Lacy beats Mendoza in killer WNF main event

by Scott Christ on Jul 24, 2008 3:53 AM EDT

I was going to cover last night's Wednesday Night Fights live, but instead opted to just sit down and watch the fights, enjoy them for what they were and not try to cast a critical eye of any sort their way, at least not until afterward.

And before I do get critical, let me say this: it was an awesome, awesome fight, and I thought you could've rightly scored it either way depending on what you prefer. Just a hell of a good power punching bonanza. (OK, I thought Mendoza won a close one.)

I'll admit again I'm not a Jeff Lacy fan. I thought he lost his last two fights, to Tsypko and Manfredo, a couple of credible fighters that shouldn't be beating a guy that was one of the most hyped American fighters of the decade prior to the Calzaghe beating. And tonight exhibited the many reasons I just don't like Lacy as a fighter, and now have lost some respect for him as a dude:

1. His defense sucks. Epi Mendoza should not have been able to hit Lacy the way he did. Lacy should have at least adjusted at some point. He just didn't. Lacy took a lot of good shots.

2. He's always been overrated and mechanical offensively. Yeah, he's got some pop, but he's not Mike Tyson or anything, you know? And that's what he was hyped as. Hype is what it is, and it's not that important, and it's not Jeff's fault. But he tends to fight as a one-punch guy a lot of the time and it's just not what he should be doing. He should've learned that long ago.

3. Lacy's kind of a punk. He acted like a punk in the eighth round, being wailed on and responding by tackling Mendoza in a really rough fashion. It was at that point that I started really just rooting for Mendoza to knock Lacy's block off.

Didn't quite happen, but the fight was fantastic stuff. In my top ten for 2008 so far, I'll say that.

The rest of the card was highlighted by knockouts, including Jose Armando Santa Cruz wrecking up Miguel Munguia with a beautiful liver shot. Danny Jacobs also won via KO, as did Carlos Velasquez.

Really fun night at the fights, and I hope you watched.

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I thought it was a pretty hard fight to call not because it was extremely exciting but because they stunned themselves so much at times that you were confused on actually had the upper hand. But it was well worth it for the hype on Saturday.

By the way, I am not aware if you cought that Carlos Velasquez, but he seems to be pretty good. The only thing I didn’t like was that he started to go a bit too wild on the hammers to knock Vasquez out. A little more training he should be getting up there.

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by CRAZEDANG1280 on Jul 24, 2008 9:31 AM EDT reply actions

Velasquez’s aggression was impressive but he did get wild. Then again he was against an overmatched opponent and that happens.

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by Scott Christ on Jul 24, 2008 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions

Lacy v. Mendoza

Agreed, it was a really good night of fights. I enjoyed watching them a lot more than the Gamboa/Seeger night.

The Lacy v. Mendoza fight was fairly interesting to watch because both guys kept turning it around and looking like they would suddenly win. I think you’re a little hard on Lacy, but I can see how he might be getting hard to root for. I’d agree with you and even say that Lacy would have definately lost if the fight had gone more than 10 rounds, except for the fact that it looked like Lacy was done a couple different times but then he’d just get a second wind of energy and stun Mendoza again.

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by Persiflage on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions

Lacy

Jeff Lacy really doesn’t have a jab at all, its alarming. I cant believe Mendoza didnt dig deep and win that 10th round. I had it 95-95. Really entertaining fight, although I could see both guys losing their next fight easily.

by BabyBull1289 on Jul 25, 2008 12:27 AM EDT reply actions