Comments Thread For: Lucas Matthysse Settles For Premature Stoppage of Ortiz

[Dr Rumack]

The ref jumped the gun. Maybe Matthysse would have beaten him down in any case but it's not the point. If Esteves had a problem with the mouthpiece being spat out he could have acted on that, but the count is a separate matter.

[GMAN SUPREME]

ortiz cut it way too close also ortiz spat out his mouthpiece which made it look like he did not want continue.anyway matthyse was knocking his ass out regardless.ortiz made it easier for himself his brain will thank him later.war matthyse.bring on danny clucking garcia el pollo rican.

[TaurusJ27]

Did that ref know how to count? Ha! Ha!

[niceyboo3]

Ortiz was wayyyy to calm. You just got your first L (KO not Tko) and you lost you precious silver belt. Lucas wants Danny not rematch to Ortiz. He had a goofy confused look on his face. In my Will Smith from Bad Boys voice "I'd be pissed". I got to start over because of you (ref). The way he acted nonchalant made it look like he quit, networks notice that ish...

[daggum]

garcia will continue to hide. maybe he's ducking because tony weeks isn't available to pretend to be ref again?

[lillu89]

Danny garcia whoops this bum again he keeps calling out garcia bit doesnt really want the fight

Shut up ***** we all know u are a biased Pollo Rican, Matthysse makes that cherry picking ***** gift his ***** in the rematch.

[TLC8]

Get It Straight; Ortiz Came Out Slow, Tentative, Hands High, Matthysse Took It To Him

After the first round I thought, Ortiz was yet another media puffed up darling, and this guy was not going to last. Matthysse weighed 158 at fight time and still looked smaller than Ortiz, but his punching power was ferocious. Another ****** Ortiz... Must be in the name, says he milked the count to 9; one second won't matter... Get up at 8 then if you're okay; why hold out until the last second and leave it up to the referee to decide???? Unless those brutal body shots Lucas was beating you down with, hurt like hell and that was the exit strategy and Matthysse dug a nasty liver shot in on you, just like the shot Bhop stopped Oscar with. The look on Ortiz face when he took that liver shot was PRICELESS; he didn't milk the count... He didn't want to continue!

And for the clown who called Matthysse a bum, LOL... Nobody will be rushing in to fight Lucas anytime soon. Not Garcia, not Boner, not Amir Khan... Matthysse was on a mission tonight; looked the best he's ever looked.

[Czarczar]

What a robbery to us fans I felt like that fight was about to get good. Even Matthysse said that Ortiz got up before 10 and should've been allowed to continue to fight.On a side note I can't stand that idiot Felix de Jesús that dude can't translate Spanish for ****. And F@ck Benjy use to like this ref to.

I agree 100% on the Felix thing. For a person who is fluent in Spanish and English, it's torture to hear him translate.

[turnedup]

Don't wait for the ref to count to nine next time...he shouldn't have lost his belt that way but it was going to happen anyway sooner or later. He kinda helped that fk up too. Everyone blaming the ref but the ref can't see how many seconds are left like we can at home. I'm sure they'll rematch this shhh sometime down the line.

[LouIE G]

bs stoppage everyone saw that mess smh

That was a quick stoppage, but it was a inevitable conclusion here a lucas KO.