I am not American so these little missives of yours are misdirected. But if Americans did say that about Lacy, who cares? It just means they were wrong. It's not like you can honestly say given retrospect that Lacy was anything. It's not like Americans being wrong about Lacy makes Calzaghes win over Lazy any more meritable. So you let it go, infants.
They say that about alot of prospect who turn pro, but as soon as they lose= " over-rated shows up :verysad
Everybody says that about their young prospects. You Brits are no different. Only difference os you don't seem to give up on the dream even AFTER they have been beat up. i.e. Naseem Hamed.