Comments Thread For: Lucas Matthysse Likes His Chances Against Provodnikov

[Eastcoast]

FOY! My only hope is the ref doesn't jump in too soon because it will be violent. I'll give Ruslan the edge, Lucas just seems a little more vulnerable.

[BuckToothed]

Win, lose or draw... both fighters gets retired after this fight.

[Weebler I]

FOY! My only hope is the ref doesn't jump in too soon because it will be violent. I'll give Ruslan the edge, Lucas just seems a little more vulnerable.

Ruslan's not a good finisher. He didn't finish Herrera, Corley, Bradley, Algieri and it took him forever to finish Alvarado. This fight isn't going the distance.

[Johnny Rubber]

I like Matthysse anyway, but I slightly favour him due to his combo's and workrate in close. Prov is a beast for sure, But Lucas has better defense since the Garcia fight and will find openings to counter IMO.

Matthysse is a slow starter at times and Prov can ko an opponent at any time, so who can say for sure? I'm just thankful that boxing still has guys who are ready to take a risk with their careers.

[Da Machine]

He didn't hurt an old ass Corley, Herrera who fought him on the inside and many others. He has good power in his left hook, none in his right hand and he is certainly not a one punch K.O artist like people bill him as. He wears down soft opposition.
He doesn't need length too easily outbox him, the guy don't even have a jab and needs to plant his feet. That said Lucas would batter him in the pocket too.

This guy won't beat Lucas. He has nothing all he does is plod straight forward, plant - usually waits about a minute before throwing telegraphed hooks.
No jab, no uppercut, no head movement, can't cut a ring off. He won't even be one of Lucas's best wins.
I don't see no FOTY or anything of the sort, I see one sided beating.

I see Lucas outboxing him easily, breaking his face apart and taking him out without much difficulty. The guy is a glorified punchbag.

This. Its going to be tko on cuts or brain damage ko.

I see Matthysse actually fighting this on the inside at some point like he did to Molina at the end of the fight.

[Hougigo]

Provo isn't with Top Rank, he's with Banner... and he doesn't have an exclusive contract with HBO... so there's that

[Da Machine]

Matthysse has a bad chin now. I can't ****ing believe how fickle boxing fans are.

[Hype job]

GREAT fight, will not hesitate to buy it.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

GREAT fight, will not hesitate to buy it.

Buy it? It's not going to be on PPV

[Hype job]

Buy it? It's not going to be on PPV

Even better then.