Had Calzaghe not ducked America

[Larry the boss]

Lacy was a hype job though.

He's basically the absolute epitome of what a hype job is.

Easy to say that after the fight,but before he was the unified champion, the mini Tyson and was the favorite to beat Calzaghe..Hind site is 20/20

[cupocity303]

That was the first time Hopkins publicly called out Calzaghe

Who is Joe Calzaghe that a light-heavyweight Champion has to call him out, in order for him to accept a fight? What's wrong with that picture?

This has been the problem with Average Joe his entire career. That video you posted shows a passive aggressive WBO Paper Champ talking about a potential fight against the P4P Best, only because the Best happened to mention that he might come down a weight class.

So if Roy hadn't mentioned coming down to 168, WBO Joe was content with defending his belt indefinitely?

[IronDanHamza]

Easy to say that after the fight,but before he was the unified champion, the mini Tyson and was the favorite to beat Calzaghe..Hind site is 20/20

It was just as easy to say it before the fight.

He wasn't a Unified Champion.

He won the Vacant IBF Title off Syd Vanderpool.

He held the IBO belt but obviously that's not an actual legitimate belt.

This is a guy who the only decent fighter he fought was Omar Sheika and he looked distinctly average and struggled.

Yeah, as one of the biggest hype job's of all time he got a whole load of morons who said he'd win. That means what? That's what happens when you're a hype job.

Lacy is terrible. Always has been, always will be.

Like I said he is literally THE epitome of what a hype job is.

[Larry the boss]

Who is Joe Calzaghe that a light-heavyweight Champion has to call him out, in order for him to accept a fight? What's wrong with that picture?

This has been the problem with Average Joe his entire career. That video you posted shows a passive aggressive WBO Paper Champ talking about a potential fight against the P4P Best, only because the Best happened to mention that he might come down a weight class.

So if Roy hadn't mentioned coming down to 168, WBO Joe was content with defending his belt indefinitely?

Who was Joe you ask??? well who was Winky and Pavlik?

[Pacquiao'd]

Him and Lennox ducked America

[Larry the boss]

It was just as easy to say it before the fight.

He wasn't a Unified Champion.

He won the Vacant IBF Title off Syd Vanderpool.

He held the IBO belt but obviously that's not an actual legitimate belt.

This is a guy who the only decent fighter he fought was Omar Sheika and he looked distinctly average and struggled.

Yeah, as one of the biggest hype job's of all time he got a whole load of morons who said he'd win. That means what? That's what happens when you're a hype job.

Lacy is terrible. Always has been, always will be.

Like I said he is literally THE epitome of what a hype job is.

I respect you as a poster and know you are older then me,but man to man,tell the truth before the fight what was the vibe???

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Who is Joe Calzaghe that a light-heavyweight Champion has to call him out, in order for him to accept a fight? What's wrong with that picture?

Joe Calzaghe accepted a fight with Bernard Hopkins in 2002. Hopkins was the one who walked away from the fight.

No amount of your feminine waffle and psychoanalysis of Joe's demeanour in interviews can change what actually happened when the real negotiations for their fight took place.

[Larry the boss]

Him and Lennox ducked America

Lennox???? come on man he was kicking ass and taking names..even had Bowe throwing his belt in the garbage

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Him and Lennox ducked America

Lennox Lewis fought almost all of his championship fights in America. Who let the spastics out tonight?

[IronDanHamza]

I respect you as a poster and know you are older then me,but man to man,tell the truth before the fight what was the vibe???

Of course people thought Lacy would win, he was the favourite, and I do give Joe credit because it was a fight that had to happen due to the (Unwarranted) hype that Lacy had at that time. So he deserves credit for the win.

It's also one of only 3 fighters that were in the Top 5 of the divison when Calzaghe fought them.

So I give him credit for the Lacy win.

But let's not act like Lacy's not a hype job because he is and that is completely unquestionable. This is a guy, who doesn't have a single good win over a ranked fighter in his entire career. The absolute best person he beat is Omar Sheika, a fight in which he struggled and looked horrible.

Lacy is just simply terrible. Terrible.

The unwarrented and ridiculous hype that he got shouldn't stray away from these facts and doesn't magically turn Lacy into a fighter as good as his hype suggested.

As for myself I had absolutely no doubts that Calzaghe would not lose a second of any round to Lacy.