How highly was jeff lacy thought of?

The entire Showtime hype machine was behind him full force as was Ring Magazine, trying to build him and Jermain Taylor both into the new superstars of boxing.

He was also considered a world beater by American fans, but to a lesser extent based on his jaded performance against Sheika. Like a lot of people I thought he had a chance to build up a good resume in that crowded 168 pound class but I never thought he was a potential atg.

Despite being touted as some kind of picturesque, unholy one punch knockout artist his style was always too clumsy and methodical to catch on and make him a sensation like Tyson.

He was still a decent fighter. Syd Vanderpool, Sheika, and Robin Reid were solid top 10 guys.

 

Far too ****ing highly.
Just take a look at how Calzaghe was able to dine out on schooling him.
A bit like saying Grant Holt is the new Van Basten.

 

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Cocks/Cocks030406.htm

 

GJE thank you for providing that link



I always knew Lacy was overhyped but some of those guys think he's the second coming. I believe that article says it all considering how the fight turned out

deal:deal

This was my highlight quote:

Jason Petock:"Making a somewhat educated guess here, I'm going for Jeff ‘Left Hook’ Lacy by KO in the 2nd round. I think his sheer strength and onslaught is going to overwhelm the Welshman and leave him treading water for survival without a life vest. "

 

what was his purse against joe calz?

 

He was favourite against Joe and was kicking ass all the way until that night in Manchester , great atmosphere. I had pretty good seats too.

 

What i never understood was if he was the next superstar - why did he come UK to fight? must have got one helluva purse. was he not a ticket seller in the states?

 

he was 'mini mike tyson' and 'unbeatable' before calzaghe...unfortunatley the crash means we cant pull these posts up as it seems today americans pretend nobody rated him.

 

a certain person in the Boxing Media called him a 'Mini Mike Tyson' :roflatsch

 

Theres been loads of new mike tysons, and they never deliver.

its because joe was considered crap that people thought lacy would win.


consider, joe had a run of terrible opponents and had hidden in the UK for ages, of course you'd expect him to lose.

 

Before he was destroyed by zaggy = mini Tyson. One of the best p4p punches in the world.


After zaggy destruction...

He was never that good.....lol

 

if you remember i created the ''calzaghe will annihilate jeff lacy'' thrhead which was about 100 pages before the crash (slight exageration), pre fight their wasnt an american in the house that didnt think lacy would win by ko, we heard it all 'calzaghes a bum, lacy hits to hard, next mike tyson, future p4p' we heard it all, i just wish i could get the thread back because nowadays people act like it never happened.

 

he WAS RATED HIGHLY BUT HAD A LOT OF STRENGTHS, When he got in the ring with Calzage you could see he never faced a fighter with such skill and ability to adapt. I seen it again with JC against Kessler and B-Hop, he adapted well to both and the pace of Calzage was tremendous, it was the body shot that made Kessler honest and the pace was getting to B-Hop and he was starting to get hurt thus the fake foul act. Lacy was a very good fighter but he was mentally ruined in his one-sided loss to Calzage and was truly never the same guy

 

He was overhyped on both sides of the pond but Joe delivered the perfect performance that night, he was amazing.Great display of precision,speed and timing.