So I just watched Calzaghe-Lacy and........

[oakleyno1]

Lacy is the perfect example of media hype gone wrong. It's so important to take the right steps as a young fighter but Lacy was pushed too fast. U dont go from fighting the Sheikas and the pembertons of the division to stepping up to a world class talent like Calzaghe.. His handlers obviously had alot of faith in him and at the same time they didnt think much of Calzaghe but boy did they miscalculate..

Exactly - Lacy wasnt pushed too fast in terms of what he was meant to be able to handle and in fairness Calzaghe had beaten an ageing Eubank and got knocked down by Mitchell and someone else - admittingly getting up to win - but them and mario veit with close decisions vs brewer and reid - hell I would probably have made the same error and thought it would at the very least be a touch and go either way fight

[Spicoli]

Never understood what people saw in Lacy, his attack plan was as imaginative as his nickname. He went from the backyard pool to the Ocean only knowing how to dog paddle. He never developed past his flaws and you can't learn on the job when you are at that level. Calzaghe beat him up, it wasn't ever close.

[ykdadamaja]

Jeff was scared to get hit... I think Joe hit harder than many people gave him credit for. He may have been one of the more humane fighters in the history of boxing- it was obvious that if Joe had stepped on his punches a bit more, with a wide open Lacy on the attack, Joe could have knocked Lacy out from anywhere from the 4th round to the 8th- very easily.

The last round knock down was clear Joe could have ended Lacy, right then and there...

But, when you watch the fight, it wasn't as much of Lacy not doing enough- he simply could not do anything. Joe had him crushed by the 4th round- every time Lacy tried to come in, he was met with a barrage of punches.

Every time Lacy tried to get inside and hold, he was met with incoming fire and got out-going fire.

He simply was out-gunned.

[IamInuit]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

[justaguy]

Cal was a volume puncher who threw very smart punches... it wasn't throw just to be throwing... he had a plan and stuck to it. He was good enough defensively to take away what the other fighter wanted to do and he adjusted well, in my opinion, though he was often a slow starter. I didn't like him, but he was pretty under-rated. Lacy was outgunned - he didn't know what to throw because he didn't know where the punches coming back at him were coming from - he hadn't had a fight like that. Pretty well destroyed the aura of Lacy and it was all downhill from there.

[bradlee180]

Calzaghe started with a blisteringly fast pace, and Lacy's cornermen were thinkin' that Calzaghe couldn't keep up that pace and would slow down after 3 or 4 rds, but Calzaghe had superb conditioning that extremely few possess, and Calzaghe could maintain that blistering pace for a full 12 rds without slowing down nor getting tired. Very, very few have Calzaghe's level of stamina and conditioning, Pacquiao and Stevie Johnston did.

Another thing, Calzaghe had been Champ for almost 9 years when he totally outclassed Lacy.
In Calzaghe's earlier days, he was no Cal-Slappy; he was a KO puncher.
Dude's hands went bad, but he showed his calibre by totally changing his style into a high-paced, low-impact, volume puncher: man found another way to get the job done.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

There's no denying that Calzaghe is more of a slapper than a proper puncher. It's hard to blame the guy cuz his hands are so brittle but it is what it is. I know many people are turned off by him due to his slapping style..

Lacy's face was a mess but that's not because he got punched so many times. He got slapped but even slaps can damage your face if it lands enough for 12 rounds..

Calzaghe has brittle hands and he doesn't clinch his fists tightly all the time when punching.

[greynotsoold]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

There's no denying that Calzaghe is more of a slapper than a proper puncher. It's hard to blame the guy cuz his hands are so brittle but it is what it is. I know many people are turned off by him due to his slapping style..

Lacy's face was a mess but that's not because he got punched so many times. He got slapped but even slaps can damage your face if it lands enough for 12 rounds..

Calzaghe has brittle hands and he doesn't clinch his fists tightly all the time when punching.

Calzaghe punches with loose wrists. Bobo Olson did this as well.

[Vendettos]

I've just watched it for the eighth time in dim lighting, sound muted and scored 115-113 for Calzaghe. Lacy didn't get credit for his style and Calzaghe just slapped excepting for the odd miracle punch. Lacy didn't get knocked out from those either. Marquez knocked out Pacquiao after Manny had been in with him for 3 times as long as Lacy against Calzaghe, and neither of those guys are American. Lacy was American. Steroids.

This shows how little you know about boxing.

I don't know ANYBODY, personal friend, or worldwide renowned pundit that could even give Lacy one round, yet you gave him 5.


Chris Eubank said, his punches are kind of like slaps, but every single one of them hurt.

[p4pking]

I've just watched it for the eighth time in dim lighting, sound muted and scored 115-113 for Calzaghe. Lacy didn't get credit for his style and Calzaghe just slapped excepting for the odd miracle punch. Lacy didn't get knocked out from those either. Marquez knocked out Pacquiao after Manny had been in with him for 3 times as long as Lacy against Calzaghe, and neither of those guys are American. Lacy was American. Steroids.

This shows how little you know about boxing.

I don't know ANYBODY, personal friend, or worldwide renowned pundit that could even give Lacy one round, yet you gave him 5.


Chris Eubank said, his punches are kind of like slaps, but every single one of them hurt.

Or it shows how poor your comprehension is

[IamInuit]

Clearly the face of a man slapped half to death.

There's no denying that Calzaghe is more of a slapper than a proper puncher. It's hard to blame the guy cuz his hands are so brittle but it is what it is. I know many people are turned off by him due to his slapping style..

Lacy's face was a mess but that's not because he got punched so many times. He got slapped but even slaps can damage your face if it lands enough for 12 rounds..

Calzaghe has brittle hands and he doesn't clinch his fists tightly all the time when punching.

Oh he had softer hands after about the time of Shieka but that's from breaking them knocking people out. He had one of the best ko% in the game for quite some time. The whole Calslappy thing got taken way out to the cosmos not unlike Lewis's weak chin or Tito's. The two punches that stopped Lewis would have stopped a farm tractor and Tito had a balance issue and got knocked down because of it. He would then get up and destroy his opponent. Cal still hurt people even if he had to change punch direction. I bet Kessler would say he didn't slap.