Khan: "let's see Matthysse vs Maidana"

[Southpawology]

Lucas and Marcos will fight each other eventually its too lucrative of a fight for it to not happen they would sell out the soccer stadium in argentina 50,000+, shotime even said they are on board with it. But it doesnt need to be made right away. 3-4 years down the road this fight will be an "ace in the hole" for goldenboy.

[SpeedKillz]

Lucas and Marcos will fight each other eventually its too lucrative of a fight for it to not happen they would sell out the soccer stadium in argentina 50,000+, shotime even said they are on board with it. But it doesnt need to be made right away. 3-4 years down the road this fight will be an "ace in the hole" for goldenboy.

agree it has to happen in argentina! and i hope you're right, would love this fight.

[kiaba360]

I'd rather not see two of the top Argentine fighters in all of boxing face off against each other. Each guy has their own lane right now, and until their paths naturally intersect, the fight shouldn't happen. Khan is always matching up potential opponents against Chino because he's proud that he made it out of that fight on his feet.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I don't know if Matthysse has spoke on it before but would he fight Maidana in the pros considering they are friends? I know friends have fought before but I would think the money would have to be right and for Matthysse I think he's got other fights available that are bigger money so I don't see this happening

He said he would fight if he had to cause they're professionals but he mentioned they were friends and didn't sound too excited about it.


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[El Vikingo]

Noddle legs is ****ing hilarious ,you gotta love the guy...

[badnewsbrown]

Khan wants no part of Lucas, so started matching up other fighters. With regards to Lucas-Maidana, it would be a mismatch at this point imo. Lucas has the better skills, timing and chin, he would time chino and probably drop him multiple times before stopping him.

[boliodogs]

Khan is very jealous of Matthysse because he is the 140 pounder everybody is excited about and only Khan's most loyal fans even care about him anymore. Khan predicted and was praying for Judah to beat Garcia to prove Khan was really better than Garcia because he could beat Judah and Garcia could not. He predicted and was praying for Peterson to beat Matthysse to prove than he could handle Peterson and Matthysse could not. Now he wants Maidana to beat Matthysse to show that he can beat Maidana and Matthysse can't.Matthysse showed Khan how the world's best 140 pounder takes care of Peterson and soon he will show Khan how to beat Garcia. Khan should prove he hits harder and takes a punch better at 147 by giving Maidana the rematch he has been asking for instead of fighting an average puncher like Alexander. Khan wants to beat Matthysse by proxy through Maidana. Khan keeps bringing up his old wins but he is not as good a fighter as he used to be and Maidana would knock Khan out if they fought again in my opinion.

[Syf]

lucas beats maidana imo. maidana hits hard obviously, but lucas does everything much better than maidana does. this is an interesting fight nonetheless. would love to see it happen, though it probly wont, since lucas has bigger fish to fry...

The thing about Matthyse, if you were truly going to analyze his record, is that he has been in and beaten in several impressive victories. A gambit of different skilled boxers fell to him or should have. This impressive display can blind one to something regarding Maidana vs Matthyse: Matts has never been in with a sledgehammer puncher like Maidana, his claim to fame is catching boxers. Judah, Alexander, peterson, all these guys have enough pop to gain respect but they aint ko artists. Maidana struggles with boxers, guys who can move, but he excels against everyone else. Lucas is NOT light on his feet so he will be hit by the bigger Maidana. Also he has been upping his boxing game of late. My su****ion is the weight difference , am history (lucas has a losing record to Chino), and style matchup is perfect for El Chino. Unless Matts drains Maidana to 140, Maidana would be too much for the Machine. Watch.

[A-Wolf]

So khan wants to play match maker again. I found it hillarious that was the first thing out his mouth lol. He looked like he didn't even want to be there. He had guys all round him that beat him up or will beat him up.

[DoktorSleepless]

Lucas and Marcos will fight each other eventually its too lucrative of a fight for it to not happen they would sell out the soccer stadium in argentina 50,000+, shotime even said they are on board with it. But it doesnt need to be made right away. 3-4 years down the road this fight will be an "ace in the hole" for goldenboy.

How big is it really? I've heard Matthysse talking about it saying it's only a big fight for the reporters, but not for the general public and it wouldn't be financially viable. I found the ratings for the Matthysse-Peterson fight in Argentina, and it it only got a 2.3 point rating. That's like 230,000 people who saw it I think. I contrast, Martinez got around a 45 point rating, which is probably the type of popularity you need to fill a stadium. The Klitschkos are the only guys who regularly fill stadiums, and they always get over 50 point ratings in Germany.