Jeff Lacy retires!!

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  1. lern1079

    lern1079 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jeff Lacy says that the fight with JT is off and that he is retiring. He doesn't really give a specific reason but states that the boxing business is shady.

    Well after the JC fight Lacy hasn't been the same so whether he fights on or not really doesn't matter anymore.
     
  2. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    That suck's.
    (I'm assuming his shoulder is acting up again)
     
  3. LeonardLeroy

    LeonardLeroy Active Member Full Member

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    good choice
     
  4. LiamE

    LiamE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Source???

    If its true it ends the "did Joe ruin Jeff" debate.
     
  5. lern1079

    lern1079 Well-Known Member Full Member

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  6. MancMexican

    MancMexican Blood & Guts Forever Full Member

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    gary shaw, lacy's corner and the ref from the jc fight need to retire too... they cost lacy his career - should have been stopped in the 9th, shameful that they let him get beaten like that
     
  7. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good decision, Lacy is done.

    Serves Taylor right for chasing the easier fight.
     
  8. IronBull

    IronBull Active Member Full Member

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    Joe made him retire!
     
  9. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I wonder where this leaves Froch-Pascal?
     
  10. mexican legend

    mexican legend MVP! Full Member

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    He has a career in football(american).
     
  11. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    This April fools is 3 months late. You believe that hogwash you`ll believe anything. Jeff isnt going anywhere just yet.
     
  12. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Still on, Taylor didnt want the fight, tough **** for Taylor, he had his chance to fight for the title and he wanted the easier option.
     
  13. CottoDaBodykill

    CottoDaBodykill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no jeff boxing isn't shady...your ability to block is shady ...shouldn't have blocked joe cs "slaps" with your face
     
  14. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    On Friday Jeff Lacy told the Tampa Tribune he was retiring from Boxing and he wasn't going forward with a fight against Jermain Taylor. Lacy stated: "I'm retiring, There will be no fight between me and Jermain." Lacy's only reason he gave for for quitting was that boxing was a dirty business.

    Middleweight boxer Ronald "Winky" Wright has yet to speak with Lacy after his shocking retirement statement, but insists he knowns Lacy isn't through with boxing just yet.

    Quoted by the Tampa Tribune in regards to Lacy quitting, Winky stated: "He ain't done. He's probably mad, but he ain't done. I know he's not done."

    In regards to Lacy stating it's a dirty business, Winky added: "It is a shady business. You deal with a lot of shady characters, so it's hard to deal with it, and a lot of people don't want to deal with it."
     
  15. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeff Lacy may be using the Mayweather strategy to call some attention to himself and comeback on short notice with a good deal and a major title fight at the right time.