Did Calzaghe really ruin Jeff Lacy? The unanswered questions.

Not half as funny as it would be if we still had access to all the pre-fight polls that were taken on here. Remind me who you picked again, Mr. I was ESB's Jeff Lacy's numero uno fan back in the day?

And again, Lacy had over twice the amount of amateur fights Calzaghe had (if this is an accurate representation of his true record), and he fought at a good level too.


1993
Jr Olympics, 132, (bronze):
+ PTS ****** Byrum
+ PTS Miguel Figueroa
- PTS Jeffrey Resto

1994
US Junior Champs, 132, (silver):
+ WO Zab Judah
+ RSCH 1 John Gonzalez
+ PTS Kevin Curry
- PTS Jorge Hawley

1995
US Junior Champs, 147, (silver):
+ RSC 1 Randy Santore
+ RSC 3 Courtney Burton
- PTS Brandon Mitchem

1996
Eastern Trials, 165, (bronze):
+ RSC 1 Kenneth Head
+ PTS Rubin Williams
- PTS Darnell Wilson

1997
National Golden Gloves, 165, (bronze):
+ PTS Jacob Lee
+ PTS Rubin Williams
- PTS Randy Griffin

World Championships, 165:
+1TKO Thapelo Setlalekgosi BOT, WC Budapest
-PTS Dilshod Yarbekov UZB, WC Budapest

Muhammad Ali Cup, 165, (silver)
+ 15-14 Denis Inkin ROS, Louisville (75)
+19-4 Oleg Bokalo UKR, Louisville
-10-17 Brian Magee IRL, Louisville

1998
US Championships, 165, (gold):
+ RSC 2 George Klinesmith
+ RSC 2 Daniel Garcia
+ PTS Lafarell Bunting
+ RSC 2 Arthur Palac
+ PTS Randy Griffin

PAL Championships, 165, (gold):
+2TKO Jeff Powell USA, Colorado Springs
+3TKO Raymond Judd USA, Colorado Springs
+1TKO Deon Lyons USA, Colorado Springs
+PTS Jerson Ravelo USA, Colorado Springs
+PTS Yusef Mack USA, Colorado Springs

USA-England, 165:
+ PTS Ian Cooper, Middlesbrough Eng

1999
US Championships, 156, (silver):
+22-11 Julius Fogle USA, Colorado Springs
+1TKO Ramaro Johnson USA, Colorado Springs
+23-8 LaFarrell Bunting USA, Colorado Springs
-11-13 Arthur Palac USA, Colorado Springs

National Golden Gloves, 156:
-PTS Romaro Johnson USA,

US Challenge, 156:
- PTS Jerson Ravelo
+ RSC 2 Lafarell Bunting

USA-South Korea, 156:
+ PTS Ho-Chul Kim (KOR)

PAL Championships, 156, (gold):
+ RSC 3 Cornell Hester
+ RSC 2 Daniel Edouard
+ PTS Yusef Mack
+ PTS Eric Simmons
+ PTS William Gibbs

USA-Argentina, 156:
+ RSC 2 Mariano Carrera (ARG)

2000
US Olympic Trials, 165:
+ PTS Brad Austin
+ PTS Jerson Ravelo
+ PTS Randy Griffin

US Olympic Box-Offs, 165:
-9-12 Arthur Palac USA, Mashantucket CT
+10-9 Arthur Palac USA, Mashantucket CT

1st America´s Olympic Qualifier, 165, (gold):
+PTS Alex James (GRN)
+ RSC 2 Stephan Boyd (JAM)
+ PTS Jhim Rodriguez (VEN)
+ WO Donald Orr (CAN)

USA-Mexico, 165:
-6-13 David Leyva Sanchez MEX, Mashantucket CT

USA-Ukraine, 156:
+2-1 Oleg Butz UKR, Fort Worth TX

Olympic Games, 165:
+3TKO Cleiton Conceicao BRA, Sydney OG
+PTS Pawel Kakietek POL, Sydney OG
-3TKO Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov RUS, Sydney OG

Record: 209-22

 

He was a complete donk even back then. He started off his ESB tenure as dull as dish water and he's gone right down the plughole now. lol

 

You weren't simply a Lacy fan though. Your lips were were literally attached to his bollocks like they were covered in an industrial helping of Super Glue.

And no one's saying Lacy was an ATG or anything you moron. However, he was a good fighter and Joe sucked his soul out through his ass and shattered his confidence and his aura of mystique beyond repair. Suffering a horrible torn rotator cuff injury in the second round of his very next fight, where 97% of the tendon was ripped clean off the bone (the surgeon had to rip the whole thing off and reattach) certainly can't have helped matters.

Lacy is a nice guy too and he didn't deserve the vitriol and ridicule he was subjected to after losing to Joe, mainly by those who'd picked him to bludgeon Joe. atsch

It's the sheer revisionism and sour grapes that is my main bone of contention. Fact is most of you ****ers picked Lacy to annihilate Joe and now over 90 percent of you are claiming that wasn't the case.

And Calzaghe didn't like flying actually. He could be convinced to do it sometimes but the phobia was very real.

'World champion Joe Calzaghe will conquer his fear of flying when he travels by plane to Newcastle ahead of his showdown with top American Byron Mitchell.

The Welshman makes the 13th defence of his WBO super middleweight crown on Saturday, May 24, at the Telewest Arena and has previously avoided planes whenever possible to instead go by train or car.

For the toughest test of his career, however, Calzaghe has decided to face his demons head on and will fly up for the date with the former two-time WBA world champion.

"I'm more worried about getting on a plane than I am about getting in the ring with Mitchell," admitted Joe.

"For my last fight in Newcastle I travelled six hours on the train from Cardiff just to avoid boarding a plane or going near an airport which stresses me out. I did the same when I came up for the Press conference announcing this fight
"I have flown in the past but if there is another way I can travel I normally will chose that. (I actually saw a feature on Joe back then and there was footage of some of his family members trying to convince him to take the plane).

"What has made me change my mind for this fight is that I'm going to face the biggest test of my career against Mitchell so a little thing like getting on a plane seems so small in comparison. Plus it only takes about an hour to get to Newcastle rather than sitting on a train for half a day!"

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Joe+on+a+wing+-+and+a+prayer.-a0100905007


[yt]MVkpiBv-n1k[/yt]