Jermain Taylor vs. Jeff Lacy
| Total Punches | Taylor | Lacy |
|---|---|---|
| Landed | 213 | 75 |
| Thrown | 442 | 443 |
| Pct. | 48% | 17% |
| Jabs | Taylor | Lacy |
| Landed | 107 | 29 |
| Thrown | 257 | 214 |
| Pct. | 42% | 14% |
| Power Punches | Taylor | Lacy |
| Landed | 106 | 46 |
| Thrown | 185 | 229 |
| Pct. | 57% | 20% |
Jermain Taylor 168 lbs beat Jeff Lacy 168 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2008-11-15
- Location: Vanderbilt University Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Referee: Laurence Cole
- Judge: Gale Van Hoy 119-109
- Judge: Joseph Pasquale 118-110
- Judge: Oren Shellenberger 119-109
- WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator
- Weights: Taylor 167¾ lbs, Lacy 167¼ lbs
- Aired on: HBO World Championship Boxing
Summary
Taylor controlled Lacy from a distance with his jab, landing well-timed right hands and uppercuts as he lunged forward. Taylor boxed a measured fight, jabbing and out-maneuvering Lacy on the outside, landing accurate straight rights whenever he got a clear shot, while tying up Lacy anytime he got in close. Lacy didn’t have an answer for Taylor's tactics but he did have one moment in the fight, during the fifth round, when one of his looping overhand rights glanced off the back of Taylor’s head, knocking him down to the canvas as he was backing out of a corner. The referee did not call the fall as a knockdown, but Lacy proceeded to crowd Taylor, who did a fair amount of holding as he backpedaled, for the duration of the round. However, Taylor returned to his boxing ways – jabbing from a distance, holding in close – in the sixth round and for the rest of the 12-round bout. Both boxers let their hands go when they weren’t in a clinch, but it was Taylor who landed his jab from all angles as well as the majority of the clean power punches, many of which were counter shots from mid-range as Lacy advanced forward or missed with his sweeping shots.