Quote Originally Posted by RHHatton
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Lacy was the only elite name fighter (and he was never A-level) he beaten.
Lacy was A-Level all the way upto the first bell of his fight with calzaghe. Didnt hear many people calling lacy then!! Only when Joe destroyed him did people slag of Lacy.

same thing happened with Hatton, Kostya Tzsyu was a living legend and rick wouldnt last past 4-5 rounds but after hatton beat him into submission all he got was 'yeah but kostya is washed up and is past his best'

Its kinda funny when you think back actually, how people who dont want to admit they were wrong about something always change their minds so they dont have to admit it.
Well said, CC

Revisionism on the part of the so called fans is something that bugs me too. There was only a vocal minority on this board backing Calzaghe to beat Lacy. Now many of those that were saying Lacy would win have completely revised their opinions of Lacy and thus diss Calzaghes achievments in the process.

The Lacy fight was seen as a HUGE risk for Calzaghe and many thought he would fall.

Boxing fans can indeed be a very fickle bunch....