Is Tavoris Cloud The New Jeff Lacy ?

[BIG H]

Lacy's career never ended because he was rushed.

Lacy's downfall was down to a serious shoulder injury (rotator cuff) that he obtained in his fight against Tyspko just after his defeat to Calzaghe.

Because of the injury he had to have a long layoff and once he returned from the layoff, he was never the same.

I think the Calzaghe fight may also have had some bearing on Lacy no longer being the same

[SaltyBacon]

naw tavoris way better he goes to the body way more and have a high punch count defense does need to improve byt he better than lacy

[amat]

Lacy was a top amateur with over 300 fights at pretty much the very top level of the amateurs. Cloud never had a bout outside of Florida as an amateur. I think Lacy had more tools and was more explosive then Cloud and he definitely doesn't have the wins or hype as Lacy. He looked more polished coming up rather then the raw fighter he is now. The injuries and the Calzaghe fight (which I still attribute to Lacy being stale, not all the way but that wasn't the same guy in the ring with Reid) and some personal problems he said he had but hasn't disclosed wrecked him. It's a shame as he is now written off even though more then half this board picked him all those years ago.

They have similar styles but that's where the similarities end imo.

[Pugilistic]

Lacy's career never ended because he was rushed.

Lacy's downfall was down to a serious shoulder injury (rotator cuff) that he obtained in his fight against Tyspko just after his defeat to Calzaghe.

Because of the injury he had to have a long layoff and once he returned from the layoff, he was never the same.

I think the Calzaghe fight may also have had some bearing on Lacy no longer being the same

I don't think it affected him that bad.

Obviously his confidence would of took a hit but from watching his first fight back after Calzaghe, he looked like the same Jeff Lacy for four rounds but after that it went down hill for him because of his shoulder.