RSSLacy Requires Surgery; Will Miss At Least One Year
Jeff Lacy’s career isn’t looking so bright these days, even after winning his fight against Vitali Tsypko this past weekend…
Lacy suffered a torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder during the second round of the bout and the injury will require surgery, meaning Lacy will be out of action for at least one year.
“It’s a bad injury,” Jim Wilkes, Lacy’s adviser, told ESPN.com on Tuesday. “It could be career threatening, but we certainly hope it isn’t. No one can believe Jeff was even able to finish the fight. It’s amazing that he did.”
Many boxing experts questioned if Lacy would ever return to the form he once had because of his dismal performance against Tsypko whom many felt actually won the fight despite the judges’ decision. It’s now obvious that Lacy was unable to use his left shoulder during the fight.
Lacy will most likely have the surgery at some point this week:
“They want to schedule it as quickly as possible while it is still a fresh tear,” Wilkes said. “They think it’s a full thickness tear of the tendon and they also think part of the muscle is torn, which makes it an even worse injury. They’ll look to do the arthroscopic surgery, but they’ll probably have to open the shoulder up in full. The doctor said he doesn’t know how he fought with such a bad injury.”
General • Middleweight • Jeff Lacy • Vitali Tsypko
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