Lacy needs another tune up before he even thinks about fighting Taylor

Personally I'd give him another guy off the "C" list, and then maybe somebody solid (Zuniga?) before I let him anywhere near Taylor.

 

I would rather see him fight tarver aswell. I dont think he is shot like everyone keeps saying he is. He needs to fight more and get his stamina up and i think he is still a force.

 

Joe Calzaghe gave him such a beating he will never be the same, its very rare someone gets beaten like that for 12 rounds without a stoppage, it would of been better for Lacy to lose by KO inside 8 rounds for his career, he will never come back from that.

Its alot of mental scars from that night, he was helpless and made to look stupid in a unification match.

 

Tune-up or no tune-up, I don't see him beating Taylor

 

1. Lacy must improve his stamina - extensive running and swimming would help.

2. Lacy needs to visit a good dermatologist and get his scare tissue taken care of.

3. Lacy should look into a new trainer who will teach him fundamentals. Lacy being an inside puncher should throw uppercuts and quick combos. Why he failed to do this last night is lack of fundamentals.

 

It had NOTHING to do with his bout with calzaghe

I think his major serious shoulder injury..is for something, dont you think?

 

I think saying it has nothing to do with Calzaghe is silly of course it has something to do with Calzaghe, he looked good before that fight since then hes looked awful, the shoulder may have something to do with it but if it was causing him problems he wouldn't be fighting.

 

A tune up is too dangerous for Lacy at the moment, who could lose to any C level fighter by the look of things .

Unless they put him in with a scrub they beforehand they should just go straight for Taylor .

It's a joke if Taylor's camp chooses Lacy over Froch though .

 

Lacy needs to take the Shannon Briggs route in my viewpoint.

In fact, it's entirely worrisome to me that more boxers don't take that route when trying to make a comeback.

James Toney, David Tua, Jeff Lacy, Hashim Rahman (although I think he's done) should all look to fight ten times in a year against opposition who rank outside the top 30-40.

Just to get back into boxing regularly, knock all the ring rust off, get that confidence back, make them feel like they're dominating.

Confidence is everything in sport, once you don't back yourself to throw and hurt your opponent, you're done if you're a power puncher like Lacy.

 

I agree with this statement especially the confidence factor. eye of the tiger...eye of the tiger..

 

Taylor has been inactive as hell also and is coming off 2 pretty tough losses. Lacy vs Taylor atm is not a very interesting fight. Undercard of a PPV or Showbox main event at best

 

Lacy should be fighting every four weeks at the moment, even if he goes backwards and fights guys at the Jonathan Reid level for a couple fights.

16 weeks, 4 fights, 4 wins, confidence returns and he may find himself again.

 

Agred that Lacy (and other comebacking fighters) should fight often and gradually work up, but we shouldn't endorse the Shannon Briggs way: he barely ever stepped up before his title shot (which he did not deserve). Shannon ended up getting lucky, but it makes less good fights for the fans.