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jermain is going to end lacy's sad career.
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Taylor should easily outbox Lacy as long as he doesn't try to play "slugger" like he did against Pavlik in their first fight and get caught with one of Lacy's bombs. If lightening strikes and somehow Lacy KO's Taylor, it will shake up the current state of boxing as we know it;Pavlik's stock would go way down, while Calzaghe's would go way up.
Can't wait for this fight, as it should be a good indicator of whether or not Taylor will be relevant post-Pavlik. I think he either KO's Lacy in the mid-late rounds, unless Lacy hugs and tackles his way to a decision loss. Jeff walked into Epifanio Mendoza's looping overhand right hands all night long in his last fight and was nearly stopped; Taylor should have no problem landing his slightly-more-accurate right hand if he sets it up with his jab.Comment
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Taylor jabs Lacy's head off.Comment
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I feel the same way. I see Taylor putting a serious beating on Lacy and KOing him in the mid - late rounds.
Lacy is DONE, he's Grade F garbage. I can't believe how horrendous his fight with Mendoza was.
MENDOZA <<< ?????
That guy is ****, Dawson made him look like an infantile ****** and he almost KOd Lacy.
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Damn, two more boxing fans from around the way! And here I thought I was the last a dying breed.
I live about 20-25 minutes from Vandy, which is a hell of a lot better than 3 hour road trips to Memphis just for the sake of providing live coverage for the site.Comment
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Taylor UD. Lacy was shot after Calzaghe.Comment
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Sounds like Memorial Gymnasium has been confirmed.
Also good to hear that Taylor is jealous of the guys sparring and anxious to get in there and throw some. Sounds like he's got some weight to take off first, though.
Taylor, Lacy opt for Grand Ole fight site
BY CHRIS GIVENS ARKANSAS ********-GAZETTE
Jermain Taylor vs. Jeff Lacy
When country music star Reba McEntire kicked Jermain Taylor out of his home state, there was only one logical place for Taylor to go for his next fight: Nashville, Tenn.
Lou DiBella, Taylor’s promoter, confirmed Thursday that Taylor will fight Jeff Lacy on Nov. 15 in Nashville, three nights after Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus host the 41st annual Country Music Awards in Tennessee’s capital city. The fight will take place in the Memorial Gymnasium, the 14,168-seat home of the Vanderbilt Commodores basketball team.
The winner of the 12-round, super middleweight title-bout eliminator will get an immediate chance to fight for the WBC world title.
An announcement regarding the date tickets go on sale and prices will be coming soon, Di-Bella said.
Taylor’s handlers wanted the former middleweight world champion from Little Rock to fight at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock on Nov. 15. The arena was already booked, however, by the Reba McIntyre/Kelly Clarkson concert.
Other locations were then considered, including Miami, Memphis, New York, Biloxi, Miss., and Atlantic City, N.J. In the end, DiBella said he decided to get creative.
“We had to look for someplace new,” DiBella said. “It’s certainly going to be an event there, it’s not a regular happening for the city. [With the Country Music Awards there], it’s going to be a whole event week. I think it will be exciting.”
Nashville is not known as a fight town and has not hosted any significant fights in recent years. The Taylor-Lacy fight will be the first time HBO cameras have come to Nashville for a boxing event. An Aug. 22 ESPN2 telecast of a card from The Sommet Center (which is hosting the Country Music Awards), marked the first time in 11 years a boxing show in Nashville made it onto television.
Taylor and Lacy will headline Memorial Gym’s first boxing event.
“You can’t always go to casinos to carry the freight,” DiBella said. “We wanted to do something as convenient for Jermain’s fans as we could. It’s unfortunate we couldn’t go to Little Rock, but this is a great opportunity for Jermain to win an important fight.”
On the undercard, Chazz Witherspoon, a heavyweight contender who is coming off a surprising loss to Chris Arreola, will be making his
comeback fight against Tennessee native Adam Richards. Also, former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron will be fighting Lovemore N’Dou in Cintron’s first fight since losing to Antonio Margarito.
Taylor took the Nashville news in stride, his trainer, Ozell Nelson, said from Miami, where Taylor is training.
“He just wants to fight,” Nelson said. “He just asked me, ‘Is Nashville a done deal?’ I told him yes, and he said, ‘OK, back to work.’ ”
Nelson had a slightly more animated reaction.
“I’m excited. I’ve never been to Nashville,” he said. “I’m looking forward to going. I love country music.”
Taylor arrived in Miami for his training camp Monday. Nelson said Taylor will be just running and dropping weight for the first two weeks. Taylor, who hasn’t fought since a loss to middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on Feb. 16, will spend the first part of camp getting back into fighting shape.
“Actually, his weight is coming down good,” Nelson said. “He’s eating right and running. For the first couple weeks, we’re just doing ab work and running and stretching to get ready to throw punches. He’s been out for so long, he wants to start punching, but he’s being patient.”
The nearly nine-month break between fights will be the longest of Taylor’s career. The break has made for a restless fighter, one who is rediscovering his love for boxing, Nelson said.
“He’s like a kid with a brandnew toy,” Nelson said. “He was watching some other boxers sparring, and just said, ‘Boy, I sure would like to get some of that.’ ”Comment
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Where does Lacy stand if he Beats Taylor??Comment
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