Matthysse vs Peterson-141lb catchweight done at MATTHYSSE'S insistence?

[Heavy Hitter]

According to Dan Rafael on his weekly boxing chat today the 141 catchweight was done only from Matthysse's insistence.

Take from chat:

raymond (toronto)

Why can know one answer why the Mathysee-Peterson fight is not for a unification title and insted a catchweight fight?GBP won't mention why-do u know?

Dan Rafael (2:32 PM)

It is at 141. Matthysse didnt want to give up his wretched WBC interim title. IBF, obviously, is not going to allow its title to be unified with an interim title. That doesnt even make sense. Peterson, OBVUIOUSLY, wasnt going to give up his IBF title to fight for a crappy interim belt. Schaefer didnt' give a damn, just wanted to get the fight on, so they did it at 141 with neither title. It's ****** and makes no sense and I blame Matthysse since the whole damn purpose of an interim is to get a shot an actual title, which he would be getting with Peterson. He wanted to still be Garcia's mandatory, which is also ****** since Schaefer promotes three of the four guys and wants to match the Peterson-Matthysse winner with the Garcia-Judah winner. (Schaefer doesnt promote Judah but could easily make a deal.) So it makes no sense for Matthysse to be worried about an interim belt. Furthermore, if he were to lose to Peterson or win and still be Garcia's mandatory and the fight went to a purse bid his percentage is less than what he would get as an equal titleholder in a negotiated deal. Whole thing is just ****** but still a good fight.

[The Gambler1981]

That is an interesting story, I wouldn't be to hard on Matthysse though because a guy like him needs all the leverage he can get. It is kind of silly but this is a fight that doesn't really need a title on the line so to me it is just a quirk of boxing.

[Tim2daresq]

Don't really blame him. Even if he loses, which he won't, he'd still be Garcia's mandatory.

Haters in 3....2......1

[HanzGruber]

lets see all the idiots backtrack who said lucas was getting cheated again and that lamont was a biitch for wanting it at 141 when they didnt even know the details

[thuggery]

lets see all the idiots backtrack who said lucas was getting cheated again and that lamont was a biitch for wanting it at 141 when they didnt even know the details

It wouldn't matter considering Lucas will take PEDerson's soul regardless of who wanted what.

[Heavy Hitter]

Just to be clear, I am not bashing Matthysse.
The 141lb catchweight was perplexing, so I wanted to share how it came about. Also like someone had mentioned, many thought that this catchweight was in place to somehow screw Matthyssee by his promoter.

[Kagami Taiga]

Lol...how ironic.

[BoxingGenius27]

He's probably looking at it like "He's been robbed twice and if it goes to the judges, he doesn't want his shot with Garcia ruined".

[Fetta]

lets see all the idiots backtrack who said lucas was getting cheated again and that lamont was a biitch for wanting it at 141 when they didnt even know the details

Dont forget the ones claiming GBP was doing this to hold belts hostage and being dirty.

[PACnPBFsuck]

He's probably looking at it like "He's been robbed twice and if it goes to the judges, he doesn't want his shot with Garcia ruined".

Didn't see Lucas ask for a catch weight against Mike Dallas, you basically just posted that he's scared.