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I thought he retired but now hes fighting tonite....should he just hang his gloves up or does any one think he has a chance of regaining a title....Once upon a time Lacey was hot property....but i heard he is damaged goods and has only one good arm.....??
Also has anyone got any links to the fight tonite...i will be up and around all nite long?
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I like Lacy, i felt sorry for him in the Calzaghe fight and have always wanted him to do well.
I think he was badly trained, managed and promoted early on in his career and it seems his camp were happy for him to keep using the "Left Hook" to win fights instead of progressing him and tuning him into a good boxer to go with the power. But at the same time were happy to shout to the world he was the new Tyson. It seems to be he was just swept off his feet and he had control over nothing. So actually maybe more similar to Tyson as we thought.
I really believe that Calzaghe took his heart the night they fought and even though he keeps goin hes never been the same. It would be so fantastic if he just turned it up for his last few fights and showed us all a little of what he could of been.
I will put my hands up and admit I fell hook, line and sinker for the Lacy hype pre Calzaghe.
And looking back his 2004/05 form backed up that hype, he beat decent opposition very well.
But as boxing has a way of doing, one fight has ruined Lacy. The Calzaghe defeat has cost Jeff his world class career.
His bravery in taking his licks and going the distance, despite not winning a minute, let alone a round in the fight, has caused real damage. It may sound silly, but a one round blow out defeat to Joe probably causes Lacy less long term damage, as he would be able to put the defeat down, to 'a blip'; 'a fluke'; 'one of them things' (ala Kalambay/Nunn or McKenzie/Del Valle).
Instead Lacy has had to try and come to terms with the fact that in a fight that he was at worse pick-em, going in; he was outclassed in every category you could think of, with the exception of heart.
And so far Lacy has yet to get over that, and possibly never will as a pro boxer.
Lacy definately has a good heart, im sure many other fighters would have hung the gloves up be4 the end.
Anybody kno where I can watch this fight tonight?