"I know that if I am not at my best and I do not perform I will lose. I'm never over-confident. Over-confidence is a weakness because it stops you training as hard as you should. It has happened to fighters like Naseem Hamed and Lennox Lewis. Complacency beats fighters."
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People from LondonCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireBoxers from EnglandSportspeople from Wales
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Calzaghe before his fight against Mikkel Kessler of Denmark.
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