Lacy Deserves Respect

[paul750]

Any man that can withstand that deseves RESPECT. So called better fighters have quit under less stressful conditions

Do you think the corner should have pulled him out?

[Zab Super Judah]

i hope lacy will be back

[da_realist1]

Do you think the corner should have pulled him out?

I remember watching it last night between round 9 or 10 thinking this needs to get stopped then i re-watched just now and thought it should have been stopped by his corner earlier than that!

Incidently in an interview Calzaghe said that he thought it shouldn't have been stopped and if he's ever in Lacy's position then he wouldn't want to be stopped.

[NAB]

I only saw the fight live on UK television and Lacy didn't grant them an interview however after watching Showtime's interview with him directly after the fight i found him complimentary of Calzaghe's preparation and superior boxing skills.

The way he spoke made me believe that this guy knows that with better boxing skills he has the potential to be a major force in the sport so if i a brit can have faith in the guy, why can't all you so called fans instead of calling him a bum?

At the end of the day it has to be questioned why it was thought that Lacy after 21 fights was ready to fight an experienced and undefeated fighter of Calzaghe's calibre so early in Lacy's career but he'll live to fight another day and will learn from these mistakes to become a better fighter.

Nearly 29 years old
'World' Champ.
5 year professional
200+ Amateur fights.

This is not a 'young' fighter, merely a reflection of today's boxing - carefully guided world champs who are not as good as they are told by their promoters & everyone else.

[da_realist1]

I never he was young but of the current super-middleweight champs, Calzaghe would have appeared the most dangerous option to me anyway.

[USA4LIFE]

DO any of you Lacy fans feel this fight was rushed and should have been done when Lacy had more fights under him. This was only his 22nd and regardless of who Calzaghe has fought in his career, he was obviously more experienced than Lacy. Just wondering.

[dansweeney]

DO any of you Lacy fans feel this fight was rushed and should have been done when Lacy had more fights under him. This was only his 22nd and regardless of who Calzaghe has fought in his career, he was obviously more experienced than Lacy. Just wondering.

it was probably a bit rushed. you could tell the difference in experience right from the opening bell. I always thought jeff would beat joe, but halfway into the first round i told my boys that it was over, i could just tell. Calzaghe looked like the white Roy Jones in there!!! the angles and movement were amazing. i still want to see him come to the U.S. though, I would love him and tarver, i think he beats tarver.

[deuce_drop]

i thought they should've stopped it after the 7th, because there was no way in hell lacy could've done anything at that point to turn the fight around. not even a luck punch would've saved him, he had no power what so ever in any of his punches.....

masterful performance by Calzaghe, i knew he could box and box well, but i had no clue that he could lay down an ass whoopin like that, not of that caliber! Calzaghe is a P4P fighter to the fullest now, no question about it!

[Run]

masterful performance by Calzaghe, i knew he could box and box well, but i had no clue that he could lay down an ass whoopin like that, not of that caliber! Calzaghe is a P4P fighter to the fullest now, no question about it!

Sums up my entire sediments exactly.



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[vB Martin]

Give Calzaghe's last few performances, it wasn't hard to think he was past his "prime", therefore an easy mark for a "young" champion, so I understand why the Lacy camp was so anxious to take the fight even if it meant going to MEN. Luckily they didn't wind up with Micky Vann as ref...

I remember seeing Calzaghe several years ago and thinking he was the real deal, then I saw a few more fights where he looked barely competitive against much lesser opposition. Last night was a stellar performance. If he's back in that form, which is than I remember him ever being, he's here to stay in the limelight. I hope he can make a few good money fights in the US before he retires.

I thought Lacy would win by mid-round KO.

Both of them were gracious in the post-fight interviews. I think Lacy hit it on the head when he said he needed to go back to the gym and start working on his boxing skills again. He was trying to be the one-punch KO artist he has been hyped to be and forgetting the name of the sport. It' good to see that he is aware of why he lost the fight.

As for it being stopped, Calzaghe wasn't really hurting him that badly, though he stunned him a few good times, so I saw no reason for a stoppage. Fights can be turned quickly when you have someone with Lacy's raw power, and as long as they are steady on their feet and not cut up badly you should give them the benefit of the doubt.