Were Peter Manfredo and Jeff Lacy fighting for the right to rematch Joe Calzaghe?

Question

Which one of those guys deserves a rematch? Lacy did defeat Manfredo, but he was punished more severely by Calzaghe. Manfredo was on the verge of a comeback when their fight was stopped. By the way, Larry Merchant got something wrong during the Calzaghe v. Kessler fight. Merchant said two Americans failed to win a round against Calzaghe and Kessler. Jeff Lacy did win the eleventh round against Calzaghe.

Answer 1

neither deserves a rematch. manfredo is a bum from reality tv, lacy struggled to beat him,which makes him not much better than a bum. hasnt calzaghe been well sold to the americans

Answer 2

No, they were fighting to lend a little respectability to Calzaghe's record.  Other than Kessler, they were the only two Calzaghe opponents the American public ever heard of, it was an attempt to get some positive media exposure to use against the publica critisim of Joe's lack of name opponents.  They tried to add some creditability to a couple of Calzaghe's former opponents to try and increase the perception that Joe is a legitimate champion instead of a protected European with a padded record.  It failed, Lacy, with a crippled shoulder beat the kid, and both of them came off as C level club fighters.  Calzaghe has a lot to prove against a 43 year old Hopkins.

Answer 3

I dont think either one of them deserves a rematch. Calzaghe doesnt have any time to bother with either one of those two. Lacy at the time was expected to beat Joe but got destroyed. Manfredo , well im not sure what his purpose was .. getting some exposure maybe. If anyone thought Manfredo including himself had a chance at all at beating Calzaghe they must have been out of their minds. Manfredo should consider himself lucky the fight was stopped he would have ended up taking a worse beating than lacy had the fight continued. I dont remember Lacy winning any rounds that fight but i guess its possible he may have won 1 of the rounds , not like thats something he should be proud of. I dont think manfredo and lacy fought each other for the right to rematch joe though. That would have been all up to Calzaghe if he wanted to fight either of them again which I doubt he would.

Answer 4

Both jeff lacy and peter manfredo dont deserve a rematch.jeff lacy was the new kid wonder , the new mike tyson and was put in his place by joe.peter manfredo was a break fight after the lacy one.calzaghe has always done this.one big fight.one small/easy one.peter manfredo never had a chance.joe calzaghe is in a differnt league all together.and how was manfredo on the verge of a comeback.yes it was stopped maybe a bit too early but if they let that fight go on joe would have stopped him later anyway.manfredo is a very lucky fighter.he is very popular.if he wernt then you wouldernt of even head of him.i dont know if they fought for a rematch i would say no.lacy was completely out-boxed and he knew that the same thing would happen again.manfredo would have loved a rematch to get his name noticed a bit more but he was never going to get one and he knew it.none of these will ever fight calzaghe again.hes going for big names now.trying to get the us to notice him.after he beats hopkins he might have a rematch with kessler.but not manfredo or lacy.ill like to hear your opinion drop me a line.