Joe Calzaghe genuinely took Jeff Lacy's soul. Why does that happen?

[W1LL]

At 21-0 (17 KO) and the IBF/IBO champion, Jeff Lacy was the 13th coming of Mike Tyson. In reality the only things he had in common with Mike Tyson was a short prime followed by a prolonged period as an erratic bum. Why did that happen? How did he go from looking invincible to not being able to crack an egg? The fat yanks were all agreed that he was some kind of demi God.

His record after the Joe Calzaghe fight:

• lost to Vitaly Tsypko but got the MD
• lost to Peter Manfredo but got the UD
• stunk the place out against Epifanio Mendoza but got the MD
• lost to Jermain Taylor
• stunk the place out against Otis Griffin but got the MD
• done in by Roy Jones Jr. and RTD
• lost a UD to journeyman Dhafir Smith

His record since Joe Calzaghe reads 6-5 (1 KO). Three (3) of those losses were by TKO/stoppage. No joke four (4) of those wins he got gifted. His real record since Joe should read 2-9 (1 KO). What happened here? Jeff Lacy was only 28 years old the night he took on "The Real Deal" Joe Calzaghe.

[Madison Boxing]

must have destroyed him mentally. to be honest lacy could have still gone on to be a world class fighter, he should have just seen it as taking a lesson from one of the best fighters of our generation, rather than let it destroy him. theres no shame in losing to joe calzaghe,

[HardSpar]

Taking about a thousand hits to the head in one fight can do that to you. And, of course, Jeff Lacy was a hype job, but he was definitely a ruined hype job after that fight.

[Earl-Hickey]

one of the most one sided fights ever will do tat to you

[VatoMulatto]

Calzaghe didn't take his soul. Lacy was never the same when he tore his rotator cuff in the Vitaliy Tsypko fight. He was a physically strong one dimensional fighter with a big left hook. After his injury, he fell apart physically and couldn't punch anymore. Lacy without a punch is not beating anyone.

[ruedboy]

Boxing has had a blueprint for prospects for years. You put your guy in there with poor competition to build up his record, maybe you get a good name whose on his way out.
Look at Lacey's record before Calzaghe and you'll see a guy who was never tested. When Lacey got in there with an elite guy it was too much of a step up.
Joe was a great fighter but his legacy suffers (like Mayweather's) from too much "home cooking".

[123tommy]

I thought he'd beat Joe but didnt think he was the 2nd coming..He'd been dropped by some pretty average fighters,Omar Sheika etc

[Willy Wanker]

When a guy is built up to be this unstoppable monster and he believes the hype behind him, but then gets absolutely embarrassed by a guy he was supposed to destroy, that will kill someone's confidence and make him believe he was a fraud.

Lacy was and would have never been elite, but he still could have got some decent wins after Calzaghe and maybe even won another title. I believe his downfall was more mental than anything else.

Happens to a lot of young fighters.

[The Smash]

Who exactly had he fought in those 21 fights, before Calzaghe?

Lots of fighters have shiny records that they got by being protected, step up, lose and then go into obscurity.

[GMAN SUPREME]

will brook do the same to current american hype job spence? spence is another guy built up to be a monster. I think brook beats him. if brook is 100 percent fully recovered from the golovkin beating and broken eye and coming down from weight doesn't bother him I think he beats spence easily.