Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Lacy's championship days are over. He might pick up another ABC title before he retires, but he'll never be the superstar that many felt he would. And it's not cuz Calzaghe ruined him or some thing. Cuz he didn't. It's just that in reality Lacy never had that mark of greatness. He's a good fighter with very good power but that's about it. He knows only one way to fight and that's it. He's in his late 20's so I seriously doubt he will change his style. He'll always go with what got him to where he's at. And that's relying on his power. He'll probably win tonight and that will probably lead to a bunch of "Lacy is Back" talk. He'll be back. But it's not to championship material. Cuz he was never there. Lacy reminds me an awful lot of Antwan Echols. And that's probably cuz there the same type of fighters.
Pains me to say it but I kind of agree with you. I really like Lacy as fighter and as a man, he comes across as an honest, humble guy as gracious in defeat as he is in victory.

However he only has one way to fight and as we saw emphatically against Calzaghe his style is no match for a master boxer with quick hands.

He will probably get a shot at his old IBF belt, now that Calzaghe has given it up but I can't see him beating Kessler. We don't yet know just how good the likes of Andrade, Bute and Froch can be though so I'm sure there are plenty of good scraps in the future out there for him.

I for one would love to see him knock the shit out of Allan Green :P