Jeff Lacy Retiring - Taylor Fight Is Off!

[Kev]

I'm rooting for Lacy in this one, the odds are stacked against him now and he's been written off by everybody it seems.

Still me and JT Rock will cheer him on.

There's no American fighter with a bigger heart than Jeff Lacy so I hope he can dig deep and cause an upset here.

You are correct, dont forget AMAT he is a big Lacy fan too.. No bigger heart and courage than Jeff Lacy he will be my favorite fighter till he decides to hang them up.. Hopefully he can put his punches together like he did the beginning of the Mendoza fight.. Not making excuses but mendoza hit Lacy on the back of the head at least 20x in that fight as well as Lacy got ripped off of a Knockdown when he throttled mendoza and only the ropes held him up but the ref didnt call it.. Epi is a big time puncher with a 90%+ KO rating in his wins and Jeff dosent exactly have a Mayweather type defense, but he gutted one out.. I am rooting for him hopefully he stays competitive and can present a problem with his power and grit

Yeah it disappointed me how quickly everyone was to jump off the Lacy bandwagon following his loss to Calzaghe. Boxing isn't just about getting the W you can lose, in fact lose every minute of every round as Lacy did against Joe, but still prove yourself a man and do yourself proud.

I wish Jeff was a heavyweight as he'd finally be a fighter the Americans could get behind, he's always in shape, fights on against any level of adversity and never complains or makes excuses either during or after a fight.

My favourite American fighter too, let's hope he can land something big on Taylor.

Taylor will be a big favourite to outbox him but if it goes into the trenches and they both have to give it their all I have no doubt Lacy would prevail and force Taylor to quit or at least to stop punching and surrender over the 12 rounds.