Jeff Lacy

Lacy Unretires, Will Be Facing Taylor After All

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lacy56845.jpgBy Dan Ambrose: After a week of a so-called retirement, former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) will be coming back to fight former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (27-2-1, 17 KOs) on November 15th, in Las Vegas. Frankly, I’m not in the least surprised that Lacy is coming back, because he’s still fighting well, is popular with many boxing fans, and is still highly sought after as a potential opponent by other popular fighters. He’s also paid well for his fights, even though he doesn’t currently hold a championship belt.

Lacy, 31, is coming off another less than impressive on July 23rd against Epifanio Mendoza, in which Lacy was given a 10-round majority decision win. In the fight, Lacy was staggered several times and on one occasion, in the 8th round, he ended up tackling Mendoza to gain a little time to recover. For a moment there, it looked as if Lacy wouldn’t make it out of the round for he was badly shook from a big right hand that he took to the top of his head. Mendoza’s power was quite exceptional, and Lacy may taken on more than he bargained for by signing on to fight a dangerous puncher like Mendoza.

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Jeff Lacy Retiring From Boxing?

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lacy567468.jpgBy Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) is retiring from boxing. In an article from the Tampa Tribune, Lacy, 31, said that he’ll be getting out of boxing and retiring altogether from the sport. If this turns out to be the case, it would wipe Lacy’s upcoming bout with Jermain Taylor which is slated for November 15th. It’s unclear whether Lacy is serious about his retirement comments or is just upset over his recent narrow defeat of journeyman Epifanio Mendoza on Wednesday night.

In that fight, Lacy, after a initially a good start in the fight, was hurt badly on two occasions in the 2nd and 8th rounds, staggering badly and ended up taking Mendoza down to the canvas in the 8th with a rough tackle. It was for Lacy his third poor performance since losing to Joe Calzaghe in a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision loss in March 2006. At the time of the Calzaghe bout, Lacy was considered by many boxing fans and writers to be perhaps the best super middleweight in the world, with many of them feeling that Lacy would beat Calzaghe. However, as it turned out, Lacy was soundly beaten by Calzaghe, who swept every round and gave Lacy a tremendous beating during much of the way.

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Lacy Defeats Mendoza On Questionable Decision, Will Fight Jermain Taylor Next

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lacy46357.jpgBy Chris Williams: Former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) battled long and hard on Wednesday night winning a 10-round majority decision over Colombian journeyman Epifanio Mendoza (28-6-1, 24 KOs) at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. The final judges’ scores were 96-94, 97-93 and 95-95. I had Mendoza winning the fight by one round, although I could see the fight being scored a draw, but definitely not a victory for Lacy. He did little after the 5th round, and appeared to lose the 6th though 9th rounds by a wide margin while also being badly hurt in the 2nd and 8th rounds. Given Mendoza’s lack of popularity among boxing fans, I wasn’t particularly surprised that he came out the losing end of the fight, but let’s not kid ourselves, Lacy, 31, didn’t come close to winning the fight and should consider himself very fortunate to have been given the gift decision.

Afterwards, sounding more than a little defensive, Lacy, his left eye swollen, said “I think I did a marvelous job. He [Epifanio Mendoza] should have done what he had to do in the ring to get the win.”

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Jeff Lacy vs. Epifanio Mendoza Tonight

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lacy67765.jpgBy Aaron Klein: Super middleweight Jeff Lacy (23-1, 17 KOs) returns to the ring tonight after a seven month layoff to face the powerful but slow Epifanio Mendoza (28-5, 24 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. Lacy, 31, is still trying to get his once promising boxing career back on track after experiencing a humiliating 12-round unanimous decision loss to undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe in March 2006.

The loss, a brutally one-sided affair, seemed to take a lot out of Lacy, who was pounded unceasingly in every round of the fight. In all honesty, the fight probably should have been stopped by the 7th round when it had become apparent to most, if not all ringside boxing observers, that Lacy was far too slow and mechanical to catch up to the speedy more experienced Calzaghe and had no chance of knocking him out.

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Tarver vs. Lacy On April 12th

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International Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (26-4, 19 KOs) is reportedly preparing for a bout against former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (23-1, 17 KOs) on April 12th, possibly to take place at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. Lacy, 30, was at one time one of the top super middleweights in the division, that is, until he met up with Joe Calzaghe, who pounded Lacy without mercy, beating him by an easy one-sided 12-round unanimous decision on March 4th, 2006.

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Lacy Decisions Manfredo

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lacy464647955.jpgShowing only brief glimpses of his former power, super middleweight Jeff Lacy (23-1, 17 KOs) struggled badly in the process of defeating reality TV start Peter Manfredo Jr. (28-5, 13 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night. It was the first fight for Lacy in a year, after having major shoulder surgery to repair a tear of his left rotator cuff which occurred in his last bout against Vitali Tsypko. If there was any question as to whether Lacy still possessed his awesome left hook it was answered early in the first few rounds, when Lacy rarely used his left hand at all, much less his left hook. The final judges’ scores were 95-94, 96-93 and 97-92, all for Lacy.

When he did throw his left hook, it had very little power, looking nothing like it once did a year ago. Whether Lacy will ever regain the power in his left hook is questionable, as rotator cuff injuries often cause permanent weakness in the side of the injury. In the first three rounds of the bout, Manfredo used his speed and combinations to easily out-box the plodding Lacy, who was fighting mainly one-handed using his right almost exclusively. In the fourth round, Lacy surprised Manfredo with a huge right hand, dropping him to the canvas.

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“MMA Is Just A Fad” – Jeff Lacy

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According to the latest boxing news, former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (22-1, 17 KOs) doesn’t think too highly of MMA sport. In fact, it appears that Lacy, 30, has little respect, saying “I don’t think that we really paid much attention to them. I see that as a fad, to tell you the truth. To me it’s not a sport.” Lacy went on to point out that the yearly gross for all MMA fights came out to the exact same amount that one boxing match – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather – made in a single night.

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Jeff Lacy Facing Career Defining Fight Against Manfredo

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Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy returns to action after a year injury lay off when he takes on Peter Manfredo Jr in an up coming bout. Lacy finds himself with his back agains the wall after a previous humiliating one-sided beating at the hands of Joe Calzaghe, followed by a gift decision over Vitali Tsypko last year, a bout Lacy appeared to have lost by at least a couple of rounds.

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Lacy vs. Manfredo on December 8th

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lacy4444.jpgFormer International Boxing Federation Super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (22-1, 17 Kos) returns to action on the undercard of Ricky Hatton vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Peter Manfredo Jr. (28-4, 13 Kos) on December 8th, at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada. Lacy, 30, has been out of action since tearing his left rotator cuff in a bout with Vitali Tsypko on December 2, 2006. The injury to Lacy’s left shoulder involved a full thickness tear of the tendon, including a partial tear of the muscle as well. What made the injury even worse, however, is that it involves the side in which Lacy throws his left hook – his most dangerous weapon, in other words. Without his powerful left hook, Lacy becomes for all practical purposes and average fighter.

At the time the time of the injury, there was questions as to whether Lacy’s shoulder would ever heal sufficient enough for him to be as effective as he was earlier in his career. Apparently, the word is that the shoulder is as good as new. However, that remains to be seen.

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