
Book Launch and Signing with both Enzo and Joe
Calzaghe