By Mark Vester
According to former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy, a fight with light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. is "90% done" and he expects the deal to be finalized in a few days. The fight would take place in August and likely at a weight closer to 175-pounds. It's a natural for the two Florida-based boxers to stage the fight in their common hometown.
"I think we're a couple days away," Lacy told the Tampa Tribune. "Probably by Monday or Tuesday we'll have everything settled and tacked down."
Neither guy has looked "fresh" in the last year, but Jones has fought the better quality of opponents and looker fresher even though he is 40, and Lacy is closer to 30. Lacy, who broke away from Golden Boy Promotions last year, will use his own company to co-promote the event with Jones.
"The most exciting thing is I'm able to do this under Left Hook Promotions and with Square Ring Promotions at the same time," said Lacy. "It's my second promotional fight and to land this kind of fight, that's the most exciting thing for me. I'm looking to take this company huge. I'm looking at lots of things as far as signing fighters and giving fighters what they're fighting for. I've been there and done that so I wouldn't [mistreat] anybody else."
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