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If you were one of the guys who though Lucas was World Class level...
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Originally posted by SCEN3RY View Postis there something strangely satisfying about being negative? oh you're so special, your opinion of others needs a thread. Get off your high horse ya silly twat, as if an incorrect prediction is some foreign and self-demeaning occurrence to you.
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Originally posted by PBP. View PostThere were a select few Matthysse fans who were whiny, obnoxious, annoying and delusional to the point where you would do a poll of Matthysse vs Prime Sugar Ray Robinson and Matthysse by KO would have 80% of the votes. They made excuses for every single loss and even after getting KO'd, they are still making excuses.
But fan boys shouldn't be a reason to degrade a fighters accomplishments. He obliterated Lamont Peterson in 3 rounds who has been a top 5 fighter in the division for years. Matthysse is clearly a world class fighter. B/B- Level but still world class.
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Originally posted by brickcityboxing View PostIsn't B- fighter/World class both being used to describe the same guy an oxymoron? Andre Berto (IMO) is a B- guy (and he's won a belt) and Timothy Bradley is World Class. If both Lucas and Bradley are both World Class then what would May/PAC be? "Universe Class"?
bradley's fight with peterson was much closer than matthysse's.
so was his fight with ruslan. ruslan came damn close to ending tim bradley's career. there's an interview with miguel diaz where he talks about tim getting beat up in training camp for the marquez fight, and looking like he should stop boxing. eventually tim turned it around, and they went on with the fight. evidently his memory was fading, and he wasn't able to string together good rounds in sparring and in the gym. that's straight up head trauma right there.
i do think bradley is the better fighter in both ability and resume, and i'd have picked him to beat matthysse, but that doesn't mean matthysse isn't a world class fighter.
you've been told that your definition of "world class boxer" is wrong. just learn and move on.
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He deserved to at least have won a world title. He was good enough to do that and he did clearly beat Devon Alexander, knocked out Peterson and beat Judah and Provodnikov. Those are decent wins.
He wasn't as good as the online hype pre-Garcia suggested though
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Originally posted by New England View Postmatthysse has a knockout win over peterson, and should have a win over devon alexander. he was in a very close fight when judah still had something left in the tank.
a win over provodnikov, who went life and death with bradley, isn't too bad either, though rusland is a bit overstated.
he was absolutely a world class boxer. you don't know the definition of "world class" if you think a guy who was competitve with the lineal champion of the world [danny garcia when they fought on the floyd - canelo undercard] isn't world class.
lucas was limited. he's always been limited. his two handed power and style were absolutely enouhg to get him to the "world class" level.
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Matthysse was and still is a word class fighter. Geez, people get so ahead of themselves. When 2 good fighters fight each other, one of them loses.
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Originally posted by brickcityboxing View PostI don't respect your opinion about the sport AT ALL! The fact that you couldn't see how flawed he was as a fighter tells me all I need to know in regards to your knowledge of the sport. How many times had he let the belt "slip away" ... Not even... Because he was usually losing the whole way in his championship fights... Then the guy quits against a guy who has about half the experience he does in these type fights! I knew he would lose so it bet against him but to take a knee and not get back up when's you supposedly have "fight ending power" and rabid fans that have stood behind you (not for long) for years ... And he quits? Lol.... GATEKEEPER!!!
You're one of the guys who are the problem with boxing. A guy loses a fight and he's a bum, overrated, exposed, etc...
Did he quit? Maybe.. Or maybe he got his face caved in by that last punch and couldn't take anymore.. When we see you in the ring getting beat up we can make a post about how much of s bum you are too. Until then we can all be memorized by your knowledge of the sport..
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