Jeffrey Scott Lacy is an American

United States

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 boxer

Boxing

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. He is a former International Boxing Federation

International Boxing Federation

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 super middleweight

Super middleweight

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 champion.

Amateur career

Lacy had 210 fights as an amateur, winning the 1999 National PAL amateur champion at 165 pounds, the 1998 U.S. National amateur champion at 165 pounds, and the 1998 National PAL amateur champion at 165 pounds. Lacy fought at the 1996 Eastern Olympic Trials, stopping Kenneth Head in the first round. In the quarter-finals, Lacy defeated Rubin Williams. In the semi-finals, Lacy lost to Darnell Wilson

Darnell Wilson

Darnell Wilson is a US-American boxer. Graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland.-Amateur career:...

 and finished third.

In the 1997 National Golden Gloves, Lacy again defeated Rubin Williams, but lost against Randy Griffin

Randy Griffin

Randy Griffin is a professional boxer. While best known as a middleweight, he began as a light heavyweight and worked his way down in weight class...

 in the semi-finals and finished in third place. In the quarter-finals of the 2000 Olympic Team trials, Lacy won a decision over Brad Austin. In the semi-finals, Lacy won a decision over Jerson Ravelo

Jerson Ravelo

Jerson Ravelo is a boxer from the Dominican Republic, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division.-Personal:...

. During the finals, Lacy won a 26-10 decision over Randy Griffin.

During the 2000 Olympic Team Box-offs, Lacy lost to Arthur Palac. In his second fight, Lacy defeated him on the scorecards. He was a member of the 2000 United States Olympic boxing team along with future undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...

. During his first bout in Sydney, Australia, Lacy knocked out Cleiton Conceição

Cleiton Conceição

Cleiton Conceição is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country in the middleweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round by Jeff Lacy of the United States.-References:*...

 of Brazil at 0:58 of the third round. During his second bout, Lacy defeated Pawel Kakietek of Poland, en route to a 21-7 decision. During the third bout, Lacy was stopped at 1:49 of the third round by Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia.

Rise to stardom

Lacy made his professional debut against Jerald Lowe on February 2, 2001, knocking him out in the first round. He won his next eight fights by way of knockout and won the WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title against Anwar Oshana

Anwar Oshana

Anwar Oshana was an ethnic Assyrian boxer in the Super Middleweight division between 1994 and 2005. He fought 28 times, winning 23 and losing 5....

, by way of technical knockout in round two.

On July 15, 2003, he won the USBA and NABA super middleweight titles after beating Richard Grant

Richard Grant (boxer)

Richard "The Alien" Grant is a former light-heavyweight boxer, and former EBA Light Heavyweight and Super Middleweight champion...

 by unanimous decision. He defended all three of his belts against Donnell Wiggins by TKO 8. He later fought Syd Vanderpool

Syd Vanderpool

Syd “The Jewel” Vanderpool is a NABO champion boxer and a certified coach and trainer at the Game Day Fitness gym in Kitchener, Ontario...

 for the vacant IBF super middleweight title on October 2, 2004, winning by TKO in 8 rounds. He defended it against Omar Sheika

Omar Sheika

Omar Sheika is an American boxer of Palestinian descent. As of October 2010 he holds a professional record of 30 wins and 10 losses.-Amateur career:...

, Rubin Williams, former champion Robin Reid, and Scott Pemberton.

Loss to Joe Calzaghe

Main article Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy

Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy

Joe Calzaghe vs. Jeff Lacy was a boxing Super Middleweight fight that took place on March 4, 2006 in Manchester, England for the WBO, IBF and the Ring titles...

On March 5, 2006, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England

England

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, Lacy lost his title to Joe Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

. Despite being a favorite going into the fight, Lacy lost by a unanimous points decision and was knocked down in the twelfth round. The fight was extremely one sided with scores of 119-105, 119-107 and 119-107. A point deducted from Calzaghe in the 11th round was all that prevented Lacy from losing every round on every card.

After Calzaghe

Lacy fought a rematch with Vitali Tsypko

Vitali Tsypko

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 on December 2, 2006, in Tampa, Florida, on the same card as Winky Wright

Winky Wright

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's fight against Ike Quartey

Ike Quartey

Ike "Bazooka" Quartey is a former WBA Welterweight champion boxer. He has fought numerous world champion boxers including Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Vernon Forrest and Ronald "Winky" Wright.-Biography:...

. This was the second time he had fought Tsypko, the first fight in 2004 which ended in a majority decision

Majority decision

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. Lacy won the fight by scores of 96-94, 96-94, 95-95. After the bout, it was revealed that Lacy had torn his rotator cuff

Rotator cuff

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 and was injured throughout most of the fight. Lacy had surgery on the injury and did not fight for a year after the bout.

Lacy returned on December 8, 2007, to defeat Peter Manfredo Jr. by a unanimous decision. On July 23, 2008, beat Epifanio Mendoza by a majority decision. Lacy then fought former world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...

 on November 15, 2008, and lost the fight by unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

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, making it only the second loss of his career.

On April 10, 2009, Jeff Lacy defeated Otis Griffin

Otis Griffin

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 by a majority decision with the scores of 97-93, 96-94, 95-95.

Loss to Roy Jones Jr. and Beyond

On August 15, 2009, Lacy suffered a 10th round technical knockout to Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr.

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.

Sixteen months following the loss to Jones Jr., Lacy returned to his hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

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 to face journeymen Dhafir Smith. Smith defeated Lacy by a unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

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Otis Griffin

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Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

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Corrie Sanders

Cornelius "Corrie" Johannes Sanders is a South African former professional boxer. In 2003 he became the WBO heavyweight champion by defeating Wladimir Klitschko via a second-round knock out that is considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history and won Ring Magazine upset of...

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Omar Sheika

Omar Sheika is an American boxer of Palestinian descent. As of October 2010 he holds a professional record of 30 wins and 10 losses.-Amateur career:...

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Syd Vanderpool

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Anwar Oshana

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James Crawford

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