Build-up before Calzaghe vs Lacy Vid.

slip&counter · Sep 29, 2008

168 mike tyson :rofl :rofl :rofl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uGYoRBFE4

Rilz · Sep 29, 2008

hahhahaha

catasyou · Sep 29, 2008

Damn I'm glad Joe won

fidds · Sep 29, 2008

"This is the start for me, this is where it all begins" Jeff Lacy

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

He should of said this is the end for me

slip&counter · Sep 29, 2008

i couldn't believe how arrogent lacy was back then and all that ego stroking from his trainer :-(

sir axeman · Sep 29, 2008

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePpLT7CLJ0

toffeejack · Sep 29, 2008

Priceless

Nearly everyone had Lacy to knock him out including most on here even if some won't admit it.

Beatboxer · Sep 29, 2008

People on this forum were all commenting on how afraid Calzaghe looked at the weigh in...

Lacy was pretty hyped to say the least. The majority picked him to win on here no matter what anyone says to the contrary.

shelterr · Sep 29, 2008

Funny as hell...

crespo21 · Sep 29, 2008

check out the yank fight predictions on the sweetscience. google it. its ****ing hillarious. america **** yeah. hahahahahaha

Primadonna Kool · Sep 29, 2008

I always remember this build up, and what stood out was the general fear that Jeff Lacey struck into people.

Barry Mcguigan was on edge and was scared. People where scared for Joe Calzaghe, i always remember. Barry Mcguigan kept going on about how Jeff Lacey had TOOK APART Robin Reid.

Rico Spadafora · Sep 29, 2008

that fight was the end of Jeff Lacy.

loko · Sep 29, 2008

Im sorry but lacy was that good joe is just special and he ruined him like no one else in boxing history.

antcull · Sep 29, 2008

"but it will not be enough to stop Lacy, who hits as hard as Tyson and is as fast as "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Lacy by KO in six."
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My favourite Lacy quote ever

slip&counter · Sep 29, 2008

randomer123 said:

Lacy might be something special. Calzaghe should be the test to prove it. Lacy will past the test.
Ed Schuyler

This contest will raise many eyebrows. It's the longtime veteran champion who many see as untested, against the still somewhat green new kid on the block. Jeff Lacy 21-0 (17 KO's) won the IBF super middleweight title one and a half years ago. Since that time he has remained very active, something many other so-called "champions" have yet to do, defending his title 4 times, once winning by a UD, the other three by KO. Joe Calzaghe 40-0 (31 KO's) has been the WBO champion for eight and a half years. Over that span it has seemed that Calzaghe is perfectly content with staying close to home and fighting some questionable opposition. Though he made the best of the Brits look like chumps, Calzaghe has been champ since 1997. Since that time there were many opportunities for mega matches against James Toney, Bernard Hopkins, and at the time, the invincible Roy Jones Jr., but somehow Calzaghe has always weaseled his way out, just as he has tried to do for some time against Lacy. Jeff Lacy has had his chin checked a number of times against big punchers such as Scott Pemberton, Robin Reid, Syd Vanderpool, and others. Time and time again, Lacy has passed with flying colors, proving his chin to be nothing short of granite. Calzaghe, however, indeed has a questionable chin. Calzaghe has been dropped in the past by a decent puncher in Byron Mitchell, 18 of 25 wins by KO, and by the light-fisted Kabary Salem, only 12 of 25 wins by KO. Though Calzaghe got to his feet and won both of those fights, neither man's power comes remotely close to that of the man who will stand in the way of Calzaghe Saturday night, and the long-awaited respect he believes he deserves. Calzaghe will fight with the heart of a true champion, but it will not be enough to stop Lacy, who hits as hard as Tyson and is as fast as "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Lacy by KO in six.
Alex Stone

If this bout lives up to its hype and potential, it will be the greatest thing to happen to the super middleweight division in over ten years. However, while both fighters possess a great deal of power, it will not be an exercise of spilled plasma. Each will have a difficult time inflicting damage on the other. But when the final bell sounds, Jeff Lacy will have successfully swarmed Joe Calzaghe enough times to win. Lacy by decision.
Aaron Tallent

