Holy crap...

...did Jeff Lacy get the crap beaten out of him tonight. Joe Calzaghe just absolutely destroyed him in a 12-round decision that was never even close to close. I assumed that Lacy would just beat Calzaghe's ass, but I didn't expect that Lacy would never even show up. The pre-fight commentary made a big deal out of the fact that they were fighting live at 2:30 A.M. local time in Manchester, and that Lacy was rested while Calzaghe was nervous. Could have fooled me, since Calzaghe pretty much dominated the fight from the opening bell. So much for Lacy going after Jermaine Taylor, though he may need to go down to 160 after that asswhooping.

Also saw the replay of Vargas-Mosley from last Saturday's HBO PPV. Pretty decent fight, though the finish wasn't much in doubt after about the second round or so, since Vargas's right eye pretty much swelled up like a balloon right after the first. Vargas did manage to get it going for a while, but the eye just kept swelling, and by the end of 8, it was all but closed. Vargas managed to soldier on into the tenth, but Joe Cortez saw enough and TKO'ed Vargas in the tenth. Decent fight overall, but Mosley looked a little rough, and Vargas probably would have scratched out a decision if it weren't for the eye.

Two weeks out is Hasim Rahman/James Toney, and that ought to be, ahem, "entertaining". But then in early April, we get Floyd Mayweather and Zab Judah, which might be interesting.

(I'm going to try and post more. Really.)