Does Lucas Matthysse have ANY weaknesses?

[TitoFan]

How do you gameplan for this guy? He's got sick power in both hands. He's fearless. He's got a solid chin. He's got underrated boxing skills. He just took out Lamont Petersen like he was just taking out the trash on a Saturday night. And not dissing Petersen, either. Lamont is a solid professional who's been in there with the best. But that was downright scary.

So how do you gameplan for this guy?

I think people are getting a little carried away. Has he even fought a pure puncher? The answer is no but listening to Al and the crew you would think he was Chuvalo. He can be out boxed as an over the hill Judah showed and Devon. He caught up to Lamont tonight but seriously I'm not sure how Al can claim he's the best Jr welt in the division. Its like saying Valero was the best lightweight prior to his death because he had a 100% ko ratio. I'm not convinced he's this unstoppable force. Don't get me wrong that was impressive. I hope the Garcia fight gets made and I'd love to see him in with a guy like Rios.

LOL... I know it's easy to get carried away after seeing a performance like that, but it's not like the guy came out of nowhere. His power was being touted before he stepped into the ring, and he didn't disappoint. Matter of fact, he shocked everyone by how easily he dispatched Lamont. You ask has he ever faced a pure puncher. Who is out there right now who would present that type of danger to Matthysse? Garcia and Rios are hard punchers, but not necessarily the "lights out" punching threats that Lucas seems to be. Split decision, controversial losses to Judah and Alexander (in which they were both dropped) is hardly a damning thing to have on your resume, particularly considering that these may have been points on Lucas' learning curve. I'll say this... I don't think either Judah or Alexander see the 12th round against Lucas if they were to fight today.

I mean, I know boxing is a sport where one fight can either fill, or empty... a bandwagon faster than you can blink. But it's hard not to get excited about this guy for the time being.

And BTW, I'd love to see Matthysse fight Rios, just so he can rip him a new one.

[Violent Demise]

Matthysse-Alvarado would make for a great fight

[IamInuit]

How do you gameplan for this guy? He's got sick power in both hands. He's fearless. He's got a solid chin. He's got underrated boxing skills. He just took out Lamont Petersen like he was just taking out the trash on a Saturday night. And not dissing Petersen, either. Lamont is a solid professional who's been in there with the best. But that was downright scary.

So how do you gameplan for this guy?

I think people are getting a little carried away. Has he even fought a pure puncher? The answer is no but listening to Al and the crew you would think he was Chuvalo. He can be out boxed as an over the hill Judah showed and Devon. He caught up to Lamont tonight but seriously I'm not sure how Al can claim he's the best Jr welt in the division. Its like saying Valero was the best lightweight prior to his death because he had a 100% ko ratio. I'm not convinced he's this unstoppable force. Don't get me wrong that was impressive. I hope the Garcia fight gets made and I'd love to see him in with a guy like Rios.

LOL... I know it's easy to get carried away after seeing a performance like that, but it's not like the guy came out of nowhere. His power was being touted before he stepped into the ring, and he didn't disappoint. Matter of fact, he shocked everyone by how easily he dispatched Lamont. You ask has he ever faced a pure puncher. Who is out there right now who would present that type of danger to Matthysse? Garcia and Rios are hard punchers, but not necessarily the "lights out" punching threats that Lucas seems to be. Split decision, controversial losses to Judah and Alexander (in which they were both dropped) is hardly a damning thing to have on your resume, particularly considering that these may have been points on Lucas' learning curve. I'll say this... I don't think either Judah or Alexander see the 12th round against Lucas if they were to fight today.

I mean, I know boxing is a sport where one fight can either fill, or empty... a bandwagon faster than you can blink. But it's hard not to get excited about this guy for the time being.

And BTW, I'd love to see Matthysse fight Rios, just so he can rip him a new one.

I hear what you are saying and have followed his career but its just outside of tonight he's never beaten a prime elite fighter and has really never had his chin checked to claim that he has this Cobb like chin. Would have loved to have seen him and Maidana go at it. The Rios fight would be interesting or Alvarado. I could not help but notice Garcia's face. He looked a little shook. GBP should be able to make this fight pretty easy. Something tells me that we will see a problem with the unification for this fight though. But yeah man he lights a fire in the division and tonight he most certainly served notice.