Lacy has been well marketed so he's gained attention and approval perhaps beyond what is deserved. But I like his power, love his athleticism and his hunger. Calzaghe is hungry, knows the clock is ticking on him and is a crafty lefty. This is a 50-50 proposition. I'm going out on a limb here. I see a draw.....Just kidding. Looking for Lacy to bull the Welshman, who has to prove all his smack talk over the years wasn't just posturing, but hell be hurt by the fact that his opposition has been less than stellar since he turned pro in 1993. Lacy TKO 4.
Michael Woods

Go Scotty Mallon - he's someone who actually didnt believe hype.

lets see what some respected fighters have to say:

BENN

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3...0115_1,00.html

NIGEL BENN is convinced Joe Calzaghe would have bashed up all the super middleweights in the 90s golden era.

Former WBC champion Benn led the British assault on the worlds 12-stone division along with Chris Eubank, Steve Collins and Michael Watson.

But Benn says Calzaghe, who bids to unify the IBF and WBO titles when he fights American Jeff Lacy in the early hours of Sunday morning, would have more than held his own.

Benn, now living in Majorca, said: Id have loved to have fought Joe.

I reckon hed have given all of us a good going over. He is as good as we were, but the shame is hes had no one really to test himself against.

It will be different this weekend because I rate Lacy.

He has fast hands and packs a heavy punch but his chin has yet to be tested Joe will do that.

Lacy reckons Joes a slapper in the ring but I can tell you that Joes slaps hurt.

Joe craves respect but you only get that by beating the best. Dont get me wrong, I rate Joe highly, hes without doubt the best but I wish hed been busier.

The occasional fighter has had a good go at Joe and its in these bouts Joe has shown his outstanding boxing ability and finished them off with the killer instinct of a top, top performer.

Itll be good to see Joe in with a real livewire and I believe it will be a real ******* of a fight one of the best for years.

Calzaghe was due to fight Lacy last year but it was postponed when he damaged a hand.

Hand and elbow injuries have dogged 32-year-old Calzaghes career, restricting him to six bouts in the past three years.

Some say those injuries have helped prolong unbeaten Calzaghes career but Benn would have liked to have seen him in action a lot more.

Benn, 42, added: In my time, Joe would hardly have had time to draw breath.

If it was not me, Eubank would have been at the top of the queue and then Collins, backed up by Watson.

If he didnt fancy any of us Brits, then the Yanks would have been willing to give him a pay day, fighters like Iran Barkley.

When Joe beats Lacy, people will say they always knew he could fight like that only it should have been more often. One of them will go down, thats for sure.

I am predicting a real hammer and tongs fight, toe to toe because Joe wants respect and Lacy aint gonna give it to him for free.

JONES JR

"Lacy wins, and I'll tell you why. One of the main factors that would lead to a Lacy win is Calzaghe's heart.

"I'm not saying Calzaghe dosen't have heart, I'm saying he has too much!

"When Lacy nails Calzaghe and hurts him then Joe will try to get payback, and then he will be open to really get hurt - which he will."

TONEY

"Joe Calzaghe-Jeff Lacy is a mismatch. Lacy is going to destroy that boy. He's too strong, he's a fighter - he's proved himself.

"Calzaghe never did anything. He beat Chris Eubank nine years ago, but what has he done since then? He's a joke, that's why he keeps pulling out of fights.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled out of this one. Everybody in the UK is over-protected, but Lacy will be OK, because he's a fighter."

Now i can find page after page with this theme, but i wont. the point SHOULD be proven. Was Lacy overhyped, yup, but you guys hyped him. In fact i think 99% of ESB are VERY lucky that the board lost everything before that fight, because a lot of people who claim lacy was hyped would not be able to say that and get away with it.

Lacy was CLEAR favourite to do to joe what johnson did to jones - and joe humiliated him in a way that you'll rarely see in boxing.
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look at the difference between benn, jones and toney. nigel speaks objectively while jones and toney talk stinks of wishful thinking

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