In his final two years of boxing he challenged then-up and coming contender Joe Calzaghe in a bid to reclaim his WBO super-middleweight title, with a victorious Calzaghe later claiming that it was the toughest fight of his whole career.
I sine sidste to års boksning udfordrede han den dengang kommende udfordrer Joe Calzaghe for at genvinde sin WBO supermellemvægts-titel, med en sejrlig Calzaghe, der senere hævdede, at det var den hårdeste kamp i hele sin karriere.