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“After what Reid did — or didn’t do today — I am renaming this fight the ‘Tampa Tea Party.’ But instead of Boston Harbor, I’m dropping Reid in the ring.”
– Jeff Lacy after Robin Reid hung up on media just as yesterday’s conference call was beginning. (June 28, 2005)
IBF super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy, from St. Petersburg, FL rumbles with IBO champion Robin “Grim Reaper” Reid, from England, in a world title unification bout, Saturday, August 6, at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL. Showtime will televise beginning at 9 P.M. ET /PT. Remaining tickets are priced at $50 and $100 and can be purchased at the St. Pete Times Forum and all Ticketmaster outlets. To order tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at 813.287.8844 or 727.898.2100. The tickets priced at $1,000, $500, $300, $250, $125 and $35 are all sold out!
