Calzaghe beats Lacy
by Jim Amato
I don't like crow. It don't taste very good. I ate a lot of crow
tonight. Enough to last me the whole year, thank you. Old Joe Calzaghe did
what I thought was unimaginable. He beat the hell out of an ever game Jeff
Lacy. Folks this fight was not even close. Joe jumped on Lacy and had
command throughout. He even knocked Lacy down for good measure in the
final round but could not finish him off. Props to Lacy for staying
propped up at the final bell. The final scores were 119-107 ( twice ) and
119-105. Yes friends, Joe was that dominant
This was teacher-vs-student. I'm a big Jeff Lacy fan but tonight we
learned that Jeff has a lot to learn. I had no idea that Calzaghe was THAT
good ! I picked Jeff from the day the bout was signed. I respected
Calzaghe's record and I thought that if the Calzaghe of three or four
years ago would step in against Jeff, it might be competitive.
I'm usually pretty good at predicting the outcome of fights. This was
the second one I picked wrong this year. The other was Juan Marquez losing
to Chris John. In the Calzaghe-Lacy bout, I could not have been more
wrong.
On ESPN the other night, Roy Jones Jr. was in the studio with Brian
Kenney. Roy made it clear he could make 168 pounds. You want a " Super
Fight " Roy ? I think Joe Calzaghe just won over a lot of US fans. He sure
as hell won me over.
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