BOXING

• Calzaghe gives up title to face Jones

  
  

  London, England (Sports Network) - Unbeaten British star Joe Calzaghe relinquished his WBC super-middleweight title on Friday to set up a potential fight against Roy Jones Jr. in the light heavyweight division.

  The BBC reported that the 36-year-old Calzaghe, who beat Bernard Hopkins in his first light heavyweight bout last April, hopes to fight Jones in September.

  If Calzaghe had kept the super-middleweight title, he would have been forced to defend it against countryman Carl Froch.

  Instead, Froch will now face Jermain Taylor for the super-middleweight title later this year.

  Calzaghe still holds the WBA and WBO super-middleweight belts.

  07/04 14:25:01 ET