Article: Valley boy with a Sardinian soul; Father knows best: Enzo Calzaghe holds the pads for his son Joe in New York Picture: GETTY IMAGES.

Byline: PAUL HAYWARD

AN EXCITABLE soul who could be plugged into the national grid of Wales to keep the bulbs burning, Joe Calzaghe's dad has fizzed and fumed from the best seat in the house as the British Marciano has conquered all-comers on the road to Madison Square Garden.

Tonight in New York unless Calzaghe junior gets tempted by a rematch in Cardiff, or some other skyscraper of cash the defeatphobic 'Pride of Wales' will attempt to knock over not only the distinguished Roy Jones but the last of the sceptics who say he waited too long to fight the real marquee names and that he remains a hazy presence in the mind of the punter on the Clapham ...

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