I thought GB were going to feed Maidana unproven at 147 to Canelo at 154 lol
I also read other interviews were he will not be fighting at 140 anymore. Maybe catch weight for Lucas.
Matthysse is now Garcia's mandatory the same way Ajose was. Just watch how they do him the exact same way. Garcia has too much hype going his way for them to let Matthysse derail that. It's a shame cause Matthysse is 10x a better fighter AND boxer than Garcia is. I can't stand Garcia's sloppy and wide punching, same thing with Bradley.
I agree, but both are undefeated and very good champions. Matthysse could possibly beat Garcia, but Bradley outboxes him. Any of those fights would be exciting though, and I hope they are made.
Well Maidana's the bigger guy.
I wanna see how Lucas would fair vs a bigger and perhaps physically stronger guy.
Still favor Lucas though. Even with MM's new skills.
It seems Goldenboy is willing to throw their Argentine fighters to the wolves, yet gives their bigger attraction fighters much softer fights. Strange way of thinking, but I still like this fight. I just hope both parties get paid respectably.
Maidana beat Matthysse THREE times in the amateurs.
*cue the 'Well, this ain't the amateurs' response*
Lucas said in an interview that he won 2 lost 1 and one was a draw.
His Wiki says Marcos won three times and the fourth fight was a draw.
And I've heard a few other variations
Often wondered what the truth was.
It would be pointlessly easy fight for Mathysse...Maidana is not on his level
maidana did beat mathysse in the amateurs. it would be a competitive fight.
GBP obviously just wants to use him as an undercard action fighter to beef up the cards that their stars are headlining.
I mean ****, they even tossed him on the undercard of Alexander vs. Bailey of all fights. Only reason Matthysse headlined was cause of Bailey's injury.
Matthysse is now Garcia's mandatory the same way Ajose was. Just watch how they do him the exact same way. Garcia has too much hype going his way for them to let Matthysse derail that. It's a shame cause Matthysse is 10x a better fighter AND boxer than Garcia is. I can't stand Garcia's sloppy and wide punching, same thing with Bradley.
Maidana said he would do a catchweight.
I might be the only one here but Im not interested in this fight. It's gonna be a 1 sided beat down by Matthysse and it's just a decoy to keep Garcia away from Matthysse or at least delay that beat down. Ever seen Maidana get KOed? This will be the fight. Most likely by a bodyshot.
Garcia and GBP are gonna avoid Matthysse the same way they avoided Ajose, FOR YEARS.
GBP obviously just wants to use him as an undercard action fighter to beef up the cards that their stars are headlining.
I mean ****, they even tossed him on the undercard of Alexander vs. Bailey of all fights. Only reason Matthysse headlined was cause of Bailey's injury.
That would be great. So far 2012 has been all showtime.
Is Matthysse willing to go to ww to make this fight? That seems like the biggest detail to me.
140 or 147?
Maidana said he would do a catchweight.
I might be the only one here but Im not interested in this fight. It's gonna be a 1 sided beat down by Matthysse and it's just a decoy to keep Garcia away from Matthysse or at least delay that beat down. Ever seen Maidana get KOed? This will be the fight. Most likely by a bodyshot.
Garcia and GBP are gonna avoid Matthysse the same way they avoided Ajose, FOR YEARS.