Should Matthysse regret not fighting Peterson at 140?

[toshmurph]

He lost his chance at being a world champion, Garcia is pretty much his only line unless he can rematch Peterson again.

You realise it was the Peterson camp who wanted the fight at 141 or whatever weight it was! That allowed Lamont to keep the belts..

[Dirk Diggler UK]

You realise it was the Peterson camp who wanted the fight at 141 or whatever weight it was! That allowed Lamont to keep the belts..

I thought it was Matthysse because he wanted to keep his spot as no1 contender to Garcia's belt?

[Hougigo]

I thought it was Matthysse because he wanted to keep his spot as no1 contender to Garcia's belt?

Yea, that's what it was. When it first came out everyone blamed Lamont

[chocolate]

The reason Matthysse vs Peterson was at 141lb's was because the IBF refused to unify the IBF belt with the WBC interim belt.

Golden boys Richard Schaefer
''Both fighters wanted to fight for both belts, so there was no issue there. The IBF said that they do not recognize unification bouts with interim-belts. Then the approach was for Lamont to only defend his belt, or for Matthysse to only defend his belt - that was one possibility. Or have the IBF rule that they can fight for both belts and then the winner would have to decide within a week which belt he will keep. All of that was not acceptable. So we really had a choice of not doing the fight because of that or to do the fight and make it a non-title fight."

[Dr Rumack]

I thought it was Matthysse because he wanted to keep his spot as no1 contender to Garcia's belt?

The fighters were fine with putting the belts on the line. The alphabet organisations are what caused the problem.

[sbbigmike]

The reason Matthysse vs Peterson was at 141lb's was because the IBF refused to unify the IBF belt with the WBC interim belt.

Golden boys Richard Schaefer
''Both fighters wanted to fight for both belts, so there was no issue there. The IBF said that they do not recognize unification bouts with interim-belts. Then the approach was for Lamont to only defend his belt, or for Matthysse to only defend his belt - that was one possibility. Or have the IBF rule that they can fight for both belts and then the winner would have to decide within a week which belt he will keep. All of that was not acceptable. So we really had a choice of not doing the fight because of that or to do the fight and make it a non-title fight."

Does 2 rights make a wrong...................

[Dr Rumack]

He lost his chance at being a world champion, Garcia is pretty much his only line unless he can rematch Peterson again.

He was right to aim for Garcia. Having a belt and being a world champion isn't quite the same thing anyway. A fight between Lucas and Danny was a real world championship fight.

[chocolate]

It was pretty weird as Lucas's goal was to become a world champion and he could have just vacated the WBC interim belt beat Peterson and then still had a chip to play with Garcia and unified 3 belts but now he will just be known as a interim champion.

[chocolate]

Does 2 rights make a wrong...................

Please explain i don't have a clue what you are talking about?

That is a quote from the CEO of Golden boy not my words.