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Calzaghe then went on to defeat perennial contender [[Juan Carlos Gimenez Ferreyra]] (TKO after 9 rounds), a former opponent of both [[Nigel Benn]] and Chris Eubank. Calzaghe became the first boxer to stop Gimenez Ferreyra, something which Benn, Eubank and [[Roberto Durán]] had failed to do in the past.
In 1999, Calzaghe started out by fighting his domestic rival, [[Robin Reid (boxer)|Robin Reid]]. Calzaghe was bitter that Reid had refused to face him whilst holding the WBC Championship in a unification bout and vowed to beat him, while Reid vowed to upset the odds by defeating Calzaghe and becoming a world champion again. After four rounds of the fight, Calzaghe seemed in total control and on his way to a comfortable victory, but then Reid won the next couple of rounds and it became a highly competitive fight thereafter with around five close rounds by the end of the fight that could have been scored either way, or even. Reid was also docked a point by the referee in the eighth round after a fifth warning for rabbit punches and low blows. It was arguably the closest that Calzaghe came to losing in his entire professional boxing career. After twelve rounds, the judges scored the fight for Calzaghe via a split decision (two judges scored it 116–111 for Calzaghe, while the other judge scored it 116–111 for Reid).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/athletes/robinreid/bio.shtml |title=Robin Reid – pictures, picture, pics, images, gallery, info, bio, gossip, shirtless, photos, videos, band, lyrics, songs |publisher=Mostbeautifulman.com |access-date=10 September 2010 |url-status=
2000 started with another points decision against fellow Briton [[David Starie]], in what was a dull fight that had a lot of holding and with the boxers' respective styles never gelling. This was followed by impressive wins against [[Omar Sheika]] (who was coming off a win over [[Glen Johnson (boxer)|Glen Johnson]]) by fifth-round stoppage, and a TKO over former WBC world champion and close friend [[Richie Woodhall]] in ten competitive rounds, in what turned out to be Woodhall's last fight.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/976045.stm | work=BBC News | title=Calzaghe-Woodhall – the countdown | date=17 October 2000 | access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref>
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