Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy, billed as Judgement Day, was a professional boxing match contested on 4 March 2006, for the IBF, WBO and The Ring championship.

Joe Calzaghe had been WBO super middleweight champion for over eight years having beaten Chris Eubank for the vacant title in 1997.

[7] The fight was staged at 2.00am local time at the MEN Arena in Manchester and topped the bill on Frank Warren's Sport Network and was live on ITV in the UK and Showtime in the United States.

[8] The fight was a messy affair early on with both trading punches at close range with Lacy getting through on occasion.

It became a one-sided beating of Lacy that involved him being rocked on several occasions and being knocked down for the first time in his career in the 12th round.

The decisive victory for Calzaghe cemented his position at the top of the super middleweight ranks.

Calzaghe, however, was propelled into the limelight, going on to have a successful career and be recognised in the pound-for-pound lists before retiring unbeaten.