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lol... lyle, if the UK went overboard with Ricky Hatton then the US put on concrete shoes and wrapped chains around itself before diving into the atlantic over Jeff lacy...
Of course I exagerated, but Jeff Lacy was an OK fighter, I think he could have done very well had he not gotten injured.....what's Ricky's excuse?
I actually think had Lacy been brought along at a more sensible pace he could've gone far. I really believe that Calzaghe ruined him and I said at the end of that fight, that's it for Lacy, noway he recovers from that. Calzaghe had been a World Chapion for 4 years before Lacy was even a pro. The Lacy that fought Robin Reid is not the Lacy of today - Shame!

1st time i ever saw jeff lacy fight was against reid as i seem to remember it getting a repeat on sky sports a week later. Came away that night thinking lacy was indeed the real deal and more than capable of handling calzaghe as reid was a top top fighter at the time who had run JC closer than anyone else had.

But a combination of lacy completely underestimating some chump from the UK he`d never heard of and calzaghe beggining to show us his status as an all time great he indeed took an absoloute peltering that night and for the life of me cant understand why it was allowed to go the full 12.

Had it of been a 5round massacre, lacy would of been able to rebuild and start again having learnt a harsh lesson. But as youve already said nobody recovers from a beating that he took that night at the hands of JC