BoxingScene Staff Predictions - Jeff Lacy vs. Joe Calzaghe

[FUMIN 88]

i woud realy like to know what those guys reasons for picking lacy were

eather not whatched cal fight?

not whatched lacy fight?

or just not very clever full stop?

[jabsRstiff]

i woud realy like to know what those guys reasons for picking lacy were

eather not whatched cal fight?

not whatched lacy fight?

or just not very clever full stop?

I picked Lacy.....because he was fighting very well, was young & fresh, & had the big punch. Calzaghe on the other hand had become stagnant......hadn't been in a tough fight for years, & I thought his age was gonna be a big factor, too.
None of that came into play, & Calzaghe couldn't have been more impressive, or laid out a more ruinous beating.

[FUMIN 88]

I picked Lacy.....because he was fighting very well, was young & fresh, & had the big punch. Calzaghe on the other hand had become stagnant......hadn't been in a tough fight for years, & I thought his age was gonna be a big factor, too.
None of that came into play, & Calzaghe couldn't have been more impressive, or laid out a more ruinous beating.

fair comment but lacy has never realy impresed me at all even before the fight with joe

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

fair comment but lacy has never realy impresed me at all even before the fight with joe

Obviously Calzaghe didn't impress many in the UK since Calzaghe was a solid betting underdog in his own country and he brings that up all the time.

[jabsRstiff]

Obviously Calzaghe didn't impress many in the UK since Calzaghe was a solid betting underdog in his own country and he brings that up all the time.

Even the UK-based, boxingscene.com forum LEGEND, JUYJUY......picked Lacy.
He felt that Calzaghe was well past his best.

[Dynamite Kid]

Obviously Calzaghe didn't impress many in the UK since Calzaghe was a solid betting underdog in his own country and he brings that up all the time.

IMO its because Lacy is American there is a percepction that all American fighters are great because they have been schooled & educated on the US circuit which is tougher than the British circuit & it is much harder to reach the summit of the American ciruit than the British one

rightly or wrongly that seems to be the situation IMO

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[Ryn0]

My pick was based on the Reid fight, a fight Calzaghe struggled with and one which Lacy dominated.

[Dynamite Kid]

My pick was based on the Reid fight, a fight Calzaghe struggled with and one which Lacy dominated.

how old was Reid by the time Lacy got to him though

[Ryn0]

how old was Reid by the time Lacy got to him though

exactly thats what I'm saying I didn't count that in, If Lacy could stop a (past it) reid and easily why couldn't he stop a "past it" calzaghe. i was wrong obviously.