**What was Lacy's demise.....**

When Boxing Monthly covered the fight it gave an account of what was going on behind the scenes. It can be summed up in one sentence: Jeff could not handle the pressure.

 

Dude, he tore his rotator cuff in the 3rd round.

 

I don't think he was prepared for what faced him in England. Calzaghe is a great fighter and Lacy wasn't really as great as the media made him out to be. Spectacular k.o. artists are the most likely to be overrated by the boxing public. One need only to just look at the disdain on this site for tactical fighters and the ridiculous comparitive importance given to sensational knockouts.

There were also some signs in Lacy's camp that things were not all they were cracked up to be. I'd spoken to some people that saw Wright make Lacy foolish in some sparring. Lacy has also mentioned some personal issues at the time but I believe boxers sometimes have some nonsense going on their lives and it's up to them to make sure they're mentally prepared when the bell rings.

He just wasn't ready for that fight.

 

Maybe your just listening to the people you want to because most of the people who's opinion I value saw that fight for Tsypko. A lot of Polls on sites not dominated by americans had it for Tsypko.
It wasnt the hardest fight to score, Lacy dominated early, Tsypko finished stronger down the stretch.

Not the worst decision ever, I just feel Tsypko won more rounds. I think one judge gave the last the Lacy even though Tsypko clearly landed more clean, effective punches and that was the difference between a draw and a win.

 

Joe Calzaghe

 

Are you for real??? You say that I was listening to the people I wanted then in the same sentance you say that????:huh

 

After al bernstein said 30 some seconds into the fight that "Joe calzaghe got jeff lacy's attention w/ that uppercut" Lacy already looked
like he was in over his head. When joe said in his corner that lacy couldn't punch for ****, I knew there was no way joe was going to lose
this fight. It was **** from that point on.

 

Not saying your opinion aint valid but these are guys who have consistenly been very objective, learned and just plain right. They usually dont let bias get in the way, and are fairly emotionally detatched from fighters even the ones they like.

These guys dont agree on everything, I dont agree with everything they say but they argue points with logic and reasoning. Most of these guys argued that Tsypko was the better at achieving the 4 criteria you are supposed to score a round with and in more rounds.

Maybe your a Lacy fan who converses with Lacy fans thats what I meant. I know a lot of people thought Lacy won but for the wrong reasons if you ask me. A lot seem to give Lacy points for fighting with an injury, which is admirable and deserves respect but has nothing to do with scoring a fight.

 

Jeff Lacy's demise was everything after somebody said "Just sign here Jeff and you'll be the undisputed SMW champion..."

 

is birmingham the trainer with the cocky new yorker/mobster look (one eye brow raised and a semi permanent smirk/grin) oh and always chews bubble gum?

if that's him i HATE him and not because of the lacy fight. i've seen him before in fights where there was no problems but for some reason there are people in life that just annoy the **** outta you. and he is one of them to me.

i forget the fight but i remember he got all macho when the opponent came over after the lost and said he believed he won and wanted a rematch and birmingham if it's the same bloke just puffed his chest out and did the "grease" impersonation and got into the fighter's face. no class and i feel he's the frustrated type. never did any good as a boxer so gets all full of it as a trainer. the lacy fight just confirmed what i suspected about the bloke all along.

im amazed lacy is still loyal to him. then again, maybe the trainer is different off camera but i doubt it.

 

Hmmm.. good hustle.

Tyspko still won though.

 

Absolutely right man!

 

Fighting the greatest boxer on the planet and getting destroyed was his demise.

 

overconfidence,underestimating calzaghe&having an unrealistic team around him who after 9 or 10 rnds of domination still believed he would land that 1 punch to lay out joe that they knew he needed from rnd 3 onwards,theres no way to take a 1000 punches&it not effect you,he'll never be jeff lacy the destroyer again&i doubt he can come back,which is a shame bcoz he showed real heart to keep going in that fight even tho it was clear he wasnt going to win