Was Jeff Lacy a fake or did Calzaghe ruin him?

[rjj tszyu]

Calzaghe exposed Lacy the way Hopkins did to Pavlik. Lacy vs Pavlik could be an interesting match up in the future.

Yeah, please don't forget to pass the crack pipe to your right, buddy.

I'd like to see that fight. Then again I like Kelly and would expect him to be the first to KO Jeff!

[Gandalf]

Lacy had his flaws prior to Calzaghe, but having said that Calzaghe was on pure fire in that fight. Very few fighters could have kept up with him. That was a beating, but the injury after Calzaghe certainly contributed to Lacy's decline too.

Lacy was no fake, but he wasn't as good as the US media portrayed him to be. And though Calzaghe beat him up, there were added factors that have left him as he is.