What now for LACY?

[spider rico]

Yeah, i think it's gonna take 2-3 warm up's, for LACY to get some confidence back. Given his size, i see no objection to him moving up a weight (age, usually dictates this anyhow) but as much as it get's his confidence back, his skills are now under question. Every commentator is gonna mention his fight with CALZAGHE now, it's gonna haunt him, that's for sure! And they'd be no point (money asside) in fighting bums, only to get his ass handed to himself again. So in hindsight, a definate weight change, would benefit him. He needs to work more on his overall fighting abilities, rather than looking for the 'haymakers' all the time.
Has there been any interviews with LACY, or is he still in hospital. It'll be interesting to see how he composes himself, after this defeat. Will it have changed him?

[BadMagick]

After building a career on being a menacing knock-out merchant, and all round bad-ass. Does LACY have the 'pride' to be humbled, and put asside his (alround) defeat, and carry on.
He's now damaged goods (i know, it's the sign of a great boxer to come back from defeat....but when you're whole career is built around invincibilty, it's hard to make a convincing comeback....to the public...and yourself)
Or is he too 'one-note' to come back?

No, and he is absolutely humble enough to come down from this defeat and learn something. He's not like Tyson, he's not like Foreman mentally. He may have thought he was unbeatable, but he is level-headed enough to see that he needs a lot of improvement. He could go either way now, but I like to think that he'll become a great boxer over the next several years. One we'll remember for ages, and one that will be talked about as the greatest of all time. Hopefully he does not go the Tyson route.

[Derranged]

No, and he is absolutely humble enough to come down from this defeat and learn something. He's not like Tyson, he's not like Foreman mentally. He may have thought he was unbeatable, but he is level-headed enough to see that he needs a lot of improvement. He could go either way now, but I like to think that he'll become a great boxer over the next several years. One we'll remember for ages, and one that will be talked about as the greatest of all time. Hopefully he does not go the Tyson route.

Good point, Foreman and Tyson went to pieces the first time they lost.

[spider rico]

I hope he does, because (ringwise) he seemed like a throwback to the good old TYSON days. I wish him well.

[bluemax]

Lacy got his butt beat. It may be the best thing that happened to him. Maybe now he'll learn how to fight because he was dominated last night .

[paul750]

I certainly don't think he'll be talked about as one of the greatest of all time in years to come, but i do think he can come back reasonably well.

[Run]

He has already fought 21 bums

I hate to break the news to you.....

But Kessler is absolutely no better in that regard.



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[blockhead]

lacy should come home and fight peter manfredo jr. they both beat a washed up pemberton, so why dont they fight one another to see who is the better guy at this point with lacy coming of a serious defeat.

[Stone Cold]

i remember reading in another thread that people said lacy should get another trainer. that should be a real possibility because they just told him to do one thing. just throw a 1.2 combo. from rud one he couldn't really do it. if i was his trainer i would have told him to move his head and try to get some shots in the body and not go for the haymaker and use his jab more and not jujst do that one combo his corner was telling him to do.

if he can go to roach or mcgirt, they will teach him what he needs to work on and it will make him an even better fighter and get bigger fights and all of that.

maybe he should have a couple of tune up fights or even move up in weight, but he has to stay active. and if he can work things out, he could possibly be considere a great.

[da_realist1]

Yeh i felt his trainer wasn't actually providing him with any actual instructions out there just implying that he should try for a KO (stating the obvious huh!)

He feel that he shouold take a rest cos he as been fairly active over the last 13 months then he some has one or two tune ups fights beore fighting at 168 but surely not against Calzaghe (im sure we all agree on that!)