
Originally Posted by
ono
Hahaha i remember the build up over here for the Hatton fight. It was pretty much as you say.
But i also remember the build up the Lacy - Calzaghe fight. Plenty of people told me Lacy would win by KO (despite never seeing him fight), and this was mainly down to a few comparisons with Tyson in the English press.
Oh no doubt they did a great job building up Jeff Lacy who was greatly outclassed, I saw Lacy fight before the Calzaghe fight and he did look very durable, but the style match up didn't work and Lacy just couldn't handle Calzaghe's speed. I never said the American fighters were exempt from hype, obviously we've had our fair share, but never like England has every young contender from England is the next greatest fighter of all time.....you guys do have very supportive fans, but
they can also be quite delusional as well.
This fight last night just boggles my mind, I've never seen such a farce in boxing, just God awful.
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