Jermain Taylor vs. Jeff Lacy For The Vacant WBO Title?

[GodOfWarII]

Taylor might not be the same after the pavlik fights

i wonder where his heart is at

I don't want to hear these bull**** excuses if Lacy beats Taylors ass. Lacy loss worse to Calzaghe. Lacy didn't even win one ****ing round against calzaghe except I think the ref took one point from Joe for maybe a low blow or something dumb like that. No excuses, who ever wins is the better man that night.

[ArachTinilith]

Jermain will kill him!!!

[boxer12]

I don't want to hear these bull**** excuses if Lacy beats Taylors ass. Lacy loss worse to Calzaghe. Lacy didn't even win one ****ing round against calzaghe except I think the ref took one point from Joe for maybe a low blow or something dumb like that. No excuses, who ever wins is the better man that night.

lol im not makin excuses im makin a general statement

[The Wire]

I think Taylor'll win, Lacy's a *****

[GodOfWarII]

I'm making my final prediction after I see Lacy's upcoming fight. If he looks like **** and barely beats his opponent, then I'm probably going to pick Taylor by decision.

[dstew]

Taylor is overrated. What about him is that good?

This is not 2005, we've learned a lot about Taylor in the last three years, so get out of here with that "overrated" bull****.

The only ones overrating Taylor are the sanctioning bodies that are putting him in world title fights. Fan opinions range from "he sucks" to "he is shot" to "he is mentally weak" to "he has all the tools but lacks heart" to "he's good but needs some work". The guy is coming off four lackluster wins, a draw, and two losses. His flaws are obvious. Nobody here is overrating him.

Hell, even Lacy has a decent chance of popping Taylor and putting him on the mat. He's a strong guy. But Taylors worst performances have come against guys who managed to box with him, if not outbox him. Hopkins outboxed him in spurts. Wright outboxed him before he got overconfident in the scorecards and took a break. Spinks did a good job boxing him (refused to really engage, though, making it a terrible fight). And Pavlik didn't beat Taylor with power alone, he outboxed him in the second fight, not counting Taylor's impressive little spurts.

Can Lacy outbox Taylor? Doubtful.