Was Lacy really that bad??

[BoxingGorilla]

During the fight it seemed Clottey had hurt his left hand, now a day later he broke BOTH hands?!?! Bilbo


Clottey did say something about his other hand as well. I didn't see any evidence of that imjury during the fight. He mentioned it in the post fight interview.

[Preme]

I wonder if lacy should look towards freddy raoch. He has done well with big hitters, Tyson, and even pac when he started out wasn't much more than a big hitter with good speed and stamina - i think freddy would be his best option.

[dcR-Reckless]

I wonder if lacy should look towards freddy raoch. He has done well with big hitters, Tyson, and even pac when he started out wasn't much more than a big hitter with good speed and stamina - i think freddy would be his best option.

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[jangeorg]

I will love to see Lacy against Kessler,but im pretty sure its illegal to show murder on TV

[jangeorg]

Looks like Lacy is another overrated busted flush: Gets beaten soundly, then cannot rebound from it ever again.

Your'e not giving Joe or Calzaghe their proper respects.

Joe destroyed him mentally...& physically...you don't come back from that too easily.

No shat!, Obviously not.... Lacy is Overrated and Joe is Underrated!

This is what kills me about boxing fans.

Jeff was a champion, he dominated basically all that he faced, he then faces the best at 168lbs & get's handled & the majority of you want to write him off.

It's a simple case of a great up & comer that jumped to fast by fighting the best in the world & loses. So now...he's overratted & nothing?"

That's bullshit.

Lacy needs a few more wins to get back to form...but Tsypko would be the last one that I'd have done so with.

Give Lacy time...he can & will come back.

Realitically Lacy had never met a decent fighter in his prime before Calzaghe. He had met a lot of names coming for a pay check towards the end of their carreers. Shaw atmitted to that (now, Shaw and Lacy are not best friends anymore, but none-the-less it is true)

So from fighting these old guys it was a wide leap to take on Calzaghe - and abroad! I think what happened was that Lacy was lead to believe he was fighting prime guys that were the elite of the division - all he needed was calzaghe. He of course wasn't. He basically jumped like over a whole big group of fighters to fight calzaghe.

[El Gamo]

I think it was more Lacy fighting an awkward southpaw,a tough opponent and winning rather than him being shot, You can't expect Jeff to go STRAIGHT back to how he was before the JC fight,it'll take time but 1 thing I do agree with,I think he gets frustrated easily if things don't go his way. He looked really good early but was unable/didn't want to modify!

[killersheep]

I think Froch has way to much stamina for Lacy - and consider this:-

How would a one-dimensional fighter like Lacy figure out a sneaky, tricky fighter like Froch?

He could try to bang him out early doors, but the Froch beard is iron and i think he would expect it coming early on.

I think his next opponent would have to be someone like Peter Manfedo or....

....Drop down to middle-weight.

Holy crap man, I totally agree with you, weird?!?! I actually posted that he should be fighting Manfredo on another thread.

[Memphis]

Lacy looked ordinary for the best part but lets give him some credit. He was coming back from a terrible loss and he toughed it out against an opponent who was inspired on the night. Not sure if Lacy was injured or not but thats immaterial for me. He is back in boxing and hopefully he can take alot out of that fight and move forwards. I think I agree with those who say he should change trainer. I'm not sure if Roach is necessarily the guy to take him forwards but from what I have seen of Birmingham with Lacy he is inept.

Also all the Kessler would kill him and Mundine would destroy him is wishfull thinking IMO. Kessler is probably tough enough to outpoint Lacy right now but Mundine would get torn a new one.

[ono]

http://www.secondsout.com/news/index...s=534&cs=20892


Just read this. Was he really as bad as this guy makes out?

He didn't look to sharp, the first two rounds his was landing power shots with no problem, but after that Tsypko had it figured out. If Tsypko would've let his hands go more, he would have taken that fight.

If the judges weren't from Florida he would have won that fight.

[ono]

Tsypko was no joke.

Has everyone forgotten that Vitali is a good fighter too?

And it's not the fight that Lacy should have come back on because Tsypko aint a joke and can make anyone look bad and is very skilled.

Lacy had an opponent in front of him who was very good Super Middleweight and I like that he struggled.

It's better for him to fight a tough opponent and struggle then face an easy opponent and knock them up and then get beat up badly like Trinidad was

Nah Vitali is just a decent european level fighter. End of.

[Fenster]

Taking Tyspko as a comeback fight was a mistake (i know easy to say in hindsight)

For someone that needed a confidence boost, getting hurt, and badly rocked can't have done him much good, although he deserves credit for "winning" and gutting it out against a decent fighter

Don't understand how on the back of this "win" everyone in the division beats the shit out of Lacy

Mundine
Green
Froch

What Lacy showed in the first two rounds would give him a chance with those guys

[El Kabong]

I will love to see Lacy against Kessler,but im pretty sure its illegal to show murder on TV

Oh that's right....Jeff would love to smack someone around with a record more padded than his own

[Kev]

I think Froch has way to much stamina for Lacy - and consider this:-

How would a one-dimensional fighter like Lacy figure out a sneaky, tricky fighter like Froch?

He could try to bang him out early doors, but the Froch beard is iron and i think he would expect it coming early on.

I think his next opponent would have to be someone like Peter Manfedo or....

....Drop down to middle-weight.

Holy crap man, I totally agree with you, weird?!?! I actually posted that he should be fighting Manfredo on another thread.

After the Calzaghe loss Lacy was felt he neede to move UP in weight so I don't think there is any chance whatsoever of him moving down.

[CityOfGod]

Don't understand how on the back of this "win" everyone in the division beats the S*** out of Lacy

Mundine
Green
Froch

What Lacy showed in the first two rounds would give him a chance with those guys

Ha Ha - A chance.

Let me put this spin on what you said: What Lacy showed in the other 8 rounds - is what 'those guys' would absolutely eat alive !

He was staggering around like a drunk! by a cut, under-prepared Tsypko.

[Fenster]

Don't understand how on the back of this "win" everyone in the division beats the S*** out of Lacy

Mundine
Green
Froch

What Lacy showed in the first two rounds would give him a chance with those guys

Ha Ha - A chance.

Let me put this spin on what you said: What Lacy showed in the other 8 rounds - is what 'those guys' would absolutely eat alive !

He was staggering around like a drunk! by a cut, under-prepared Tsypko.

Well maybe you're right

But considering Mundine has been sparked by Sven (powder-puff) Ottke

Green was all over the shop and nearly stopped against his sparring partner

And Froch (i know, i know, he has a granite chin) would get hit and have to absorb the Lacy bombs

Gives Lacy a good chance, as I said. It's not like any of them are Calzaghe, or even remotely close to him, is it?