Joe Calzaghe was never tempted by boxing comeback
Calzaghe stands alone as the most successful boxer to come out of Wales.
He announced his retirement after comfortably outpointing Hall-of-Fame boxer Roy Jones Jnr in Madison Square Gardens in 2008.
The Welshman says he knew before that fight that he would not step into the ring again.
"Before the Roy Jones fight I knew I was going to retire because I couldn't train, my hands had gone and the hunger had gone," he said.
"If you know you're just fighting for the money and you're not fighting for the championship you're going to lose, so I thought 'it's time for me to quit'."
He regrets the fact that Jones has continued to fight - and is attempting to fight for a title in Russia against Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli in Russia in December.
"Roy Jones Jr should have retired a while back," added Calzaghe.
"He was one of the best fighters pound-for pound and that's what I say about it's not nice to see fighters still fighting when they shouldn't be."
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