The year is 2007, a young Joe Calzaghe is on his legendary undefeated run and on a 19 title Defense streak, one more is needed to match Bernard Hopkins legendary reign with the IBF middleweight title, but the pickings are slim as to who he should fight for the honor. Luckily, a young fighter by the name of Peter Manfredo Jr had recently won a hit boxing television series by the name of The Contender, and after bringing a lot of buzz around his name, the fight with Calzaghe was made.