Thread: Matthysse has agreed to all but Garcia hedging

Matthysse: I Agreed To Garcia's Terms, They are Hesitant

By Ernest Gabion

While the boxing world is captivated by the September 14th super fight between Floyd Mayweather and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, there is another highly anticipated fight that fans have been speculating about with great enthusiasm.

On one side we have Lucas "The Machine" Matthysse. Matthysse burst on the boxing scene in grand fashion with a series of devastating performances, culminating with a demonstrative 3rd round stoppage of IBF Light Welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson this past May. Matthysse sports a record of 34 wins, 32 of those wins by knockout, with two disputed losses to Zab Judah and Devon Alexander

Ringside at Matthysse's victory over Peterson was the other half of this proposed light welterweight showdown, Danny "Swift" Garcia, who also made quite a splash upon boxing with a stellar 2012 that saw him grab both the WBA and WBC titles.

It seemed like a natural fit that The Machine and Swift would head to a clash sometime in the immediate future. Unlike past proposed dream match ups, this fight does not possess any of the hang ups that have stalled fights like Abner Mares vs Nonito Donaire from happening. Both have the same promoter and manager (Golden Boy Promotions and Al Haymon respectively), both are seemingly at or near their primes and both have taken on an accelerated ascent through the 140lb rankings.

However, as this article goes to print the fight has yet to materialize in spite of several key Golden Boy personnel stating this fight was close to happening. CEO of Golden Boy, Richard Schaefer, told BoxingScene.com's Rick Reeno that this fight was close to happening on proposed date of September 7th, with the Staples Center and Dodger Stadium, which are both located in Los Angeles, as possible venues. Golden Boy matchmaker Eric Gomez, appeared on Boxing Scene Radio and advised them that he was confident that the fight would take place and that Schaefer advised him to make this a priority.

Schaefer would later tell BoxingScene's Keith Idec that Garcia-Matthysse was likely moving away from the date of September 7, with a new date landing later in the fall.

"I have done everything in my power to make this fight with Danny Garcia and as of right now the hold up is with Garcia or his team" Matthysse told BoxingScene.com today "Everything on our side has been agreed upon all terms given to us seem to be fine with me and my team."

Matthysse has not been shy about his wishes for a Garcia and he affirmed that once again.

"We clearly have wanted this fight for sometime." Matthysse, "we clearly are doing everything we can to make this fight happen with Garcia but it seems to be Garcia or Garcia's team are the ones hesitant on making a fight with me for whatever reason"

As to why there is a hold up of this fight Matthysse is unsure. One thing that does not seem to be putting the fight on hold is the rumor that Matthysse had been hesitant on possible testing being proposed for a Garcia clash.

"I am not sure why this fight hasn't already been made it is not up to me to make Garcia agree. I can only take care of my side and my team and we have handled that. We have no problem with dates, we have no problem with money, and we have no problems with testing."

While they indeed have set their sites on Garcia they are willing to move on should Garcia pass on this fight.

"The WBC has mandated that Garcia is to fight Lucas for the title and we will abide by that," an advisor for Matthysse told me while translating for Matthysse. "If Garcia does indeed choose not to fight Lucas then we will ask the WBC to strip him of his title and Lucas will fight someone for the title once vacated but do not get us wrong we want to fight Garcia for that title"

Matthysse concluded his short interview with BoxingScene with assurances that he wants to back up his claims that he wants to prove he is the best.

"I have said I am the best fighter in my division and one of the best in the world. A win over Garcia would prove that and that's what we want to prove we are the best"

"I want the best, I want this fight, I want to show who Lucas Matthysse is. It's up to Danny now. He says he is the best. What better way to prove it than to fight each other?"

If all that is true, which I think it may be, cause lucas strikes me as a no non sense type of guy then danny clearly wants no part od the fight. Danny's probably going to move up in weight and come up with some junk about not being able to make weight.

Indeed and you have got to feel bad for Lucas as he purposely fought Lamont at 141 in order to preserve his #1 WBC ranking or as Jose likes to call it interim champion status. We could very well hear rumblings in the future about how he felt weak in the Judah fight.

I just have the feeling Matthysse would agree to fight Garcia in the back of a Penske rental truck if it was offered and Garcia is stalling him off and not interested in the least. Sept. is already being kicked back and Garcia needs to sac up or he'll be known as "Swift" in more than one...

Garcia needs to reach downstairs and find something that resembles his nutsack. Don't go on camera after Matthysse destroys a top contender and claim you're still #1 if you're not willing to prove it.

Whenever a supposed champion in this kind of situation decides to have his belt stripped or drops it, his name ought to be stricken from the historic record of said title or a notation should be entered on the date they got it that states "won but never honoured"

Apart from Khan, Garcia has fought noone of note. I think he will be beaten by the first decent opponent he faces.

If he steps up in weight Id say Bradley and Alexander would beat him quite easily but hed have a shot at beating Maidana. So maybe if Broner vacates him and Maidan fight for a vacant belt?

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Whenever a supposed champion in this kind of situation decides to have his belt stripped or drops it, his name ought to be stricken from the historic record of said title or a notation should be entered on the date they got it that states "won but never honoured"

Of all the ideas and rules I've heard, that people claim should be added to boxing, this is by a country mile the best!

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Whenever a supposed champion in this kind of situation decides to have his belt stripped or drops it, his name ought to be stricken from the historic record of said title or a notation should be entered on the date they got it that states "won but never honoured"

I'm increasingly thinking the same about guys who blow the weight and lose it on the scale.

I'd be angry if Garcia doesn't fight Matthysse. This is a must happen fight!

Garcia will have to fight matthysse otherwise the world will know he chickened out. His dad will be embarrassed.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Whenever a supposed champion in this kind of situation decides to have his belt stripped or drops it, his name ought to be stricken from the historic record of said title or a notation should be entered on the date they got it that states "won but never honoured"

I'm increasingly thinking the same about guys who blow the weight and lose it on the scale.

Ditto

Lol

Typical dumping on American fighters, Chavez Jr is a huge star and he muscled them for the date, which was over 2 months away. The earliest this fight can happen is September 28th due to the Floyd fight and replay on showtime, so that's 2 months and 3 weeks. This fight will need over 2 million for the purse so Showtime will pick a good date to buy it. Now if Danny announces another opponent okay but the fact that Danny is being called a coward for a fight over 11 weeks from now shows the absolute hate people have for American boxers.

Originally Posted by Onetime

Typical dumping on American fighters, Chavez Jr is a huge star and he muscled them for the date, which was over 2 months away. The earliest this fight can happen is September 28th due to the Floyd fight and replay on showtime, so that's 2 months and 3 weeks. This fight will need over 2 million for the purse so Showtime will pick a good date to buy it. Now if Danny announces another opponent okay but the fact that Danny is being called a coward for a fight over 11 weeks from now shows the absolute hate people have for American boxers.

Bullshit. I like alot of American fighters. I generally call fighters on their merit as do many on here. But Danny isn't exactly coming out to the media saying he really wants this fight. All we can go on is what we hear, and rumours are about he's looking for a Judah rematch rather than fighting Matthysse. Lucas has agreed to everything, and Danny's usually vocal camp are not disputing this, so if he has gone AWOL, what is his reason?