Quote Originally Posted by Preme
Quote Originally Posted by tysonbruno
I give Calzaghe some stick on here but if he beats Kessler he deserves the respect of a true champ as for Lacy he was overated shite
basicaly hence the point of taking a shot of kessler;

coming into the lacy fight calzaghe was said to be the underdog, lacy the next big thing.. now people liek you call lacy an overrated shite... Taking a shot at kessler does 2 things

1. forces people liek your self to come out and state things about how good kessler is, how it does benefit joe form winning, so when he wins it will shut people up

2. people say the fight is big now, wait until its signed, this just adds to the excitment.
Lacy was only the next big thing for some of us - I have a record of saying that Jeff was overrated since his stoppage against Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov in the Olympics. He was much more out boxed than by Calzaghe and then stopped.

Not to be proud but I told you from the very start that Lacy was nothing more than top 25 EU SMW as his amateur record very accurate shows. He lost to Magee by KO, to Ashira by KO, to Quentin Smith (and was handed the Olympics by a very dirty win - Lacy lost 2 out of 3 wins against Smith - in my book all 3)

I followed national amateur boxing close in 12 year and also the Americans as Lacy (and he was very nothing special in the amateurs) - but one day after I left the amateur training, than this guy Gery Shaw started to show that this very average amateur guy, who has always lost on the world scene, was the next big thing.....I was amassed....

Lacy is a good guy but not a good boxer, please understand it....