Did Joe Calzaghe ruin Jeff Lacy or was he nothing special to begin with?

[Vladimir303]

Alot of Calzaghe fans are trying to give credit to Calzaghe because of Lacy's poor performances in his recent fights.

Did he really ruin him OR was he just a overmuscled one-punch-at-a-time freak?

My opinion is that he was no better than a Juan Urango - another overmuscled no talent fighter.

[Silencers]

He was a good fighter who could have been better had he not run into Calzaghe, I never got what was so special about him though.

[tredh]

Lacy was nothing special to begin with. Power punchers too often are highly overrated and Lacy should be put in that category.

[DrewWoodside]

Lacy was never very good in the first place.

[Gojira]

yes. even thought lacy was ruined before the fight im still gonna give some credit to my man joe.

[IMDAZED]

It's a bit of both. I think, mentally, he'll never be the same again. But as for physical/skills, he was never that good to begin with. Just look at his record--then watch the fights. He really struggled with some of those guys he beat before Calzaghe. In fact, I was appalled the first time I saw him fight. "THIS is Jeff Lacy?" I knew right away he wasn't beating no Calzaghe. Matter of fact, I knew he wasn't beating **** lol.

[BETTY SWOLLOCKS]

Its been proved he aint all that special. But some people Pre-Calzaghe were talking about Lacy like he was the second coming of Jesus and all he had to do was turn up and swing at Joe and he would win. The beating he took proved he wasnt world level!

[Super Greg]

Alot of Calzaghe fans are trying to give credit to Calzaghe because of Lacy's poor performances in his recent fights.

Did he really ruin him OR was he just a overmuscled one-punch-at-a-time freak?

My opinion is that he was no better than a Juan Urango - another overmuscled no talent fighter.

I think he was pretty good, but not a world beater. He end up facing the world beater and got demoralized. Top it off with an injury and we now have a fringe contender.

[FloydMoneyMay]

Did your mom drop you on your head when you was little, or are you just a special kinda person? My brother, he was nothing special to begin with. Lacy was just an agressive fighter fighting mostly old past their prime fighters such as Robin Reid.

[IMDAZED]

Its been proved he aint all that special. But some people Pre-Calzaghe were talking about Lacy like he was the second coming of Jesus and all he had to do was turn up and swing at Joe and he would win. The beating he took proved he wasnt world level!

Exactly. From Joe Calzaghe's own lips he said "I've beaten fighters way better than Jeff Lacy." Then goes on to mention Omar Sheika and Charles Brewer. That's all you need to know about Mr. Left Hook.