Jeff Lacy: Should He Retire?

By Steven Wain: Everyone saw last week when Lacy was destroyed by ring legend Roy Jones JR proving once again that Lacy can’t mix it with the big boys. The fight was so one sided, for 10 rounds Lacy just had his ass handed to him and got taught a boxing lesson from a boxing master, the fight was painful to watch and I was relieved when his corner pulled him out.

Something that the fight with Roy and, his fight against a unknown Griffin, in which Lacy struggled to win, proved to me was that Lacy has little or nothing left and therefore he should hang up his gloves and retire before he gets another beating, however, If for some reason Lacy feels the need to continue boxing then I believe he will never hit the big time again and the fight against Jones was his last chance.

Lacy is similar to Hatton in a way that when he gets the chance at the “big time” he fails. (Although with respect to Hatton he did fail against the best p4p boxers in the world)

Lacy had chances against;

Joe Calzaghe – Lacy lost by unanimous decision

Jermain Taylor – Lacy lost by unanimous decision

Roy Jones JR – Lacy lost by RTD in the 10th

But all 3 times he come up short which is the picture of Lacy career, to good for the small guys, not good enough for the big guys.

One of my biggest fears is if Jeff does decide to continue boxing then he might just get beat by some unknown boxer and destroy his career even further, but that just my opinion, its up to Lacy he makes that choice, all I can suggest is that he retires before he gets badly hurt, and just accepts his career was a “failed success.”

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