Hook, Line & Stinker?
Now then shipmates, just a quick post (you’ll see how quick by the quality….ahem) to keep my hand in after being struck down by flu of the porcine variety aaaarrRRRGGGHHH (that’s pirate for ‘oh bother’)…………and before I set sail on the high seas for a week’s well deserved (in my book at least) break in the sunshine.
I have quite a juicy idea lined up for my return but I’ll retain that in the old locker (Davey Jones’?) in case someone either ‘borrows’ it or I’m disuaded by any negative reaction. I considered rushing it through but amid copious amounts of cough serum, vitamins and painkillers it’d probably read like a joint effort knocked up by Thompson, Burroughs and Self…….actually there’s no way I could get anywhere near that, perhaps Rod, Jane and Freddy is more within my grasp but you catch my drift?
Anyhoo I digress my little landlubbers, I’m here really to offer my two cents on this weekend’s ‘attraction’ pitting the once great Roy Jones Jr against the ‘once on the way to maybe becoming great’, Jeff ‘Left Hook’ Lacy.
Ok, there’s a more deserving scrap elsewhere to focus on but it’s late, the pirate theme is pretty amenable to my foggy state and I’ll hold my hands up to not having enough immediate knowledge to accurately predict the more worthy Donaire-Concepcion battle (shame on me, I’ll swot up on my return, promise).
Aaaaargggghhh (again pirate…I’m milking it) where was I?
Ah yep, Roy Jones’ public game of Russian Roulette with one punch Lacy, what to make of this one then?
Errrrrrmmm not a lot I’m afraid, we could be dealing with two completely shot fighters come bell time. Both remain recognisable names in the cut-throat boxing market, names when paired together still generate enough of a ripple to pad both men’s pension funds somewhat (Lacy deserves that at the very least after the Calzaghe shellacking).
Both guys are desperate for one more crack at the big time, Jones in fact seems like a man who has realised rather belatedly just how much he loves performing under the ring lights, unfortunately this is after the parade has upped sticks and moved on down the road. Lacy on the other hand, never quite managed to jump on board, thwarted by that merciless punching machine from Wales.
In some regards, this fight reminds me a little of Herol Graham versus Vinny Pazienza (which had the most hilarious fight poster I’ve ever seen-kudos if anyone can find a link), two guys more than a shade past their sell by date but still with a smidgen of marketability a promoter with enough brass neck can run dry.
I can see Jeff having real trouble here, firstly in overcoming the fact he’s facing a former ring legend (something which can unsettle mere mortals for a few rounds and Lacy definitely has that glazed look about him when Roy’s around) and secondly with the remaining speed and elusiveness of a man who once compared himself to the thoroughbred racehorse Secretariat. What a shame we don’t put our once great boxers out to stud once their fleeting peaks have passed……..in fact no, they’d only make a reality show out of it………scrap that idea………
Lacy has one shot here, he has to land a howitzer on Jones’ questionable chin in order to pull off the upset, something he hasn’t managed to do since blasting through Scott Pemberton way back in 2005. I can see Jones doing a paint job on him in a dull one, one which Mr.Miyagi himself would approve of. It won’t be anywhere near as grand as the one Calzaghe demonstrated, more the type Vitali Tsypko flashed his brush at…..before being jibbed on the scorecards.
So there it is, I’m off me hearties, bon voyage, pieces of eight etc………..actually that’s grating on even me now, I’ll be back in a week, hopefully with something more interesting for you.
*Andrew would just like to point out that in no way did he knock this post up last minute just so he could upload a picture of the once Garbo-esque Roy selling himself desperately in that Captain Hook costume……….good though isn’t it?
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That’s the one Dave, ha genius, it’s even better than I remember!! Why in the name of chuff is Herol naked??????Brilliant!!