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Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy’s Homecoming

Jeff Lacy, also known as Left Hook, returned to box at his home town, Tampa, on April 10 at the USF Sun Dome. Lacy’s last fight since his homecoming was in November and he went through vigorous training for over two months to prepare for his April 10 showdown.
Lacy was formally represented by boxing company, Golden Boy, owned by Oscar de la Hoya, and decided during his training that he did not want to be represented by them any longer and started his own promotional, representative company called Left Hook Promotions and One Punch Productions.
Being a fan of Lacy during his fight is nerve racking enough, but being his girlfriend in the crowd gives you a different perspective. Watching Jeff come out of his corner, with nothing other than boxing on his mind, shows his dedication and determination. Seeing Lacy’s face as he walked out of the locker room and looked up at all of his fans that came to support him showed him not only that people support his boxing, but also that his new promotional company was successful in its turnout.
During his two and a half month training for his fight he had to lose 27 pounds to fight in the heavyweight division. Jeff said, “ I was just starting to get warmed up by the sixth round and I am in the best shape of my life.” Lacy’s fight went ten rounds and he won by unanimous decision. He walked out of the ring with nothing more than a little swollen eyebrow due to his opponent, Ottis Griffin, illegally head bunting him. The referee of the fight was not calling much of the fouls that occurred throughout the entire fight. Griffin was holding Lacy continuously throughout the fight after the second round when Lacy hit Griffin with a powerful left hook. Griffin was also illegally hitting Lacy with his elbow throughout the fight and the referee was not calling any of the fouls, but it didn’t matter, Jeff still won the fight.
Lacy’s next fight will be against Roy Jones Jr. in Tampa at the St. Pete Times Forum sometime in June. Roy Jones was on boxingtalk.com blogging about how he would like to fight Lacy sometime this year. Lacy responded to his blogs by saying, “Let’s do it. Whenever you are ready, I am here.” Roy Jones Jr. was seen at Lacy’s fight on April 10 scouting and studying Lacy’s moves with his trainer and manager. After Lacy had won his fight, he took over the microphone from the ring announcer and publically told Roy Jones Jr. that whenever he wants to fight this summer that he is ready, but it has to be in Tampa with all of his loyal fans.