They were saying that because they were paying attention to the many 'experts' who said Lacy would flatten him.

Theres nothing wrong with being one dimensional, as long as it works for you. Up until Calzaghe it was working for Lacy, so much so that the majority of people picked him to win.

For evey person that said Joe would win, there were ten saying the opposite, sure your friends at work got it wrong, but so did the people in the know who they were listening to or reading.