Is Jeff Lacy that bad?

Lacy's a very good fighter, don't get it twisted, he was just far too green for a seasoned vet like Calzaghe, Joe is world class personified

 

Joes a great fighter,and i was hoping after the lacey fight,he would show the world he aint no mug,but sadly he has seemed to have let the moment slip,until now that is,he has the big fight with kessler who i think he will maybe just win,but i wish after the lacey win he had just said **** it and went for all the top men.
And yeah funny that before the fight lacey was gonna kill joe,and show how much better the yankie fighters are,but as soon as he got his arse handed to him,he was either ****,not ready,or over hyped.Made me made to be honest,also i cant beleive people still think he slaps LOL.
Lacey is ok though,just way over hyped just because he was seen as a big puncher and maybe being from americva is always gonna make people think your better then you are really.
But to be fair there,that may be becasue he has always had bad hands,and thus maybe he does try to cushion his blows when he throws them.

 

You can't get beaten that bad and chalk it up to an off night. I actually thought he had a legitmate shot at beating Calzaghe but hat's off to Calzaghe. He exposed every single weakness that Lacy had which were: punching accuracy, defense, maturity (he admitted he was terribly intimidated by the setting and the crowd) and mobility.

I also give Lacy's management tremendous credit for a masterful job of promoting Lacy beyond his real talent level. Hell even the bookmakers in Great Britain had Lacy favored. Most of the boxing media experts were picking Lacy. And you had to scour this site to even find a couple of posters picking Calzaghe and that includes the British boxing section.

It's hardly the first time that a boxer's expectations exceeded his real talent.

 

Jeff is that bad, Calzaghe is highly overrated

 

I'm convinced Calzaghe wanted the top fights after he beat Lacy. But it's hard to get Hopkins or Wright when they're facing eachother. Dawson, perhaps, but he's not Calzaghe's responsibility. Different generation.

 

I don't know. It would have helped if after getting his ass kicked by Joe, Lacy went on beating the **** out of everybody else. I wish Joe the best.

 

Jeff Lacy was a deserving titlist, but his lack of speed meant that he was tailor made for JC. He had one plan and it become evident early in the fight that it wasn't going to work. Far too many people put far too much value on that one fight. The number one man in a division beating the number two man in that division by such a margin, is impressive, but not unheard of. JC fans however, are rarely treated to fights of such perceived risk. A fight being well-hyped doesn't necessarily mean well-matched, just as a supposed routine defence can often lead to an upset. In short Jeff Lacy isn't 'that bad' he's just no match for JC, other fighters however could and have done better, but without the fanfare.

 

Lacy is a very strong 168, and he will never be a stick-and-move type...Lacy's comp was not great, but it wasn't bad either and he collected a strap...so i wouldn't say that Lacy was green when Calzaghe beat him, but i will say that Lacy's style was tailor-made for Calzaghe...Kessler won't be so easy...

 

Lacy needs to get back in the ring.

 

The hype is gone, nobody will believe he is the next Tyson again. He needs to retire.

 

Tune-up fight against Manfredo.

 

Joe gave him a lesson in boxing.Thats for sure!
But lets not forget that Lacy had been totally overrated in the first place.
He was schooled by Gaidar Gaidarbekov in his last amateur fight.
Lacy is a very decent fighter,but he is no top gun.Thats for sure,too!

 

lacy IMO was beaten by tyspko also... rewatch that night, lacy is wayyy overated