Jeff Lacy in action tonight.

He's +1000 for a reason.

The guy he beat in December has lost 2/3 of his bouts.


The last time Lacy fought at Barrera's level he was pounded out in 2.

 

Lacy v Barrera wtf

Its hard not to feel sorry for Jeff. What an earth shattering experience he went through directly in the public spotlight

 

every fight lacy wins, Enhances Zaggers legacy.

 

Eh. :conf No more so than say, Michael Grant. Or Panchito Bojado.

Hype bubbles get burst in boxing.

Lacy's name only became such a lightning rod for abuse because Calzaghe fans repeatedly kept dredging it up (even well after it ceased to be Calzaghe's best win, instead of switching focus to prop him up by pointing out the victory he edged over a prime Kessler, which is by far the better W...)

 

if lacy had been European he would have been an EBU champ.

 

:good

Just not that good. And his résumé before the Calzaghe bubble-bursting was hardly that of a world beater. Just a one trick pony with a good left hook and who "looked the part" but otherwise had no reason to be crowned anything more than a dime a dozen belt holder.

Strange how many respected boxing people got behind Lacy. Winky, for instance, was personal buddies with him but even so, to put his own neck on the line and risk his credibility (and remember, this is around when he was looking to get Winky Promotions off the ground and has a vested interest appearing to KSAB) by proclaiming Lacy a p4p star in the making... :-( They just seem to be opposite ends of the spectrum as fighters. Winky super technical and intelligent, and Lacy just a limited-****nal slugger. :conf

Earlier today in another thread someone mentioned how the Edison Miranda hype train included Hopkins prematurely appointing Miranda as successor to his MW throne. Kind of similar. Hopkins like Winky is a thinking man's boxer, while guys like Miranda and Lacy were anything but...just Wysiwyg KO artists who, power aside, we're just totally basic ham 'n' eggs.

 

Yeah but that is sparring. In a real pro contest, Winky moves up to 168lbs anytime he pleases (including when Lacy was at his undefeated peak) and even with the size disparity boxes his face off. In fact, I'll go a step further and say it would be a total uncompetitive mismatch, and that Lacy would come no closer to winning a round than he did with Calzaghe.

Lacy's only chance is to knock Winky out and that isn't happening, even if he lands flush. And honestly it may well be that not even one flush left hook gets past that high guard. Lacy outpointing Wright? Not a snowball's chance in hell.

It would be death by steady jab, instead of the "death by Nightcrawler-esque teleportation and drizzle-flurries" he met with Joe.

As to your point about him being worse afterwards, yes, of course - Joe ruined him. But it wasn't as precipitous a fall as some make out. It wasn't the ruination of an elite. It was the ruination of a B+ titlist.

 

Jeff seems like a cool dude. I am rooting for the upset.

 

Thanks Serge, ill watch that when im on the laptop. A few years ago I messaged him that he should rematch Calzaghe. Thought it was funny at the time, but feel a right POS now :-(