(prime) Jeff Lacy in today's SMW division.

What number do you make Groves?

 

I'd pick prime Left Hook over most of the guys currently active in the division.

Smith I haven't seen enough of at World Level so who knows and I'm still yet to see any of Ramirez so wouldn't be able to make an informed decision on either. Degale is a toss up. If he allows himself to be teed off on then Jeff would hurt him. I'm confident he had the power to deck anyone at the weight. You'd also have to factor in that James only seems willing to fight for a maximum of six rounds.

 

I think he'd beat them all tbh, DeGale if he is at is best would give him a good fight, and Smith with a year or so more experience of having a couple of world class fighters who don't get stopped in the first would be a handful.

 

I swear Ramirez is massively underrated

 

But Floyd said the sport of boxing evolves, and fighters continue to get better. Therefore, Lacy would be a journeyman and wouldn't get anywhere near the world level.

 

Lacy was thought of as the goods when he was coming up.
Nobody expected him to get so outclassed by Calzaghe

They were doing a bit on him before one of his fights, think it was Vanderpool. Lacy was showing his belt rack with his 168 IBF belt, and there were two other empty spaces, Lacy pointed and those and said Middleweight Division, Supermiddleweight division, Lightheavyweight division.

 

Who the hell did lacy beat worth mentioning???