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Joe Calzaghe, the Welsh boxer who retired last year as an undefeated champion, has apologized to his fans after a British tabloid secretly recorded conversations in which he admitted using cocaine."I very much regret my occasional use of cocaine in what have sometimes been the long days since my retirement from the ring," Calzaghe said in a statement he published at JoeCalzaghe.com. "I am fully aware of the bad example it sets to other people and particularly to youngsters and I apologise to my family, friends and fans. It is not a major problem in my life but it is something which I am actively addressing."
The revelations were made public in Sunday's edition of the British tabloid News of the World, which specializes in investigating the embarrassing details of celebrities' personal lives. News of the World published a story based on the work of a team of reporters who went undercover, tricked Calzaghe into believing they were interested in doing business with him, and got him to talk about his drug use.
"Our investigation will shatter multi-millionaire Calzaghe's clean-cut image," the paper boasts in its cover story, headlined, "Calzaghe Cocaine Shame."
News of the World reports that Calzaghe admitted to taking cocaine, gave advice on where to buy it, claimed a relative supplies him with drugs, named an actor who he says gave him cocaine, and bad-mouthed fellow British boxers Ricky Hatton and Lennox Lewis.
Calzaghe, while apologizing to his fans and admitting that News of the World was correct in reporting he has used cocaine, also harshly criticized the tabloid's tactics.
Share "Unbeknown to me, every word spoken was filmed and tape recorded using sophisticated and secret surveillance equipment as part of a News of the World sting operation," Calzaghe wrote in his statement. "After spending weeks on my case, the News of the World approached my PR and management team with the tapes and films of their 'investigation.' ... I just wonder if it really is a proper function of a free Press to have journalists using this sort of underhand deception to get a story which they hope will sell newspapers by knocking someone down."
Whether it's proper or not, News of the World succeeded in knocking Calzaghe down, something few opponents could do in the ring.
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