Quote Originally Posted by tysonbruno
Ice i agree with you here he had won good amatuer fights 3 times ABA champ he also beat Chris Byrd in amatuers and he had won british title he was number 1 by WBO aswell so he were,nt a rookie
Lacy was a 2000 Olympian. went 209-12 (nearly twice as many fights as JC) in the amateurs. In 1998, he won the National Championships and the PAL Championship. He reached the National Championships finals and repeated as PAL champion in 1999. In the U.S. Trials that year, was undefeated. He the had an equally successful first 22 fights as Calzaghe, but yet Lacy was untested and overated and Calzaghe had had loads of experience as was ready step up