Lacy delayed Calzaghe fight

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The Reid of 1996 and first half of 1997 would of made Lacy look like an amateur.

How many fighters has Lacy fought who had 19 world championship wins? Eubank had 19 world championship wins and an iron jaw to give with it - but Calzaghe just came out and became the first man to ever score a legitimate knockdown on him (something far more impressive than Lacy on an-even-more-washed-up-than-Eubank-was version of Reid).

Yeah, what the hell happened to Reid, he was a good fighter at one stage.

You will probably know, didnt Eubank say Calzaghe was the hardest puncher he's ever faced, i read a quote a while ago.

[theironone]

watson knocked him down legit so did benn juy

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Oh, long list of nobodys.

Your just showing a lack of knowledge if you think they are nobodies.

[Guest]

but Calzaghe just came out and became the first man to ever score a legitimate knockdown on him

You don't count Watson's??

[drez24]

Trinidad was far from his best, Joppy was shot, De La Hoya started his career as a super feather and Hopkins at Light Heavy, Eastman has heavy hands and nothing else and Taylor is so green its unreal. Hopkins was a good fighter to watch but he is very overated now, he wasted his best years fighting average fighters.

Far from his best!? he was 28 years old in the prime of his career, coming off huge wins off of other superstars in the division, and regarded as one of the best in boxing at the time. I know you brits dont like anything hop does, but you have to give him a LITTLE credit (I know you said he was a good fighter to watch, which is more than what most from the UK would say). Or did you mean he was far from his best that night?

Again, why is Joppy a legitimate opponent on the resume of Taylor, but Hopkins beat a shot fighter.

Hopkins made the Taylor fight not the other way around, he seems to get little credit for trying to fight the best, rather he gets called out for fighting nobodies, who were mandatories by the way. I never knock Joe for taking mandatories, though I'm aware others do.

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watson knocked him down legit so did benn juy

Shut da hell up or i'll knock u down yo britt fool

[JUYJUY]

watson knocked him down legit so did benn juy

No they didn't, he clearly slipped on water in the corner of the ring against Benn and kind of purposely dropped to his knees against Watson (through exhaustion).

[BadMagick]

Looks like its OK for Lacy to take a warm up fight but not Calzaghe.

Lacy hasnt been ready for a long time but as soon as he is he wants the divisions number 1 to go running to him?? They should just shut up and wait a few months until the hand is OK, its no big deal.

I agree. That's ******, to me, it sounds like Lacy's camp is running scared, or something.

[theironone]

No they didn't, he clearly slipped on water in the corner of the ring against Benn and kind of purposely dropped to his knees against Watson (through exhaustion).

slipped from a punch from benn and watson put him their from battering him for 11 rounds

[JUYJUY]

I just dont think Eubank was shot, he looked fresh and he was still young. People just overate the "shot" thing because calzaghe give him serious trouble.

LOL!!

Eubank was totally shot-it in the Collins rematch (he retired right after) due to the fact that he had had to drop from 190-200 all the way down to 168 no fewer than eight times in 12 months. He had been retired for over two years (apart from a couple of self-promoted exhibitions in the Middle East at light-heavy) before coming out of retirement for Calzaghe with only a weeks notice and had to lose over 25lbs bodyweight in under a week!