20 Years Ago Today: Joe Calzaghe Defeats Jeff Lacy by UD

Took him to a place called:

School.

 

Baba tears? All one needs to do is bring up Haney whooping Loma and another group of fanboy baba tears flow like the Nile. Haney is a weight bully, Loma is fighting g 6 division above his natural weight. That baba tears nonsense can go several ways.

 

Froch beating Bute might be a better win than Lacy, but Calzaghe beating Hopkins is so far ahead of any Froch win that the difference between the two of them is night and day. That's why more people rate Joe. His style would be a total disaster for Froch; he isn't half the boxer Calzaghe is, but they're both great fighters, 2 of the best the UK has ever produced.

 

A split decision win over a 43 year old in which Calslappy got knocked down?

 

The Lacy win is an interesting one to me. He came with a LOT of hype, mainly from the US, based more on what people thought he could do; not on what he actually had done. Calzaghe beat him soundly, and that's to his credit. Though I have never, personally, seen what Lacy did before or after which places him as an elite win.

 

Yeah, the same Hopkins that schooled an undefeated Pavlik in his very next fight and went on to unify the 175 division, beating Pascal. He was decent, but he was soundly beaten by Andre Ward, and was far too one-dimensional to give any of the great 168 names any serious trouble. Calzaghe would've beaten Froch through volume, speed, and angles; he's tailor-made for him.

 

One of the standout performances of the 21st century. Lacy was overhyped but to call him a scrub like many do is a stretch.. he was a former Olympian who'd recently KOd Robin Reid.. that isn't something anyone could do.. undoubtedly the American was overrated but I also think Calzaghe dished out such a masterful beating that Jeff was never going to be the same again.

 

Still won. Hopkins had to cheat to survive. Cry more.

 

I went to this fight , on this very site the predictions were roughly 90-10 in favour of Lacy , as for Froch beating Calzaghe he would have taken a worse beating than he took off Jermaine Taylor for 11 rounds and 1 minute , i was a big fan of Frochs but 20 years ain't enough years for people to forget the levels between Calzaghe & Froch , try in another 20 when the ones who know are chasing daisies .

 

Lacy was in shock during and after the masterclass performance of Calzaghe. saw it again about a week ago. amazing.

 

In no world did that ever happen.. even Haney basically admitted he was lost in there.. how are u whooping someone yet telling your corner otherwise? That was a clear robbery. They happen. People can discern.. its not a case of you just admit there are bad decisions or admit there aren't.. nothing is black & white..

Hopkins Calzaghe was nothing like that fight. Lomachenko boxed beautifully in the Haney contest. Whereas the LHW clash was two evenly sized ageing greats in a very bad style clash stinker of a fight in which one man was continually crying foul & stalling while the other looked sloppy & his timing was off .. but Calzaghe didn't live the life like Hopkins by then, he wasn't sparring & he had one foot out the door.

After 4/5 rounds it was obvious Hopkins wanted out. That's not the energy of a victor. Right man won.

 

Definitely agree with this; people like to make out Lacy was rubbish all along, but Calzaghe beat the life force out of him.

 

Well said