Comments Thread For: Sheridan: If Matthysse Lands His Big Right, Pacquiao Will Go

[Letmaku]

If Malaysian Government will not stop the fight... Matthysse is the key to an epic battle. Pacquiao is becoming more technical at his age. Matthysse will bring it on for sure. Pacquiao's retirement is near? Is Matthysse tailored made for Pacquiao just like Ricky Hatton? These two wanted each other; very interesting!

[SUBZER0ED]

And what if Pacquiao lands a big left on Matthysse? Sure, Manny is old, but Lucas is no spring chicken and has shown more vulnerability lately.

[bigdunny1]

Quittysse has no head movement. pacquiao is knocking him out

Manny hasn't knocked out ANYBODY in a decade. Last knockout he recorded was in 2009 and that was a TKO stoppage in the 12th. His power left him a long time ago you can argue why that is but if Pacman wins it will likely be because he outboxes Lucas not knocks him out. Lucas is still p4p maybe the hardest puncher in boxing with a insane KO ratio. Out of the 43 opponents he's faced in his entire career he has either knocked out or dropped 38 of them. So ONLY 5 opponents survived without being dropped or knocked out. If you remove shorter round fights ONLY 3 men have won or gone 12 rounds without being dropped/knocked out by lucas. All of which have iron chins and NEVER been knocked out. Matter fact entering the ring with Lucas they had never even been dropped a single time in their entire careers. Manny has been knocked out multiple times and hasn't faced a big puncher since Marquez knocked him out.

A prime Manny easily beats Lucas. This old 40 year old version, without Roach, fatboy yes man friend training him, hasn't fought in a year, didn't look good last time he did fight, has more distractions then ever first time promoting his own big event and politics. If he get's hit with shots that Horn was landing he is getting knocked out again. This could be his Bernard Hopkins flying out the ring moment.

[Curtis2]

No chance!

TRUE! Each guy has declining skills/heart, Matthysse more so, Manny toys & punishes Matthysse, bad beating on the horizon for Lucas....Commentator Bob doing his best to sell this one!

[WesternChamp]

Manny hasn't knocked out ANYBODY in a decade. Last knockout he recorded was in 2009 and that was a TKO stoppage in the 12th. His power left him a long time ago you can argue why that is but if Pacman wins it will likely be because he outboxes Lucas not knocks him out. Lucas is still p4p maybe the hardest puncher in boxing with a insane KO ratio. Out of the 43 opponents he's faced in his entire career he has either knocked out or dropped 38 of them. So ONLY 5 opponents survived without being dropped or knocked out. If you remove shorter round fights ONLY 3 men have won or gone 12 rounds without being dropped/knocked out by lucas. All of which have iron chins and NEVER been knocked out. Matter fact entering the ring with Lucas they had never even been dropped a single time in their entire careers. Manny has been knocked out multiple times and hasn't faced a big puncher since Marquez knocked him out.

A prime Manny easily beats Lucas. This old 40 year old version, without Roach, fatboy yes man friend training him, hasn't fought in a year, didn't look good last time he did fight, has more distractions then ever first time promoting his own big event and politics. If he get's hit with shots that Horn was landing he is getting knocked out again. This could be his Bernard Hopkins flying out the ring moment.

style makes fight. while i acknowledge that pac hasnt had a ko in years, i believe lucas will be the easiest one for pac to land clean on. plus lucas will be similar to pac in size so the punches will have a much better impact.

guys like bradley and vargas were similar in size with pac too but those guys moved a lot better than lucas so it was harder for manny to land a clean power shot on them. and guys like horn, who aint all that good but his size alone is part of the reason he survive and ended up winning.

lucas to me is tailor made for manny. when this fight was announce, i was 90% sure lucas will win. but after looking back at their fights, i see that this is a perfect style for manny (minus the power from lucas). lucas does have a very high chance of knocking pac out and that's about his only chance to win is to knock manny out. he's not gonna beat pac on points.

[CLUBBER!]

The bigger question here should be if Matthysse's eye will hold out or not. He's gonna end up being f'cked up like Margarito if that eye isn't healed up right.

