Thread: Jeff Lacy returns! Lol why?

Jeff Lacy - Boxer

30th November -_-

Is there any point?

I was going to say he's fighting a guy who's 20-16 so he picked an easy comeback fight, but then I noticed his last fight he dropped a UD to a guy who is 23-19, so I guess the outcome isn't as clear as I first thought.

Money mate. You can be 99.999% certain that's why he's coming back.

Lacy probably hopes for a rematch against Galzaghe as it was quite close.

Originally Posted by Master

Lacy probably hopes for a rematch against Galzaghe as it was quite close.

Ha!! That was a good one. I wonder how Lacy would be thought of, if he had never fought Calzaghe?
Hell, I wonder how Calzaghe's career would have gone if that fight had not happened.
Their careers would have gone in different directions, Lacy's down and Calzaghe's up anyway, but not on the fast track.
Any thoughts.

Originally Posted by beenKOed

Originally Posted by Master

Lacy probably hopes for a rematch against Galzaghe as it was quite close.

Ha!! That was a good one. I wonder how Lacy would be thought of, if he had never fought Calzaghe?
Hell, I wonder how Calzaghe's career would have gone if that fight had not happened.
Their careers would have gone in different directions, Lacy's down and Calzaghe's up anyway, but not on the fast track.
Any thoughts.

Joe did want to pull out of that fight and his name would have been mud after cancelling against Glenn Johnson numerous times. It was a defining fight for him.

Calzaghe ducked lacy for the rematch.

Lacy shoulder was not 100%

Lacy showed potential in the fight and if it went 15 rounds who knows what that left hook would have done.

Lacy tore his rotator cuff early in the fight I think, either way he got utterly humiliated.

It's amazing how far Lacy fell off after that fight. I remember when he was very highly regard

Lacy was very open to a boxing match with mma fighter Nick Diaz.

I think he needed the money and truly fancied his chances.

Originally Posted by Master

Originally Posted by beenKOed

Originally Posted by Master

Lacy probably hopes for a rematch against Galzaghe as it was quite close.

Ha!! That was a good one. I wonder how Lacy would be thought of, if he had never fought Calzaghe?
Hell, I wonder how Calzaghe's career would have gone if that fight had not happened.
Their careers would have gone in different directions, Lacy's down and Calzaghe's up anyway, but not on the fast track.
Any thoughts.

Joe did want to pull out of that fight and his name would have been mud after cancelling against Glenn Johnson numerous times. It was a defining fight for him.

Yes, it was a great fight for Calzaghe, he was all the boxing fans in the USA could talk about for a while.
I didn't mind that Lacy lost the fight, but the way he was totally outclassed made me feel for the guy. It was a real spanking.
Everyone knows he was never the same afterward.

I'm with Kirkland here, this is clear evidence he's mismanaged his money.

I doubt that Lacy was never the same after Calzaghe, the truth is he was never in that class to begin with. He'd gone life or death in several fights leading up to it, Rubin Williams, Omar Sheika and Donnell Wiggins all had him in huge trouble, those were life and death fights and quite entertaining if you actually watch them. I can see how the odds would've been close and why it was such a hyped up fight against Calzaghe, but I'd bet there were a good bunch of people who knew boxing and made serious money on that affair.

This is a 40 min drive up in Baton Rouge! Called them and only tickets left are $20 General admission tickets with crap seating...not sure if I want to spend a night at a clinic Christmas party or shaking hands with a shot fighter and asking him "so why didn't you just kick Joe"

Originally Posted by Spicoli

This is a 40 min drive up in Baton Rouge! Called them and only tickets left are $20 General admission tickets with crap seating...not sure if I want to spend a night at a clinic Christmas party or shaking hands with a shot fighter and asking him "so why didn't you just kick Joe"

I'd go with shaking hands with Lacy.

3rd round TKO, he's back. Time for a title shot!

Am I the only one that remembers him talking about how he needed to retire if he couldn't beat RJJ in 2009?