From fightnews: Moments ago Philly vet Dhafir Smith (25-19-7, 4 KOs) won the biggest fight of his career by defeating former world champion Jeff Lacy (25-4, 17 KOs) by decision at Jannus Landing in St Petersburg, Florida. Full report and scores to follow.
jeff laceys always been a sack of sh*t hes useless and cant box i hope he retires and gets the hell out of boxing , other than that good luck to him
wow, I cant remember any former world champion that fell this far in such a short amount of time. The fight wasnt even close. Lacy was overrated, but 5 years ago he would not have lost to Smith. Either way, Smith deserves credit. Ive seen him fight before, and he is not as bad as his record indicates.
Smith went to Lacy's back yard and beat him 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. I think it's fair to say that this is the end.
You could easily argue that Lacy lost his last 8 fights. I dont think he clearly beat any of them. Joe ruined him, but reaally he was never that good. That was a turning point in Joes career, but his wins over Kessler and Hopkins are his biggest by far.
I was actually surprised when I saw it mentioned on Fightnews on Friday, didn't think Lacy was still going. Well, here's the message for him now.
I thought he lost to Manfredo and Mendoza, I haven't seen Griffin or Tsypko II but that could very well be the case.
It is time to hang 'em up for Lacy should have done it long time ago.. it is sad to see good guys like him ending up there getting beat up by bums.. I hope he has managed to save some money from this champion days thou.
Sounds like once feared Left Hook Lacy has seen his better days. Time for Lacy to find another line of work.