Comments Thread For: Kell Brook Motivated To Do a 'Calzaghe-Lacy' Job on Crawford

[Oldskoolg]

Too much talking

He's trying to hype himself up

Bingo.....

[Jack_sh*t]

I read it as Kell referencing the fact that Jeff Lacy was favourite v Joe Calzaghe and stating that if he were to beat Bud then their victories would be similarly remarkable. There's nothing in this article that suggests to me that Kell imagines he has a hope of schooling Bud in the manner that Joe beat Jeff. I think Kell is actually complimenting Bud in that he's saying that Bud is such a skilled and intelligent fighter that to beat him would be a career defining achievement. This can't really be denied can it? I'm from the UK and whilst I give Kell a chance, it'll be a massive upset if he pulls it off.

As for JC V JL, The reality is that Lacy was over-hyped and never had the tools to deal with Joe. How he was favoured to win that fight I'll never understand. I do know that there was a perception in the UK that Calzaghe struggled to land fights against the top U.S. fighters because from a US perspective he had no name value and wasn't a draw. The UK perspective on this was that Joe was perceived as being high risk low reward and the top US fighters would rather swerve him than risk losing to him. Hence it was felt Lacy was being sent over to put Joe in his place. We all know how that went.

Whilst it's true RJJ & BHop were past their prime when JC fought them, they were Joe's last fights, not Roy's or Bernard's. I get that Calzaghe was the younger man, but his style as a volume puncher meant his hands were wrecked by that point. Also, he's only a couple of years younger than RJJ. Yes, he had 8 years in BHop, but BHop is one of those enigma's when you talk of a fighter's longevity.

[Stuntman Mike]

[QUOTE=whollisboxing;20882619]Kessler was seen as his top challenger at the time and Calzaghe beat him clean. That's really all you can ask for from the consensus #1 guy, to beat the consensus #2 guy decisively.[/QUOTEok thats all well and good but calzaghe had 20 odd domestic defenses of his world title fighting bin men and cab drivers

He stepped up went life and death with kessler then fought a way past it jones and hopkins back to back

His record is padded as hell

[Stuntman Mike]

Lacy was a trash win ,he stuggled in his fight before he met calzaghe ,nobody was scared of lacy

[whollisboxing]

[QUOTE=Stuntman Mike;20883894]

Kessler was seen as his top challenger at the time and Calzaghe beat him clean. That's really all you can ask for from the consensus #1 guy, to beat the consensus #2 guy decisively.[/QUOTEok thats all well and good but calzaghe had 20 odd domestic defenses of his world title fighting bin men and cab drivers

He stepped up went life and death with kessler then fought a way past it jones and hopkins back to back

His record is padded as hell

I wouldn’t say Calzaghe went life and death with Kessler. It was close and competitive but Joe won it. As for the rest of his resume, I do think he should have crossed the pond way earlier as it would have enhanced his legacy.

[whollisboxing]

Lacy was a trash win ,he stuggled in his fight before he met calzaghe ,nobody was scared of lacy

It’s easy to call it a “trash win”now because hindsight is 20-20 but Lacy was the favorite going into the fight and not many people predicted that Joe would embarrass him.

You can even google the predictions for more context.

[Stuntman Mike]

It’s easy to call it a “trash win”now because hindsight is 20-20 but Lacy was the favorite going into the fight and not many people predicted that Joe would embarrass him.

You can even google the predictions for more context.

Yeah because calzaghe had his padded record and i guess they thought he had a glass chin and his slaps wouldnt work on lacy

Crazy how bad lacy looked the fight before he fought calzaghe to make him such a betting fav but they both looked like dog turd prior to their fight