That was a hell of a dive by Matthysse

[Boxing Goat]

Lucas is pretty much past prime for a long time, he looked bad vs Postol and got hurt by similar shots and got knocked out by a lighter punching guy. Manny hits much harder and is much faster, even at 39. Lucas is a naturally aging fighter who has been in many tough wars.

I had that fight with Postol pretty close until the round or two before the stoppage.

[Boxing Goat]

Where did you get that 2.5 mil figure from? From what I've heard his purse was only $150,000 and Pac's was $1.5 million.

Lol! You really think a world champ just fought Pacquiao for 150k?

[The Big Dunn]

Where did you get that 2.5 mil figure from? From what I've heard his purse was only $150,000 and Pac's was $1.5 million.

Fat Dan on espn

The $2 million payday from fighting Pacquiao may have been Matthysse's last fight in the big time after beginning his career in small-hall shows in Argentina.

[champion4ever]

Fat Dan on espn

The $2 million payday from fighting Pacquiao may have been Matthysse's last fight in the big time after beginning his career in small-hall shows in Argentina.

Thanks, my bad. I stand corrected.

[Ray Corso]

A "dive" is a premeditated occurrence.
I think Lucas came to fight but Pac "discouraged" him from trying right after he got caught with the first left upper cut!
Lucas has never shown he could handle stress and remain committed! He is a typical South American fighter with limited talents and a questionable heart!
He will retire or fight on against other older C+ boxers with a name.

Ray

[Dean_Razorback]

heartbroken for lucas. he was more done that i imagined so. he showed up for the money and that's it. hope he really got what they said and retires.

[_Maxi]

I had that fight with Postol pretty close until the round or two before the stoppage.

Lucas would have won that fight if they didn't allow Postol to clinch all fight and headbutt Matthysse on his eye. The eye injury came after Postol headbutted him right on the eye in round 6 or 7 I believe.

Facts that not everyone remember.

[bigfo0t]

I think Pac was just too much for Lucas. After that first KD, Lucas's brain was clearly shook. He even got hit in the temple immediately after that uppercut.

2nd KD, he also got slightly clipped in the temple by a pretty quick shot (hard to see at certain angles, but his head definitely reacted), his equilibrium was likely affected by then.

After the 3rd KD, he'd had enough, and knew there was nothing more he could do. I really doubt he showed up just for the pay..


They are both obviously past prime, which made this interesting for me, but Pac's style is not easy to deal with.. for ANYONE.

[Boxing Goat]

Lucas would have won that fight if they didn't allow Postol to clinch all fight and headbutt Matthysse on his eye. The eye injury came after Postol headbutted him right on the eye in round 6 or 7 I believe.

Facts that not everyone remember.

You know people forget as soon as it fits their agenda

[QueensburyRules]

What a farce.

--- Moaners always gonna find something to moan about.

Manny blasted Horn around in his 9th round a lot more than Crawford did in his, but like the Algieri bout when Chris went down 6x and hit the ropes another 6x, no way the ref gonna TKO him and ***** the impending billion dollar money farce of the TUE 50-0 bout.

If a fighter is hurt and don't take a knee to recover, he's dumb. If he takes a knee to recover and the ref waves him off, he took a dive. No consistency compared to moaners who only know to moan...only in boxing!