Who was Jeff Lacy's best win?

[Scary]

You guys are too much... It was a great win for Joe, because of Lacy's popularity throughout the boxing world. He was a feared boxer, that had been predicted to become the next big thing. Imagine the confidence this boxer must have had - Then imagine taking a loss like that to a so called (in his own words) "slapper". It was devastating, it ruined him mentality to the point where he would never become the same again.

Just because he didn't beat anyone big or great, there might be other reasons for him not pulling through. I believe that the beatdown was the reason.

[IronDanHamza]

the writers over at doghouse predictions: only 1 for joe

the writers over at thesweetscience predictions: only 1 for joe

the boxingscene predictions: 6 for joe

and none of those who picked joe were even confident in their picks. it was all mostly close decisions. and the atmosphere with fans back then was that joe will get obliterated..you can google all these predictions since you cant post links on here.

its too easy to change the narrative after so many years. calling lacy a joke and clowing his resume.

if crawford gets beat at 147 i can also trash him saying "who he beat?".. if loma destroys mikey i can ask who mikey beat. you can do this to alot of fighters. and i keep going back not just to joe winning but HOW he won. you call lacy a joke because he didn't turn out to be special. and what im saying is thats because he took a career ending beating that night.

around 2009 mosley vs berto was being cooked up. berto was the next great thing. he was destined to take over. sadly he pulled out due to the earthquake but lets say the fight took place and mosley had destroyed him. you can easily say "who berto beat" to not give shane credit.

its a pathetic thing to do. the lacy victory solidified calzaghe as the best smw in the world. period.

You can't compare Lacy to Mikey Garcia or Terrence Crawford two of the top P4P fighters in the world.

Lacy literally beat no one of note and the only guy he fought he was half decent he struggles with. That's a fact.

Fair play for beating the hype job in Lacy but the fact remains the guy is terrible.

[HarvardBlue]

He was about as bad as Lemieux. He was definitely hyped. Calzaghe did hold quite a bit in the beginning and zapped Lacy's energy and confidence. I have never been a fan of Calzaghe but I do rate his win over a Kessler. He basically lost to Hopkins and beat a badly faded RJJ.

[ShoulderRoll]

You guys are too much... It was a great win for Joe, because of Lacy's popularity throughout the boxing world. He was a feared boxer, that had been predicted to become the next big thing. Imagine the confidence this boxer must have had - Then imagine taking a loss like that to a so called (in his own words) "slapper". It was devastating, it ruined him mentality to the point where he would never become the same again.

Just because he didn't beat anyone big or great, there might be other reasons for him not pulling through. I believe that the beatdown was the reason.

So basically Lacy was a beast but Calzaghe ruined him which is why we never saw him be a beast?

[Madison Boxing]

You can't compare Lacy to Mikey Garcia or Terrence Crawford two of the top P4P fighters in the world.

Lacy literally beat no one of note and the only guy he fought he was half decent he struggles with. That's a fact.

Fair play for beating the hype job in Lacy but the fact remains the guy is terrible.

whos crawford beat of note? The post you were replying to is correct, you can change the narrative very quickly. If crawford got whooped it would be easy to revise things and say, maybe he was overhyped cause his best wins were guys who hadnt beaten anyone themselves (indongo, burns, diaz). Thats what happens on this site, people hype fighters, when they lose they throw them on the dungheap (broner and j rock are good examples) then they start hyping the new kid on the block who they are so sure of being the real deal 'hes not like the last one'....

[IronDanHamza]

whos crawford beat of note? The post you were replying to is correct, you can change the narrative very quickly. If crawford got whooped it would be easy to revise things and say, maybe he was overhyped cause his best wins were guys who hadnt beaten anyone themselves (indongo, burns, diaz). Thats what happens on this site, people hype fighters, when they lose they throw them on the dungheap (broner and j rock are good examples) then they start hyping the new kid on the block who they are so sure of being the real deal 'hes not like the last one'....

Terrence Crawford has cleaned put two divisions.

Jeff Lacy hasn't even beaten a ranked fighter.

Not even close to comparable.

[DreamFighter]

joe waited for years for a really poor champion to come along, giving anyone decent a wide berth. Then failed Olympian Jeff came along and he pounced, winning his first big world title at the age of 34.

To be fair, however average Jeff was (after all, 40 year old roy jones tore him up), Joe still beat a titlist, which was the greatest accomplishment of his career up to that point.

He still had two decent wins to come - Kessler (who I believe was one handed that night), and Bika, before he was given Froch as a mandatory and curiously left the division and dumped the titles quicker than you can say Rachel Cordingley.

As to Jeffs best win - theres just an ageing robin reid as a claim.

[Guest]

And why do the Brits hold him in such high regard?

I think you had to be here on BS at the time (And, God help me, I was).

The Lacy Hype (from Fat Yanks, not Brits) was INSANE.

Any fight poll would be 95% Jeff "LOL" Lacy to win, and he was going to be "the next Tyson".

Even in fights where he looked sloppy (which, let's be honest, was most of them) he was "P4P". When I pointed out he missed with a lot of his shots and was slow to set them up, I was a "bias Brit".

I nearly wet myself laughing when I saw that Slapsie was going to win..... which was actually during the ring walks (you can see it in both their faces.. they KNOW).

[Guest]

To be fair, however average Jeff was (after all, 40 year old roy jones tore him up)

People say that, and I'm not saying it's not a valid point, or that Lacy would have won, etc., but it surprises me how people expected him to be the same fighter, either physically, or (more importantly) psychologically after 12 rounds of getting slapped up.

[lparm]

Easily it's robin Reid.

Lacy beat the man that arguably won 5 rounds again Calzaghe who was at his prime back then. Will 2 rounds against the champ was an accomplishment and Reid in my eyes won 4 clearly. That's a huge achievement for Reid and a big victory for lacy beating the man that won 1/3 of the fight against Joe.