can anyone name some fighters...

i guess you a new boxing fan, lacy was the new mike tyson until he went the uk and got made into a eunuch by the pride of wales. Lacy's corner were praying for the british stoppage that never came by the end of the 2nd round

 

i heard manchester hospital was practically shutdown for a week after the fight, they needed every staff member working on lacy to put him back together

 

and you didn't warn him not to pull out of the calzaghe fight? that was reckless of you, was lacy terrified of facing the pride of wales when you met him?

they should have sent Roid Jones over in the late 90's to joe, 'can't be touched' lol by the time joe calzaghe would be finished with him he would have been touched so much he would be fully convinced the pride of wales was a catholic priest in disguise

 

why didn't you warn lacy to duck tbe calzaghe?

calzaghe would have made jones look like a poor mans byron mitchell

 

Lacy's performance vs Calzaghe was one of the bravest in the past decade. Hugely over-matched and, after the first three rounds, fully aware he would lose, Lacy never once looked for a way out and took a beating his corner should have protected him from. He lost his '0' and his career that night and was never the same fighter.

 

zaggers was dropping iron chinned eubank, imagine what he would do to jones' glass

 

Phillip Holiday?

 

ya back then joe's hands were better, roy would have ended up like amir khan did against canelo

 

Great post.

And much respect to Lacy.

 

Hey Shockmaster, I'm taking your thread seriously. It is a bit peculiar that all the ingredients seem to be there but GGG is still not firing off. After a bit of thought, I really think it has a lot to do with being in the winter of the May/Pac era of boxing. I really think those two guys did a lot more to ruin boxing for the fans than people give them credit for. We know they stole our pay per view money and that they totally squashed any chances of getting more people interested in boxing, but I also think they ruined fighters/promoters/networks and the way they do business. Still fresh is May/Pac that now I think, more than ever, boxers don't care about legacy but they just want to get their big paycheck and retire. It's much more like a normal job than it was before. I "got it" when people say, "yeah, it's called 'prize fighting' for a reason" but guess what, DON'T F-ING BOX THEN! Boxing is a sport. Even football players get paid ridiculous amounts of money but at the end of the day, they HAVE to play the other team. They can't just negotiate every game. I dunno, I'll stop ranting.

 

We don't just see it with GGG. Other fighters aren't as popular but are still ducked I believe.