The post fight attitude of some fans pisses me off

That's because our supernatural SMW icon ruined his ass.:verysad

 

And before he injured his shoulder, he was man handling Tsypko, not that V. Tyspko is anything special anyway... just a solid fringer.

Anyway, I don't rate on reputation, I rate on what I see and while Lacy was not a P4P fighter, he was a very solid fighter and had the fight been the least bit competitive, I garauntee you overtime it would garner more credit, even though several months after the Lacy fight, everyone was high on JC.

Lacy was pretty good, it's not always the opponent, it's the victory itself and a 12-0 brutal thrashing with some style on top of it is about as good as it gets in my opinion. The best part for me was when the begining of round 12 commensed and JC had broken his hand in the 8th, so Enzo asked him to just stick and move essentially and stay out of danger because he has won 11 rounds and just needs to see the final bell for a garaunteed victory and JC just walks him down some more and even drops him. JC fights are so damn entertaining, even if people here in the USA think he's not what he's cracked up to be, they have to enjoy these fights.

 

I agree Jack. The Zoo-Hatton thing really pisses me off.....most people on here were picking Zoo by VERY early KO but when he loses he's 'shot'..

 

The one to blame here for Lacy not doing much lately is Calzaghe, he basically destroyed Lacy and Lacy's performance against Tsypko was typical but wasn't enough, he actually lost that fight in my opinion. Then the injury came and now he's inactive, Lacy was hurt in that fight against Tsypko as well, who can we blame again?, Calzaghe. Lacy is one of my favorites but I must admit here that Calzaghe crushed him in every way that night, hope Lacy improves and doesn't continue relying on the one big punch or he's going to get stopped against anyone decent he fights soon.

 

Good thread and quality posts all around.

JC deserves all the credit for the way he fought. I am sure Lacy learned alot from this fight.

 

You're absolutely right, Jack. People thought the same about Trinidad going into his fight with Hopkins; they thought he'd go right through him. Now they talk about how he was the "naturally smaller man moving up", "blown up welterweight", etc. Bottom line: Calzaghe rose to the occassion and was simply the better man that night, Hopkins fought a very smart fight and outsmarted /outboxed Trinidad, and Ricky Hatton proved he was the real deal by beating a great fighter in Kostya Tszyu.

 

Totally agree with you but that's how it is in boxing, really hate it as well.

 

History will be more realistic than these morons in the present, it was that way with every generation.

 

most people thought it was going to be a boxing match.

 

You better be thankful you weren't around before the 1970's(and I'm just making a presumption there) because a lot of boxing matches were just like that .

'this aint ****ing tiddlywinks'