Comments Thread For: Joe Calzaghe, Jeff Lacy, and the revaluation of a career-best win

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Twenty years ago, Joe Calzaghe produced arguably the finest performance of his career, and arguably the finest performance seen in a British ring. Elliot Worsell remembers what should never be forgotten
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[TonyRespectful]

Great victory but truthfully Lacy was one dimensional and a bit green at world class level.

[IronDanHamza]

Jeff Lacy never beat a Top 5 ranked fighter in his entire career.

He only got a "world title" by winning a vacant belt vs an unanked fighter.

One of the worst "world champions" in modern history.

[M312]

That performance was the most one sided beat down I've ever seen.

Incredible performance. The hand speed, footwork, power, combinations. Majestic.

People like to downgrade Lacy, but the truth is Lacy was HUGE favourite. Joe absolutely wrecked him like no other boxer has ever been destroyed.

We've seen one sided wins and big knockouts before. But the sustained and utter beat down Joe gave Jeff, for me, was something special.

[IronDanHamza]

That performance was the most one sided beat down I've ever seen.

Incredible performance. The hand speed, footwork, power, combinations. Majestic.

People like to downgrade Lacy, but the truth is Lacy was HUGE favourite. Joe absolutely wrecked him like no other boxer has ever been destroyed.

We've seen one sided wins and big knockouts before. But the sustained and utter beat down Joe gave Jeff, for me, was something special.

Why wouldn't they?

[M312]

Why wouldn't they?

Because it's the same people who picked him to destroy Joe?

[IronDanHamza]

Because it's the same people who picked him to destroy Joe?

Even if that were true, I don't know why that would change anyone from "downplaying" a fighter who beat no ranked fighters and is one of the worst (paper) "champions" in modern history.

The only reason he was the favourite in the first place was because Calzaghe's resume was absolutely terrible aswell

[M312]

Even if that were true, I don't know why that would change anyone from "downplaying" a fighter who beat no ranked fighters and is one of the worst (paper) "champions" in modern history.

The only reason he was the favourite in the first place was because Calzaghe's resume was absolutely terrible aswell

Hindsight is great isn't it. When you get wrecked like that, there is no comeback. It was brutality.

Did you pick Lacy to win?

[IronDanHamza]

Hindsight is great isn't it. When you get wrecked like that, there is no comeback. It was brutality.

It's not hindsight it's factual data.

Are we supposed to pretend that Jeff Lacy was anything but an (at best) average fighter, no where near world class with zero wins over ranked opponents?

The fact he was massively overhyped doesn't magically change that. He beat literally nobody, before, or after Calzaghe. Why would anyone not downplay that?

Calzaghe deserves some credit for fighting a guy the bookies has the favourite, that's fine. And it's one of the two Top 5 ranked fighters Calzaghe beat at Super Middleweight so I guess some credit can be given for that despite the fact Lacy did nothing to earn that ranking.

Did you pick Lacy to win?

Nah. I watched Jeff Lacy struggle with an unranked 3-3 Omar Sheika.

Calzaghe resume was total garbage but he'd atleast easily beat the unranked fighters he was fighting. So I picked Calzaghe by decision.

[daggum]

That performance was the most one sided beat down I've ever seen.

Incredible performance. The hand speed, footwork, power, combinations. Majestic.

People like to downgrade Lacy, but the truth is Lacy was HUGE favourite. Joe absolutely wrecked him like no other boxer has ever been destroyed.

We've seen one sided wins and big knockouts before. But the sustained and utter beat down Joe gave Jeff, for me, was something special.

the odds were nearly even so thats not true and the reason lacy was the slightest of favorites was because no one respected calzaghe, not because of lacys talent or resume which were non existent. he had 1 top 10 win over a ring ranked fighter his entire career and that was robin reid who was number 8. he looked very mediocre against sheika who was probably the 2nd best figther he faced.

if lacy was so good why did he do so bad? calzaghe fougth some good fighers like kessler, bika, etc...and those were close fights. lacy fight wasnt close because lacy wasnt good. he literally just followed calzaghe around the ring getting slapped up. it was a pathetic display of non-talent and his subsequent fights proved that to be the case. when you are matched soft you can look amazing(even though thats not true here) but when you step up in competition the truth is revealed. think wilder

the sustained beat down was a severe lack of talent on lacys part combined with no power on calzaghes part. you dont see that happen often because people get knocked out taking that many punches but calzaghe barely threw punches if you can call them that. no leverage, no body weight, no turn over in them, no shoulder activity involved, most technically not even legal.