Max Molyneux wrote:jamesmcdonnell wrote:Max Molyneux wrote:Oh yeah about bad opposition Hatton fought bad opp before Tszyu and he made him quit, same could happen with Joe and Lacy would be outboxed.
Difference is that Hatton was a fighter on the way up, and Tszyu was nearing the end of a long hard career.
Calzaghe hasn't fought a genuine top 10 opponent since Byron Mitchell, is in his 30's, has a history of injury, and hasn't looked truly convincing in a long while.
Lacy is young, confident, strong as a bull and improving.
If you are going to make comparisons, at least think about whether it stacks up or not.
What you mean wether my comparisons stack up or not?
Hatton got Tszyu at the perfect moment, Lacy if anything will be the one getting Calzaghe at the perfect moment.
What the hell? Joe hasn't been inactive as much as Tszyu though and still is fast enough to outbox Lacy.
Lacy's all that no doubt but I don't think he has the speed and the experiance to beat Joe yet and he won't be as fast. He can have all that all he wants buts it's crap without skill and speed.
Lacy's got so much hype off former Calzaghe oppostion like Reid and Sheika but Joe beat a much better Reid with a broken hand and he stopped Sheika in 5 on cuts because he was so easy to hit yet Lacy was struggling and won a decision.
Vanderpool was outboxing him till he traded.
Lacy needs to gain some speed.
Least Joe didn't need the refs help to beat Reid either. Might of not won anyway but thats still no excuse.
He even got away with a clear back of the head shot withPemberton!
Tszyu had also turned in far more creditable performances, like blasting Mitchell into oblivion in recent times, although he did appear to struggle with Leija early on.
Sheika boxed more against Lacy than usual, and point is, he still lost. I don't think Calzaghe is the fighter he was when he beat Sheika either.
Lacy isn't slow, watch him against Reid you see that he was timing Reid pretty easily, and his combination punching is pretty impressive for such a muscle bound guy.
I agree that the ref didn't help Reid, but there was no way on god's earth Reid was going to win that fight, he just didn't have the output to trouble lacy.
I am not saying Calzaghe cannot win a fight with Lacy, but I make Lacy a slim favourite, based on youth, activity, and most of all desire. If and when it goes to the trenches, will Joe be prepared to go all out to win it? Lacy probably wants it more at this stage of their respective careers, and has the physical rescources that Joe is unlikely to with his history of injury and long layoffs.
Vanderpool was outboxing him till he traded, but ask yourself this, why did he start trading. It may have had something to do with the fact that her realised that Lacy wasn't going to stop coming and was getting tired, maybe not, but it's a possibility you should think about.
When Joe was decked, he stood and traded with Byron Mitchell and Kabary Salem, if he tries that with Lacy, I think he will go the same way as Reid.
