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Calzaghe was born in Hammersmith, London, to an [[Italian people|Italian]] ([[Sardinian people|Sardinian]]) father, [[Enzo Calzaghe|Enzo]], and a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] mother, Jackie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Calzaghe: My family values|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/06/joe-calzaghe-my-family-values|date=5 November 2010}}</ref> His paternal grandparents settled in Britain after the Second World War, during which his grandfather Giuseppe had served in the [[12th Infantry Division Sassari]], but had returned to live in Italy by the end of the 1950s. Calzaghe's father worked several jobs as a teenager in Italy, including as a barman, a chef, and a cleaner, before travelling Europe as a [[Street performance|busker]]. He eventually arrived back in Britain to visit family in [[Bournemouth]]. It was during this time that Calzaghe's parents met; his mother hailed from the mining town of [[Markham, Caerphilly]]. The couple married, and briefly moved to Sardinia, but returned shortly after when Calzaghe's mother became homesick. They settled in London, his father working two jobs in a factory and a [[bed and breakfast]] while his mother worked as a secretary in the offices of production company [[20th Century Fox]].<ref name="c3033">{{harvnb|Calzaghe|2007|pp=30–33}}</ref>
Calzaghe was born in [[Hammersmith Hospital]] in March 1972,<ref name="c3033"/> before his father decided to move the family back to Sardinia at the end of the year, living in his grandfather's home in Bancali. However, his mother again pushed to return to Britain and the family lived with his maternal grandmother in Markham for three years before they moved into their own home on a council estate in Pentwynmawr,near the town of [[Newbridge, Caerphilly|Newbridge]],
At the age of eight, he was given a children's boxing toy that developed his interest in the sport and his father made a [[punching bag]] from an old carpet.<ref name="c3438"/> He joined his first boxing club, Newbridge Amateur Boxing Club at ten years old and the sport quickly took priority for the young Calzaghe as he gave up playing football after two years.<ref name="c3940">{{harvnb|Calzaghe|2007|pp=39–40}}</ref> Calzaghe moved on to [[Oakdale Comprehensive School]] at 11, but was targeted by bullies as a teenager, becoming the target of regular verbal abuse that left him isolated. Although the culprits left him alone after a year, Calzaghe later admitted that he "never recovered from the abuse" and left school without sitting any of his [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSEs]].<ref name="c4144">{{harvnb|Calzaghe|2007|pp=41–44}}</ref>
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