Calzage pussying out of Lacy fight?

akindoc

This is disgraceful from Calzaghe. When is he going to fight a top fighter?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4145584.stm

Joe Calzaghe insists a super middleweight unification bout with Jeff Lacy is far from a done deal.

IBF champion Lacy impressed in stopping Robin Reid last week with his promoters saying he would face long-reigning WBO king Calzaghe in Wales on 5 November.

But Calzaghe has to get past a bout with an as-yet unnamed opponent in Cardiff on 10 September.

He says the Lacy fight will go ahead, but that the suggested 5 November date has "many obstacles" in its path.

"That date has come from America," said Calzaghe in his column for the South Wales Argus.

"Wales play the All Blacks in a rugby international in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on that date [creating problems over a venue and hotel space].

"Lacy looked good coming forward against Reid, but let's see how good he is when he's being backed up"
Joe Calzaghe

"Lots of things can also happen between now and then, not least among them injuries.

"I have had problems with my hand and back on and off over the years, which is hardly surprising when you have been fighting since the age of nine like I have.

"My left hand swells up after almost every fight - though it was fine after I stopped Mario Veit in Germany last time out - so I don't want to put the cart before the horse and it's vital I keep focused on 10 September.

"Don't get me wrong, the Lacy fight will go ahead. He wants it and I want it and the prospect really excites me, but I haven't even talked money yet so nothing is cut and dried.

"Lacy looked good coming forward against Reid, but let's see how good he is when he's being backed up.

"I certainly saw weaknesses in his armoury and, though I'll have to be at my best to beat him, I still don't believe there's a super middleweight on the planet who can live with me."

Calzaghe says he expects to hear who his 10 September opponent is within the next few days.

It will not be Scott Pemberton, though, who has agreed to fight Danny Green in Perth in October.

Big Ears

Heard about that , wouldn't suprise me if he did call the fight off . So much talent..........such a ****ing waste .

stagolee

well he's earned his nickname many times over (joe "sicknote" calzaghe). i think if he pulls out of this one it will be the last straw for a lot of people though. he might start finding it hard to get a fight with a decent fighter if he keeps talking big and then missing the fights.

Geiger

Argh, frustrating! :mad:

efb

I nickanmed one of the lads down the club Joe cos he fights as ofthen. Still he's as good as anything that went before him. Maybe he's just waiting til after his next fight, i.e. not underestimating his opponant considering how much he stank the last time...