After sitting and waiting for the perfect opportunity to reinstate himself back into the sport that he so adamantly retired from, Jeff Lacy has decided to come out of retirement - a retirement that lasted all of three and half days.Lacy went on a rant a few days after his amateur-like close decision victory over Epifanio Mendoza. He was upset when he found out that the $500,000 purse that he was going to receive for his upcoming fight with Jermain Taylor was only increased by $50,000 after his horrible performance. Hoping to get a reaction, he retired. But, it seems no one really cared (including us; see article)
Apparently DiBella must have let him know that if he did well and raised the interest in the Jermain Taylor fight (which there is none of), then they might make the purse a little sweeter for him. But, he didn't so neither did they.
"It's back on," Lacy told the Tampa Tribune. It seems this revelation came about when Golden Boy COO, David Itskowitch said that he had to make a deal with Lacy. "I spoke to Jeff this morning and I asked him what the number was for him to take the fight and he told me and we got it done," said Itskowitch.
Another example of an overrated pre-madonna fighter, who is coming off three horribly close decisions to middle of the road fighters. He does not deserve even $200,000 for the fight, he doesn't even deserve a bout against a top boxer. There is no reason why Taylor shouldn't make an overwhelming comeback against Lacy, an opponent who has been one of the most highly overrated boxers in recent memory.
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