Quotes from Nov 21st Press Conference in London.

Jeff Lacy:
"This is a huge fight between me and Joe Calzaghe and a fight that a
lot of boxing fans are going to enjoy and get their money's worth out
of." Jeff Lacy says he too can't wait.

"My goal is to unify the super-middleweight division. If I can't unify
because I can't leave the USA I don't consider myself a true champion.
I have a lot of respect for Joe Calzaghe, but I have to come over and
win this world title." Jeff Lacy on his ultimate plans

"I love being the underdog. I love how the crowd changes at the end of
the fight. I think there is more pressure on Joe because he is fighting
in his home town." Jeff Lacy on coming to England.

Joe Calzaghe:
"This is a massive fight, this is a career defining fight. I want to be
at my very best on the night."

"My hand is fine. Obviously these things happen in boxing, but come
March 4 it will be fine." Calzaghe dismisses worries over the hand he
broke against Evans Ashira.

"I'm convinced I'm going to win. This is the icing on the cake as far
as I'm concerned. It's an even bigger fight now after what Jeff did to
Scott Pemberton." Calzaghe says he is supremely confident.




Gary Shaw:
"Frank Warren owns the biggest cage in the world and it is called the
UK and he doesn't let his fighters of it. If I can't get the fighters
to come to the USA we come to the fighters. The story in this fight is
Jeff Lacy coming across to the UK, not only to defend his title but to
bring home another belt as well. The only 'O' Joe Calzaghe is going to
have when we leave here is the one in his name." Gary Shaw explains why
he decided to bring Lacy to the UK.

"This is the single biggest fight in the super-middleweight division
since James Toney fought Roy Jones Junior. It will breathe life back
into the division."  Shaw on the fight.

"Although he likes bling bling and cars, it is not about the money. If
all that had been on the table was $10, if that was all we could find,
Jeff Lacy would have been in the ring." Shaw says Lacy doesn't care
about the money.

"Fans are going to see one of the great fights, may be the single
greatest fight in the history of the super-middleweight division. The
fans will be able to see the fury that Jeff Lacy releases. When he does
his ring walk your heart will be pounding." Shaw cranks up the
hyperbole.

"I couldn't get on with my first wife, she couldn't get along with her
second husband. I'm getting along with my second wife much better. I
don't know what it means." Shaw dismisses suggestions that because
Calzaghe KO'd Omar Sheika and Lacy only won on points, the Welshman
must logically win.

"When was the last time you had two fighters in the right who were 60-0
with 48 KOs its a huge per cent age? It makes it an exciting fight."
Shaw, again.

"Inside the ring I don't think there has ever been a fighter I can
remember since the early Mike Tyson that comes in and throws punches
with the fury that Jeff Lacy comes into the ring with. He doesn't ask
if someone is a southpaw or whatever, all he says his give me the date
and the time I have to be in the locker room." Shaw bigs up Lacy.
Again.

"When he beats Joe Calzaghe, at the end of 2006 he will be the biggest
fighter in this weight division or any other division, in this country
or the USA or anywhere in the world." The sky is the limit, says Shaw

Frank Warren:
"Joe Calzaghe is one of the biggest punchers in the world, one of the
best movers, got one of the best brains, has got a great chin...of
course I'm backing him to win. I really fancy Calzaghe and I have
tremendous faith in his ability. But It's going to be a huge fight, a
sensational fight." Warren backs his man.

"I would say this is one of the top three fights I have promoted.
Obviously Benn-McClellan, for good reasons and bad reasons, is up
there. Hatton's fight with Kostya Tsyzu and Bruno-McCall were also big,
but this is in the top three. You have got two guys here who are both
at the top of their game, and that's what makes it exciting." Frank
Warren puts Calzaghe-Lacy up there with the best.