Hahah I remember Northside and a few others, this was not long after I joined this place and really got into boxing. Not going to say I called it but I'd like to think I would today, the hype around Lacy was pretty nuts and there were a good few fights he struggled in before this, it wasn't what it was being billed as.

I don't think Calzaghe "ruined" him, as much as it was just a colossal mismatch to begin with. Hindsight is easy of course, but really Joe had the kind of form Lacy was never going to deal with. He barely even had what you could call a punchers chance, looking back.