Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler was a professional boxing match contested on 3 November 2007, for the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight championship.

[2] Joe Calzaghe entered the contest having held the WBO version of the World super middleweight title for nine years, originally beating Chris Eubank for the vacant belt in 1997.

[4] Talks had been held between the two camps for the fight since October 2006 after Kessler successfully defended against Andrade and Calzaghe had defeated Sakio Bika.

[5] Eventually in July 2007 a fight was agreed for November with Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren and Mogens Palle representing Kessler coming up with a suitable deal.

[6] The fight was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in front of 50,000 fans and broadcast on the television networks HBO and Setanta Sports.

The decision meant that Calzaghe had been able to unify three belts in the division and fully establish himself as the top super middleweight in the World.