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Are Lacy great,hell no,he are protected and overrated: A look at Lacy’s last four Title defenses:
Scott Pemberton (29-3) who hadn’t fought in a year and hadn’t beaten a top ten guy since Omar Sheika (if you considered Sheika a top-ten guy when they fought). The behavior of the referee was controversial to anyone who noticed the subtle way he pinned Pemberton to the canvas with his knee upon stopping the fight. Pemberton protested the stoppage before accepting the loss and what had to be his best payday ever.
Robin Reid (38-4), who was suddenly ranked at #1 on boxrec.com right before he was slated to face Lacy. How do you justify Reid being given a Title shot when he hadn’t beaten a string of top contenders? Reid is a scrappy fighter, who lost to Sven Ottke (32-0), then went on to beat Brain Magee (22-0), following with a win over Ramdane Serdjane (17-16) before making himself
available to Jeff Lacy, who won when Reid’s corner threw in the towel. Though Reid had a snowballs chance in hell to win the bout, he protested his corner’s decision to stop the fight.
Rubin Williams (26-1) was good against lousy competition, which makes up 90% of his resume. In November of 2002, he fought a man with a record of 58 Wins and 238 Losses! There’s no way he deserved a title shot when his last five fights were against unknown fighters with dubious records. That fight ended in a TKO when the ref stopped it after Lacy landed a series of unanswered shots in the seventh round. Williams, who gave Lacy one of the toughest fights I’ve seen him in, suddenly fell apart in the seventh, almost as if on schedule.
Omar Sheika (26-6). How in the world does a guy who loses four of his last seven fights get a major Title shot? Was it because he beat James Buster, who just lost three of his last five? I’m sure it had more to do with Sheika having a recognizable name more than his qualifications. Like Pemberton, Sheika can surprise you with a quality, ‘blue collar’ effort once in a while. Unfortunately, Sheika is incapable of throwing a punch and blocking a shot at the same time and is considerably one-dimensional. Sheika won a fair share of the early rounds against Lacy and it turned out to be a close fight that went the distance and rendered Lacy the winner by UD 12.
Five fights ago, Lacy fought his first unbeaten opponent, Vitali Tsypko (13-0) and the fight was stopped and called a No Decision after Tsypko suffered a cut caused by a head butt. They never settled things with a rematch.
Lacy is a big Star because boxing has no legitimate structure or administration. There’s no real ranking system
Lacy are built up to undefeated status fighting hand picked opponents
Scott Pemberton (29-3) who hadn’t fought in a year and hadn’t beaten a top ten guy since Omar Sheika (if you considered Sheika a top-ten guy when they fought). The behavior of the referee was controversial to anyone who noticed the subtle way he pinned Pemberton to the canvas with his knee upon stopping the fight. Pemberton protested the stoppage before accepting the loss and what had to be his best payday ever.
Robin Reid (38-4), who was suddenly ranked at #1 on boxrec.com right before he was slated to face Lacy. How do you justify Reid being given a Title shot when he hadn’t beaten a string of top contenders? Reid is a scrappy fighter, who lost to Sven Ottke (32-0), then went on to beat Brain Magee (22-0), following with a win over Ramdane Serdjane (17-16) before making himself
available to Jeff Lacy, who won when Reid’s corner threw in the towel. Though Reid had a snowballs chance in hell to win the bout, he protested his corner’s decision to stop the fight.
Rubin Williams (26-1) was good against lousy competition, which makes up 90% of his resume. In November of 2002, he fought a man with a record of 58 Wins and 238 Losses! There’s no way he deserved a title shot when his last five fights were against unknown fighters with dubious records. That fight ended in a TKO when the ref stopped it after Lacy landed a series of unanswered shots in the seventh round. Williams, who gave Lacy one of the toughest fights I’ve seen him in, suddenly fell apart in the seventh, almost as if on schedule.
Omar Sheika (26-6). How in the world does a guy who loses four of his last seven fights get a major Title shot? Was it because he beat James Buster, who just lost three of his last five? I’m sure it had more to do with Sheika having a recognizable name more than his qualifications. Like Pemberton, Sheika can surprise you with a quality, ‘blue collar’ effort once in a while. Unfortunately, Sheika is incapable of throwing a punch and blocking a shot at the same time and is considerably one-dimensional. Sheika won a fair share of the early rounds against Lacy and it turned out to be a close fight that went the distance and rendered Lacy the winner by UD 12.
Five fights ago, Lacy fought his first unbeaten opponent, Vitali Tsypko (13-0) and the fight was stopped and called a No Decision after Tsypko suffered a cut caused by a head butt. They never settled things with a rematch.
Lacy is a big Star because boxing has no legitimate structure or administration. There’s no real ranking system
Lacy are built up to undefeated status fighting hand picked opponents
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