Will Jeff Lacy be the same?

**Mr. Ryan** · 12-30-2006, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by Dorian

After getting beaten by Joe I still thought he might still have a few steps ut in his last performance he just about lost(hbo commentators agreed that he lost) and I heard that now he will be out one year with arm surgery
will left hook ever be the same or is he like a vargas after the oscar fight(tito made him loose a few steps and Oscar made him loose some more)

will he be the same?
state opinions

I don't think so. To be honest, I think we've seen the last of Jeff Lacy as a pre-eminent contender. He's coming off of two punishing fights and now he's gonna be doing arm surgery? His confidence is shot, he doesn't believe in his power like he used to, I really don't think we'll see this guy again at the top.

**hugh grant** · 12-30-2006, 01:50 PM

I saw Lacy v Calzaghe but never saw Lacy in his last fight. I dont think he will ever be the same. Because now he knows he can get beaten. Before he fought Joe he might have felt noone could beat him, but now he knows even if he improves his skills. There is someone out there with his number.
So his confidence will never be what it was. If he ever had any confidence in the first place that is.

**Mr. Ryan** · 12-30-2006, 01:51 PM

Originally posted by hugh grant

So his confidence will never be what it was. If he ever had any confidence in the first place that is.

WTF? How many pre-Calzaghe bouts of his have you seen?

**hugh grant** · 12-30-2006, 01:55 PM

No i phrased that wrong. I did say he will never be the same. Before losing he might have felt he was invincible. I did say that , and i am assuming he was a confident boxer, but looks are decieving a lot of the times.
When he got in the ring against Joe he didnt look too confident.

**Shanus** · 12-30-2006, 01:57 PM

Originally posted by hugh grant

No i phrased that wrong. I did say he will never be the same. Before losing he might have felt he was invincible. I did say that , and i am assuming he was a confident boxer, but looks are decieving a lot of the times.
When he got in the ring against Joe he didnt look too confident.

He looked real confident until after the first round.

**Mr. Ryan** · 12-30-2006, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by hugh grant

No i phrased that wrong. I did say he will never be the same. Before losing he might have felt he was invincible. I did say that , and i am assuming he was a confident boxer, but looks are decieving a lot of the times.
When he got in the ring against Joe he didnt look too confident.

He always had a lot of confidence, and thats what made him good. He wasn't as good as he thought he was, but he didn't know that. Boxing is alot more mental than physical, and Lacy shows that.

**Kball15** · 12-30-2006, 02:54 PM

he seemed like his old self in first 2 rounds. He boxed beautifully and he was pounding the guy in the face with right hands.

But then he seemed to fade and thats why i thought he was never gonna be the same. Guys like courtney burton and Tommy hearns, they've been beaten up to many times and u can tell because they fade in the late rounds. And thats what i thought happened to LACY.

But now we know its because the got that shoulder injury so idk. its possible

**Mishra100** · 12-30-2006, 03:04 PM

I think his injury was the nail in the coffin.

**Dorian** · 12-30-2006, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by Shanus

He looked real confident until after the first round.

yeah in every round in his corner he looked very discoruaged and he looked like he didn't belong in there

Will Jeff Lacy be the same?