The end of Jeff Lacy

Many would say the end happened the night he fought Calzaghe, or drew with Manfredo or finally got stopped and embarrassed against old Roy Jones.


But, the literal end seems to have come last night against possibly the biggest light heavy I've ever seen. He's tied with David Telesco for sheer size.


That guy would be a handful for anyone outside of the top 5 or 6 light heavies I'd imagine.


He was more than a handful for 37 year old Lacy. Poor bastard. That's it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_tVrCyjMmA

Lacy is 37 already, holy crap? remember him being the young guy comin up, shit flies by, but yeah the end came a long time ago

That was hard to watch last night. Brutalized.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

That was hard to watch last night. Brutalized.

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It was sad. But, Jeff had no problem doing it to others on his way up. Circle of life.

Lacy never really was. LOLOL.... sure, he was a guy with better than average power. But after that, what else did he really have?

Lacy is/was the kind of fighter that, while he looked intimidating, all you had to do was punch at him... he wasn't a good counter puncher, and he was slow to work inside. Once you kept him at bay for half of the round with a good jab- doesn't have to be a Larry Holmes kinda jab, just a "good" jab- and the other half mix up moving around the ring, circling him and throwing combinations when he moves in, he had no answer.

Calzaghe and Jones did that to him with ease. Lacy was good when he got off on you, but never could beat a decent fighter that came to fight, let alone a top-tier fighter, because of those same deficiencies.

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Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

Lacy never really was. LOLOL.... sure, he was a guy with better than average power. But after that, what else did he really have?

Lacy is/was the kind of fighter that, while he looked intimidating, all you had to do was punch at him... he wasn't a good counter puncher, and he was slow to work inside. Once you kept him at bay for half of the round with a good jab- doesn't have to be a Larry Holmes kinda jab, just a "good" jab- and the other half mix up moving around the ring, circling him and throwing combinations when he moves in, he had no answer.

Calzaghe and Jones did that to him with ease. Lacy was good when he got off on you, but never could beat a decent fighter that came to fight, let alone a top-tier fighter, because of those same deficiencies.

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He beat some decent fighters who came to fight. Pemberton, Reid, Sheika, Rubin Williams. Winning his title against Vanderpool also comes to mind.

Haha... Good!

Jeff Lacy was a joke. Calzaghe exposed him and he fell apart.

Lacy was overrated on the other side of the Atlantic, but it was injuries that made him a one armed fighter. He looked completely shot in the footage above. I don't think he really landed a punch.

He was short for a super middle, what is he doing up at light heavy?!

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Originally Posted by AdamGB

He was short for a super middle, what is he doing up at light heavy?!

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I'd guess age caught up to him.

He hasn't been the most active.

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Originally Posted by Gandalf

Lacy was overrated on the other side of the Atlantic, but it was injuries that made him a one armed fighter. He looked completely shot in the footage above. I don't think he really landed a punch.

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Nobody here cared enough about Lacy to overrate him.

He was never the same after the shoulder problems and the Calzaghe loss.

This should be the end of him, because this wasn't a case of him just getting caught by a big puncher, he was never in the fight. He shows every sign of a washed up fighter. He's gun shy, timid and his reflexes are gone. He was getting hit with slow, sweeping right hands at will.

Lacy's physique fooled some into believing untrooths. He wasn't the monstrous puncher he looked to be.

He narrowly got by a few average(at the time Lacy fought them) fighters. His whole career was intended to be a trick. If you remember Calzaghe had been having tons of hand problems, Lacy's handlers were counting on those problems to decide the fight. They didn't think for a second he could out fight Joe C, they couldn't be that dumb.

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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

Lacy's physique fooled some into believing untrooths. He wasn't the monstrous puncher he looked to be.

He narrowly got by a few average(at the time Lacy fought them) fighters. His whole career was intended to be a trick. If you remember Calzaghe had been having tons of hand problems, Lacy's handlers were counting on those problems to decide the fight. They didn't think for a second he could out fight Joe C, they couldn't be that dumb.

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This. When I think of Lacy, my mind runs on the notion that he is a successful B-Class fighter who snuck in, got a title and/or notoriety. Sorta like what they were trying to do with Seth Mitchell in the heavies, or what they did do with Arturo Gatti.

Gatti followers just fail to realize that while Gatti had heart, he really was an average fighter... he punched hard, but most of his ko's came against either MUCH smaller guys or guys that were never that good.

Put Gatti in there with a good or even decent guy... and we saw the results.

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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

Lacy's physique fooled some into believing untrooths. He wasn't the monstrous puncher he looked to be.

He narrowly got by a few average(at the time Lacy fought them) fighters. His whole career was intended to be a trick. If you remember Calzaghe had been having tons of hand problems, Lacy's handlers were counting on those problems to decide the fight. They didn't think for a second he could out fight Joe C, they couldn't be that dumb.