[WesternChamp]

The bigger question here should be if Matthysse's eye will hold out or not. He's gonna end up being f'cked up like Margarito if that eye isn't healed up right.

this right here! lucas showed in the postol fight that when it gets tough, he quits. if pac lands a clean punch or manage to cut lucas up, will that mess with his confidence? pac is old but he can still pack a punch. look at horn's eye. i dont think lucas would continue on if that was him.

[bigdunny1]

style makes fight. while i acknowledge that pac hasnt had a ko in years, i believe lucas will be the easiest one for pac to land clean on. plus lucas will be similar to pac in size so the punches will have a much better impact.

guys like bradley and vargas were similar in size with pac too but those guys moved a lot better than lucas so it was harder for manny to land a clean power shot on them. and guys like horn, who aint all that good but his size alone is part of the reason he survive and ended up winning.

lucas to me is tailor made for manny. when this fight was announce, i was 90% sure lucas will win. but after looking back at their fights, i see that this is a perfect style for manny (minus the power from lucas). lucas does have a very high chance of knocking pac out and that's about his only chance to win is to knock manny out. he's not gonna beat pac on points.

I have heard this song and dance for a decade oh this is the guy who Pacman is going to end the Knockout drought against he's tailor made perfect style for Pacman blah blah blah and it doesn't happen. Then you make excuses after the fight. He fought a Brandon Rios who is smaller with worse defense then Lucas. The same Rios that 6 months earlier before he fought Manny was beat by Mike Alvarado and accused of being shot. A fight EVERYONE said was tailor made easy for Manny to get a knockout. He fought Horn who EVERYONE shyt on last year as a fight tailor made easy for him to get a knockout. And guess what Lucas hits harder then both those guys. I won't be shocked if Manny wins by decision but save the pipe dream of knockouts Manny is far more likely to himself get knocked out this fight then him get one.

It's not a small sample size it's a phuking decade without a knockout he's fought a lot of fights against a ton of different styles in that time span and the power just ain't there. Lucas is by far the bigger puncher in this fight something you probably can't say going into any fight since Marquez and we saw what happened that night. 40 years old and facing your first big puncher in 6-7 years and you ditched your hall of fame trainer? You want to see a Pacquaio knockout go watch a highlight reel from the early 2000's because he hasn't recorded one this decade.

[WesternChamp]

I have heard this song and dance for a decade oh this is the guy who Pacman is going to end the Knockout drought against he's tailor made perfect style for Pacman blah blah blah and it doesn't happen. Then you make excuses after the fight. He fought a Brandon Rios who is smaller with worse defense then Lucas. The same Rios that 6 months earlier before he fought Manny was beat by Mike Alvarado and accused of being shot. A fight EVERYONE said was tailor made easy for Manny to get a knockout. He fought Horn who EVERYONE shyt on last year as a fight tailor made easy for him to get a knockout. And guess what Lucas hits harder then both those guys. I won't be shocked if Manny wins by decision but save the pipe dream of knockouts Manny is far more likely to himself get knocked out this fight then him get one.

It's not a small sample size it's a phuking decade without a knockout he's fought a lot of fights against a ton of different styles in that time span and the power just ain't there. Lucas is by far the bigger puncher in this fight something you probably can't say going into any fight since Marquez and we saw what happened that night. 40 years old and facing your first big puncher in 6-7 years and you ditched your hall of fame trainer? You want to see a Pacquaio knockout go watch a highlight reel from the early 2000's because he hasn't recorded one this decade.

pac just came off a ko in that fight!! that was more of a feeler fight for manny to get him back in the groove, that's why they picked rios, i wouldnt look too much into that fight. and that was rios first fight at 147 BUT he was NOT the smaller guy in there!

i know its been said over and over that "this will be the one where pac gets his first ko in years".. but then come fight night those guys switches up.

algieri was suppose to be pac's first ko in years, but come fight night look what happen? he completely switches his style and fought to survive. i honestly dont think lucas will do this. i believe lucas will come to fight and try to ko manny.

lets make a friendly bet then? i got pac winning, ALL my points against yours? better yet, ALL your points against my account instead? if pac loses, im gone. deal?

[IMDAZED]

As faded as Matthysse is, I expect him to win.