this is great news, it might keep me out of the bar long enough to actually watch the main event this time... corrales castillo one, end of the ninth, stuey and the mexicans he is bang on the sauce with, desperately in need of a ****...... i need say no more......
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=12867&more=1 Jeff Lacy Added To Hatton Mayweather Card This content is protected By Matthew Hurley: Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy, last seen struggling to gain a majority decision over Vitali Tsypko in December of 2006, will make his ring return on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather – Ricky Hatton bout against Peter Manfredo on December 8th in Las Vegas. Lacy, 22-1 with 17 KOs is best remembered for losing his IBF super middleweight title in a lopsided decision to Joe Calzaghe in March of 2006. The heavily hyped American entered the bout as a betting favorite but Calzaghe proved to be too much for the young boxing fighter. Manfredo, 28-4 with 13 KOs, was stopped by Calzaghe in the third round in April of this year. He has since won two in a row. Lacy looked like a can’t-miss-candidate for stardom during his rise to a world title belt. He stopped Syd Vanderpool in the 8th round in 2004 and was immediately accorded the fanfare of a superstar by many fans and much of the media. His all pressure style and punching power brought good ratings to television broadcasts and he seemed to be the whole package. It was a second round knockout of weak chinned Scott Pemberton that fueled both the fighter’s ego and his management’s overzealous desire to capitalize on his momentum that led him to cross the ocean and land right at Joe Calzaghe’s door at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Almost immediately Lacy knew something was wrong and his demeanor at the pre-fight press conferences changed dramatically from outgoing to stunted silence. Training camp hadn’t gone well and the media attention began to crack his resolve. This, coupled with a fighter in Calzaghe who was determined to silence his critics, led to a picture perfect boxing lesson that left Lacy a broken fighter. His inexperience cost him dearly in the ring and his lack of maturity caused him to withdraw when criticism was heaped upon his broad shoulders. Then, in his comeback fight, he took on Tsypko, and tore his left rotator cuff in the second round. The injury led to surgery and a year long layoff. With his surgically repaired shoulder Lacy is now prepared to get back in the game. Manfredo, who came up short on The Contender series, also, ironically, fought and knocked out Scott Pemberton just before he took on Calzaghe. The young fighter from Providence has decent boxing skills but was no match for Calzaghe and should Lacy be in good health when he steps into the ring will probably provide a pretty good test as to where Lacy is at this point in time. What Manfredo lacks in power he makes up for with his will and pretty good speed. Should Lacy come out of this bout with a win and no injuries he will find himself just on the periphery of an interesting middleweight / super middleweight stronghold filled with terrific fighters and potential big money match ups. However, coming off a serious injury and trying to reestablish himself psychologically, he should dictate a slow forward progression. Jumping into the fire got him severely burned the first time around, this time he should re-tool his game and completely prepare himself before taking on the division’s elite
its a natural match up....personally i think manfredo gets the granny knocked out of him, but you never know???
The card will do huge numbers! I'm not the biggest fan of Mayweather but there shouldn't be any doubt that he's the biggest draw in boxing (ODLH is retired IMO)
This is going to be a great card...I have no problems paying $50 to see this. In fact, I would pay $150 to see it. Cotto-Mosley promises to be a great card as well. All things considered, the ending of this year and the start of 2008 looks to be a fight fan's dream.
Floyds done better PPV numbers than any star recently. Pretty sure him vs. Baldomir surpassed Pac vs. Morales II or III.
de leon is fighting wbo batamweight champion gerry penalosa ina rematch. the scores indicated that de leon dominated that fight but many people thought that gerry got he raw end of the deal. 1 judge scored it as a cleen sweep for de leon and the other two gave penalosa 1 round. but the fight was actually closer with penalosa making the normally agressive de leon fight backward. i think it will be a good fight but de leon will again be too much for the old warrior penalosa. wait, i think i read somewhere that margarito will also be on this card. did someone else see this too or was i just dreaming?
