Comments Thread For: Matthysse Ends Dull Fight With Knockout of Kiram

[Shadoww702]

BRUTAL SCARY POWER

Wow wtf was he watching.

You know what the other judges had it?

69-64 and 68-65 for Matty like most sane ppl. The dope had of had the fighters mixed up???

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Damn. I was annoyed with how unwilling he was to throw until I saw what happened when he didn't move quick enough. The right hand caught him high but it still snapped his head around.

Fight went how I expected although it took longer than I thought it would have. Kiram jabbing and clinching and Matthysse struggling to set up a shot in range. But when he finally set something up he ended it.

Matthysse's fights against back-pedallers tend to go like this. If they're not clinching every time he's in range he'll land a bomb eventually. But I think he's going to find it too hard to score consistently against these longer, taller guys at 147.

Perhaps Kiram studied Postol's game plan but couldn't pull it off? Kiram isn't really good as his record suggested. He really made the step up to world-class level competition and couldn't handle it. Its a pity as he has the size and frame to be a world beater.

Just glad for Matthysse to finally be a called a world champ and he really showed how happy he is after the bell. Hope he still has some good fights in him.

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[whatismyname]

Crap fight. Lets see thurman - matthysse

[Derranged]

Crap fight. Lets see thurman - matthysse

Thurman would be too expensive to payoff.

[paulf]

Perhaps Kiram studied Postol's game plan but couldn't pull it off? Kiram isn't really good as his record suggested. He really made the step up to world-class level competition and couldn't handle it. Its a pity as he has the size and frame to be a world beater.

I couldn't disagree more: that was a tough and frustrating fight for Matthyse. Kiram had enough pop to keep Matthyse honest and over was a good boxer. He got clipped but was doing damn well up until that point.

I'd like to see him back against a top 20 guy.

[StefanTosic]

Been a fan of Lucas since before Peterson but holy d@mn, that’s beyond suspect. Hate to call out a favorite fighter but they need some advice from the WWE to take a dive like that.

Same here man, always been a fan of Maquina and I want to believe this was a legit KO, hope I'm just wrong but doesn't look like it, very suspect.

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I couldn't disagree more: that was a tough and frustrating fight for Matthyse. Kiram had enough pop to keep Matthyse honest and over was a good boxer. He got clipped but was doing damn well up until that point.

I'd like to see him back against a top 20 guy.

Matthysse or Kiram? Matthysse definitely will be fighting top contenders. I doubt we will see Kiram again on HBO and he'll be out for some time after the pounding he got. He still only 25 so he still has time to get back on his feet. The Matthysse fight is a good experience for him to feel what its like to fight a world class fighter and not all the weak competitors he's been fighting.