Lacys hype was on the Broner level when Calzaghe got to him, people like Al Bernstein were calling him "one of the best finishers in all of boxing", Roy Jones and James Toney were raving about him, so called experts asked about the fight were coming off with things like "I hope Lacys return flight can fit his two belts" etc.
calzaghe had fans and so with hatton and could sell tickets has cleverly got much of a following at all during his reign of terror??
Lacy was favourite with a lot of people, where's Jeff Thomas? I know he REALLY liked Lacy and he's a reasonable/knowledgable person