did jeff lacy ruin himself??

[Abstraction]

Rubbish, he was massive favourite against Calzaghe, in the press , amoungst fans, most clued up boxing writers and experts where touting early KO's for Lacy, Ring had him borderline top 10 P4P.

Stop rewriting history.

Oh my word, Jeff Lacy was the underdog. He said so himself at a London press conference when everybody were writing him off.

BTW, the "Ring boderline top 10 P4P" is nothing to write home about son.

[The Great Shark]

He's fine. He walked it off, just need to put in some work now.

[Squabbles94806]

Jeff Lacy didn't ruin Jeff Lacy, Joe Calzaghe did that. I never really saw that fight from beginning to end, but Calzaghe fcukin scrapped "Left Hook".

It's unfortunate Lacy had to go out like that. I think the boxing world will give him one more chance to stay at the prize fighter status. I don't know who he's opponent would be. I say Brian Vera.

[hammerhiem]

Oh my word, Jeff Lacy was the underdog. He said so himself at a London press conference when everybody were writing him off.

BTW, the "Ring boderline top 10 P4P" is nothing to write home about son.

Lacy was even favourite in the UK.

Joe Calzaghe is the 11/10 underdog in the battle of the unbeaten boxers this weekend with William Hill who make his opponent, American, Jeff Lacy 4/6 favourite with the draw at 20/1.

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/****s/****s030406.htm

Lacy: 11 Calzaghe: 2

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=3266

Lacy: 20 Calzaghe: 7

I challenge you to find a single site that had Calzaghe as favourite, all the one I have ever read had the majority of people saying Lacy by Ko.

Try reading this thread for a history of predictions for the fight in NSB

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121419&highlight=Lacy+Calzaghe

[SHB]

Some beatings you just don't recover from. Physically yes, but boxing is largely mental and he's mentally shot. That was as demoralising a beatdown as I've seen in the last decade.

Damn shame really.

[Mayfeather]

Calzaghe ruined Lacy

[weekender101]

with the bookies at least, JL was the favourite against JC. That’s a fact.

I thought he'd win too. Was sorely proven wrong there.

I do, however believe time has shown him not to be as good as the hype in 2005 suggested.

IMO, however, his injury has seriously hampered him (I had to switch off after 5 rounds against PMF, a contender for worst fight of 2007)

Oh, and the "I'm retired" then 24 hours later "I'm out of retirement" thing only showed me that his heart is less than up for it these days

In a nutshell, I certainly don’t think JL is as bad as JC made him look, but on the other hand I also don’t believe JC is as good as JL made him look.

I think his time in the sport is all but over now

[nathan_nall]

Media hype and message board buzz can make us see a totally different fighter than is actually in front of us. A lot of people say that they never saw world class talent in Lacy, but I thought I did. Maybe I was just caught up in the hype. I can look at fighters now, like Berto for a prime example, who have a lot of media sources pushing them on us as the "next big thing". Berto is a nice enough guy, but when he FINALLY steps up.. he's gonna get blasted!

Maybe Lacy never was world class. If I go back and watch his old fights now, I'll be just as biased as I was before... only on the opposite side of the poles. Whats clear to me, is that he hasn't fallen as much as people think. I don't think he's completely shot. I just don't know that he has the substance to hang in there with the Butes, Frochs, Taylors, and Kesslers at the top.

[dchampishere]

wait a min, are you guys serious? overrated?? wtf, i'm assuming must of you guys never been i a fight let alone a boxing ring with someone who is training to knock you the f**k out. look at his am record and what he did as a pro. the reality is he is human and you only have so many fights in you cuase this is the killing sport. some can fight longer than others at the top of their game but the body can only take so much punishment, and he just reached his limit thats all. but overrated come on, you saw with your own eyes his talent

[hookoutofhell]

lacy always was a talneted fighter, he is tougher than he is given credit for, has a sound chin, good athleticm, a good straight right and knows how to finish off a guy. but lacy was never well managed he should have fought good fighters with good skills long before he stepped into the ring with JC.

having a fight with someone like mundine or even kessler (both are good skillful boxers)would have been more beneficial forhim than fighting fighters who were past their prime.

agree with one of the posters abve who said that JL is not as bad as JC made him look but on the other hand JC is not as good as JL made him look.