Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
He would of been in over his head against Kessler as well. Mundine would of been decent. The guy who beat him Manuel Siacca would of been better. Antuan Echols would of taught him a lot. And believe it or not Bruno Girard wouldn't of been a bad choice. He would of been able to see how it is to deal with a boxer. There's plenty of names. Bottom line is Lacy had 21 fights compared to Calzaghe's 40. Do you not see how that might of been a problem?
You don't know that he would have been in over his head with Kessler.

Mundine would have been decent...but he like the other names above had been knocked clean off of the radar. Echols wasn't even fighting worthy at 168 when Lacy was making waves. He had lost to 160'ers & dropped back down during Lacy's big push forward.

Those names wouldn't have clarified the picture anymore than the ones that he fought for fight fans.

Bottom line is...Lacy was doing just fine & proving that he was worthy of the praise...he just chose to step up waaaaaaaaay to fast...but the thing is...if you could land a fight with the best in the world to prove that you were better...you would do it too...Lacy thought that he could live up to his own expectations...he couldn't.

That being said...there was no one else out there better for him to take...he took the top man & he lost.