Not a Bad Wednesday Night Fights Main Event... BOTH Guys have Obviously Seen BETTER Days, Especially Mendoza, but Lacy CLEARLY HASN'T Been the Same Fighter, Since Calzaghe WAXED Him...He Got a GIFT vs. Tsypko & Arguably LOST to Manfredo as Well... So it's NOT Like Lacy's coming into this Bout CONFIDENT or Anything...Mendoza Pretty Much SUCKS these Days, but he ALWAYS has a Puncher's Chance...Dude's Probably 1 of the 10 Best PURE Punchers of the Last 5 Years or So... So WHO Wins???....WHO Cares???...Is there ANY Future Whatsoever for the Winner???... REED:dunno:
lacy looked like shit in his last fight, but no way in hell did he lose to manfredo. typsko fight should've been a draw.
I'm always going to be biased toward Jeff, but for whatever it's worth, he changed his training habits and is reducing the extra muscle mass he normally carries. Same sculpted physique, but a leaner - and what he hopes will result in a more fluid - version. A Lacy-Taylor fight isn't a bad one, though most will snicker that it's now a loser-leaves-town match more so than shaping the future of the super middleweight division. Personally, I'm disappointed but not the least bit surprised that HBO is pushing for this fight over Taylor-Carl Froch.
i'm hoping that lacy looks good against mendoza tomorrow night. i wonder which venue would host taylor-lacy should it happen. hopefully not at some casino in connecticut.
He should stop sitting so much on his punches. Every punch he throws is a haymaker, and by a couple of rounds he's all spent. He needs to develop a body punching technique, to complement with his head hunting. Lacy going to the body spells pain for any 168 lbs opponent. Also, he need some footwork, specifically for cutting the ring more effectively, since it's rare to see him going backwards.
