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American boxer

Jeffrey Scott Lacy (born May 12, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2015. He held the IBF super middleweight title from 2004 to 2006, and the IBO super middleweight title from 2005 to 2006. Lacy rose to prominence in the early to mid 2000s as a feared puncher in the division, with his physique and knockout record making him one of boxing's top rated prospects at the time.

Lacy had over two hundred fights as an amateur, winning the 1999 National PAL amateur champion at 165 pounds, the 1998 U. S. National amateur champion at 165 pounds, and the 1998 National PAL amateur champion at 165 pounds. Lacy fought at the 1996 Eastern Olympic Trials, stopping Kenneth Head in the first round. In the quarter finals, Lacy defeated Rubin Williams. In the semi finals, Lacy lost to Darnell Wilson and finished third. In the 1997 National Golden Gloves, Lacy again defeated Rubin Williams, but lost against Randy Griffin in the semi finals and finished in third place. In the quarter finals of the 2000 Olympic Team trials, Lacy won a decision over Brad Austin. In the semi finals, Lacy won a decision over Jerson Ravelo. During the finals, Lacy won a 26–10 decision over Randy Griffin. During the 2000 Olympic Team Box offs, Lacy lost to Arthur Palac. In his second fight, Lacy defeated him on the scorecards. He was a member of the 2000 United States Olympic boxing team along with future undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor. During his first bout in Sydney, Australia, Lacy knocked out Cleiton Conceição of Brazil at 0:58 of the third round. During his second bout, Lacy defeated Pawel Kakietek of Poland, en route to a 21 7 decision. During the third bout, Lacy was stopped at 1:49 of the third round by Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia. Lacy completed an amateur record of 209 wins, 12 losses.

Lacy made his professional debut against Jerald Lowe on February 2, 2001, knocking him out in the first round. He won his next eight fights by way of knockout and won the WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title against Anwar Oshana, by way of technical knockout in round two. On July 15, 2003, he won the USBA and NABA super middleweight titles after beating Richard Grant by unanimous decision. He defended all three of his belts against Donnell Wiggins by TKO 8. He later fought Syd Vanderpool for the vacant IBF super middleweight title on October 2, 2004, winning by TKO in 8 rounds. He defended it against Omar Sheika, Rubin Williams, former champion Robin Reid, and Scott Pemberton.

On March 5, 2006, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, Lacy lost his title to Joe Calzaghe. Despite being a favorite going into the fight, Lacy lost by a unanimous points decision and was knocked down in the twelfth round. Lacy, who had promised a knockout victory pre fight, was the betting favorite largely due to his age and the nature of his recent title defenses. He started the fight very aggressively but was immediately troubled by Calzaghe's work rate and handspeed. Lacy was hit with a plethora of hurtful punches as Calzaghe managed to consistently land a staggeringly high volume of shots. Lacy continued to try and feint his way in quickly to land his famous left hook but Calzaghe was able to evade or ride the shot. As the match wore on Lacy became increasingly disheartened, and his face a bloody mess. The fight became more and more punishing throughout the middle, and into the later rounds with many expecting the referee to halt the action and save Lacy from such a horrendous beating. To the criticism of onlookers, Lacy's corner continued with the fight in the belief that he could still turn the fight around with one punch. In the end the result was extremely one sided with final scores of 119 105, 119 107 and 119 107. A point deducted from Calzaghe in the 11th round was all that prevented Lacy from losing every round on every card. Many observers have been vocal in their belief that the nature of the loss to Calzaghe meant that Lacy was from then on a shell of his former self.

Lacy fought a rematch with Vitali Tsypko on December 2, 2006, in Tampa, Florida, on the same card as Winky Wright's fight against Ike Quartey. This was the second time he had fought Tsypko, the first fight in 2004 which ended in a majority decision. Lacy won the fight by scores of 96 94, 96 94, 95 95. After the bout, it was revealed that Lacy had torn his rotator cuff and was injured throughout most of the fight. Lacy had surgery on the injury and did not fight for a year after the bout. Lacy returned on December 8, 2007, to defeat Peter Manfredo Jr. by a unanimous decision. On July 23, 2008, beat Epifanio Mendoza by a majority decision. Lacy then fought former world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor on November 15, 2008, and lost the fight by unanimous decision, making it only the second loss of his career. On April 10, 2009, Jeff Lacy defeated Otis Griffin by a majority decision with the scores of 97 93, 96 94, 95 95.

Lacy played the role of Malice Blake in the 2007 boxing movie, "The Hammer", starring and produced by Adam Carolla. Jeff is the younger brother of Hydra Lacy and older brother of professional heavyweight Kenny Lacy, middleweight Marshawn Lacy and son of professional heavyweight Hydra Lacy, Sr. In 2018, Lacy sued RaceTrac for trademark infringement for their Left Hook Energy drink.

No. (Number)ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Loss27–6 Sullivan BarreraTKO4 (8), Jan 30, 2015 33Win27–5 Timothy Hall Jr. UD8Dec 11, 2014 32Loss26–5 Umberto SavigneTKO2 (10), Jul 10, 2014 31Win26–4 Martin VerdinTKO3 (10), Nov 30, 2013 30Loss25–4 Dhafir SmithUD12Dec 11, 2010 29Loss25–3 Roy Jones Jr. RTD10 (12), Aug 15, 2009 28Win25–2 Otis GriffinMD10Apr 10, 2009 27Loss24–2 Jermain TaylorUD12Nov 15, 2008 26Win24–1 Epifanio MendozaMD10Jul 23, 2008 25Win23–1 Peter Manfredo Jr. UD10Dec 8, 2007 24Win22–1 Vitali TsypkoMD (Majority decision)10Dec 2, 2006 23Loss21–1 Joe CalzagheUD12Mar 4, 2006 22Win21–0 Scott PembertonKO2 (12), Nov 5, 2005 21Win20–0 Robin ReidRTD7 (12), Aug 6, 2005 20Win19–0 Rubin WilliamsTKO7 (12), Mar 5, 2005 19Win18–0 Omar SheikaUD12Dec 4, 2004 18Win17–0 Syd VanderpoolTKO8 (12), Oct 2, 2004 17NC (No contest)16–0 Vitali TsypkoNC2 (12)Jun 5, 2004 16Win16–0 Donnell WigginsTKO8 (12), Dec 13, 2003 15Win15–0 Richard GrantUD12Jul 15, 2003 14Win14–0 Anwar OshanaTKO2 (12), May 17, 2003 13Win13–0 James CrawfordTKO2 (12), Feb 22, 2003 12Win12–0 Ross ThompsonUD12Nov 9, 2002 11Win11–0 Jason CollinsKO1 (8), Aug 17, 2002 10Win10–0 Kevin HallRTD3 (8), Jun 8, 2002 9Win9–0 Bobby JonesUD (Unanimous decision)10Mar 30, 2002 8Win8–0 Glenn ThomasKO1 (10), Feb 16, 2002 7Win7–0 Fike WilsonTKO1 (6), Jan 12, 2002 6Win6–0 Bawa AdimeTKO3 (8), Oct 13, 2001 5Win5–0 Tyler HughesRTD (Corner retirement)3 (6), Sep 1, 2001 4Win4–0 Anthony GreeleyTKO1 (6), Sep 1, 2001 3Win 3–0 Tony PopeTKO (Technical knockout)1 (6), May 19, 2001 2Win2–0 Tommy AttardoKO1 (4), Mar 2, 2001 1Win1–0 Jerald LoweKO (Knockout)1 (4), Feb 2, 2001