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I think they were that stupid, at that time Lacy was being handled/supported by a consortium of local businessmen, who may have had more say in the matter than they should have. I don't have any proof--I was never interested enough to find out.
If anyone ever fit the definition of a lamb being led to slaughter or being exposed, it was Lacy in the Calzaghe fight.
Everybody knows he was never the same after that fight, it's happened to plenty of fighters.
He must really need the money.

Roy Jones beat him when he was old too.

Someone needs to sit Lacy down and speak truth. Now it looks like is claiming his opponent was 'switched' :-\ I had to look back at his wars with Tsypko and Mendoza after Calzaghe. He was absolutely in life & death and out on his feet in both at some point, had him losing Mendoza 94-96. He was Jermain Taylors bounce back fight ffs and was dominated. That right there should have been the end but then came Roy and his big dumb "Captain Hook" outfit and Jeff needed to pay the rent.

Roy really humiliated Lacy and was the first to stop him.

Then Roy was humiliated and stopped, albeit prematurely by Danny Green. :(

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Originally Posted by Hulk

Roy really humiliated Lacy and was the first to stop him.

Then Roy was humiliated and stopped, albeit prematurely by Danny Green. :(

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Then we should have seen a Green/Lacy match up.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Someone needs to sit Lacy down and speak truth. Now it looks like is claiming his opponent was 'switched' :-\ I had to look back at his wars with Tsypko and Mendoza after Calzaghe. He was absolutely in life & death and out on his feet in both at some point, had him losing Mendoza 94-96. He was Jermain Taylors bounce back fight ffs and was dominated. That right there should have been the end but then came Roy and his big dumb "Captain Hook" outfit and Jeff needed to pay the rent.

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roy wore a captain hook outfit?

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Originally Posted by erics44

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Someone needs to sit Lacy down and speak truth. Now it looks like is claiming his opponent was 'switched' :-\ I had to look back at his wars with Tsypko and Mendoza after Calzaghe. He was absolutely in life & death and out on his feet in both at some point, had him losing Mendoza 94-96. He was Jermain Taylors bounce back fight ffs and was dominated. That right there should have been the end but then came Roy and his big dumb "Captain Hook" outfit and Jeff needed to pay the rent.

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roy wore a captain hook outfit?

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He did. Looked quite ridiculous like Rick James and Rue Paul ran into one another and exploded.

Just got to see the fight...ugly.

Jeff Lacy had a good career, he wasn't as great as we hoped he would be but he wasn't a horrible fighter. He did as best he could in a division which was at the time devoid of talent bar Joe Calzaghe and really how the hell could he have prepared for that fight? Jeff got injured and of course after the Calzaghe fight he wasn't the same guy. He had a few decent paydays vs guys like RJJ and Jermain Taylor but he was never a contender again.


And let this be a lesson YET AGAIN....he tore his rotator cuff vs Tsypko and fought through the injury and he never had the power he started his career off with after that. And that right there is why I just can't be mad at a fighter stopping a fight due to a torn rotator cuff no matter when it happens during the fight...you've got to think about what's good for your CAREER and not just the fight you're having at the moment sometimes

Far from the guy who slaughtered Robin Reid. So sad, but what goes around comes around in this business unless you get out with your money and marbles.

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Originally Posted by holmcall

Far from the guy who slaughtered Robin Reid. So sad, but what goes around comes around in this business unless you get out with your money and marbles.

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You can tell by the Sheika fight that Jeff wasn't all that.

He came late to boxing and it showed...same with Jermain Taylor.

Everyone see why Nick Diaz wanted to try his luck with Lacy?

I'd pay to see Diaz try Miranda. That fucker still has some piss and vinegar in him.

Just too bad Edison won't get his lazy ass down to 175 where he could at least compete and be a gatekeeper with his power.

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Far from the guy who slaughtered Robin Reid. So sad, but what goes around comes around in this business unless you get out with your money and marbles.

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You can tell by the Sheika fight that Jeff wasn't all that.

He came late to boxing and it showed...same with Jermain Taylor.

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Good comparison. Also David Reid to a lesser extent.

has anyone ever had a conversation about Jeff Lacy without mentioning the utter hiding he took from Calzaghe?

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Originally Posted by erics44

has anyone ever had a conversation about Jeff Lacy without mentioning the utter hiding he took from Calzaghe?

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Not on a boxing forum, for sure! It really sucks, you name forever linked to an ass kicking you took. It's happened plenty and to good fighters.

Manny against Marquez.
Moorer against Foreman.
Foreman against Ali.

Would be a great thread, erics44! Everyone would have something to contribute.
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