Comments Thread For: Lucas Matthysse: Big Things Will Still Come For Me

[CubanGuyNYC]

My point is that it could had gone either way. He would had countered Lucas more if he opened up some more or Garcia would had been laid out on the canvass.

Just to say that the eye is what made Lucas lose the fight is not correct to me because Danny's punches were the ones that closed it and Lucas had to adjust himself a bit. Anyway it is a world of what ifs and if there is a rematch I'll be watching and wouldn't be suprised that if it goes one way or another.

I'm not like other posters that are saying that Danny dominated Lucas because it didn't go that way

You make an interesting point, but I'll tell you why I think the eye made the difference. I had Matthysse winning the first six rounds by a score of 4-2. The eye closed in the seventh. Lucas then proceeded to lose that round and only won only one more round the rest of the fight. The eye issue helped Garcia land his left hook more often, and allowed him to open up with more effective combinations.

We agree. Danny did not dominate. I had the final score as 114-112, like two of the judges.

[SkillspayBills]

Will we never point out the fact the Matthysse should be the IBF champion? Well.....Danny should be the IBF champion.

[Anderson Silva]

No it won't you bum. You just got exposed fool.

[earth]

i agree with lucas. again i thought lucas won the fight. he's a better all around fighter than garcia and he's far from doing all that clinching and holding(ex:garcia). even if garcia doesn't give him the rematch there are still better fights and out there for him. Lucas should 35-0.

[SpeedKillz]

i agree with lucas. again i thought lucas won the fight. he's a better all around fighter than garcia and he's far from doing all that clinching and holding(ex:garcia). even if garcia doesn't give him the rematch there are still better fights and out there for him. Lucas should 35-0.

no u didnt. no one did. thats lunacy at its core

anyway, i hope lucas doesnt disappear. he can still do some damage and make fighters fight their best! keep fightin machine!!!

[hitman smax]

Fighters like Lucus Matthysse are what make this sport great: guys that take on any and all challenges, and who don't let disappointed deter them from their goal of becoming the world's best.

Matthysse/Thurman could be a real block buster.

[CubanGuyNYC]

i agree with lucas. again i thought lucas won the fight. he's a better all around fighter than garcia and he's far from doing all that clinching and holding(ex:garcia). even if garcia doesn't give him the rematch there are still better fights and out there for him. Lucas should 35-0.

Lucas didn't win that fight, man. It was close -- closer than the Showtime commentators thought -- but Garcia won. The biggest difference was in the combinations. Danny isn't the greatest, fastest, most skillful fighter, but he repeatedly scored some nice combos. He smothered Matthysse every time Lucas got too close.

[earth]

no u didnt. no one did. thats lunacy at its core

anyway, i hope lucas doesnt disappear. he can still do some damage and make fighters fight their best! keep fightin machine!!!

dude, calm down! the fight was close. no one talks about all the low blows garcia initiated on lucas. if weeks would of done his job deducting points earlier in the fight, danny wouldn't of got too comfortable going below the belt the entire fight. and what's with all the holding and clinching from garcia? no one mentions that either. n weeks should of deducted points on that as well. even with the swollen eye, matthysse was still finding his spots on garcia. it seemed like everytime lucas went in to land a body punch on garcia, garcia clinched and held for dear life. n if not for the swollen eye, matthysse would of cruised to a victory(ko or decision)...overall it was a great fight for boxing fans. im not saying it was a robbery but again it was a close fight and again i thought matthysse won the fight. actually i was looking forward more to this fight than floyd vs. canelo.

[earth]

Fighters like Lucus Matthysse are what make this sport great: guys that take on any and all challenges, and who don't let disappointed deter them from their goal of becoming the world's best.

Matthysse/Thurman could be a real block buster.

i agree. to me matthysse is an elite fighter. n b4 garcia fans start pounding on me, i think garcias is an elite fighter too. garcia has all the attributes to be a great fighter but personally i just think matthysse is more exciting to watch n he also has very underrated skills. great body puncher. very accurate and not just hard puncher as well. most fighters would of quit if they were in the predicament that matthysse went thru but matthysse held his own, overcame adversity(swollen eye) and made a fight out of it. matthysse has nothing to be ashamed of. matthysse vs thurman? wow i would surely like to see that fight but i think lucas should test the waters at welterweight b4 getting into a fight with a top 10 fighter like thurman. matthysse has never fought at welterweight so it would be interesting to see first if matthysse can take his power to 147.

[A-Wolf]

Good to here although some of us were waiting for him to arrive. Not come back. That's probably what he means.