Does Lucas Matthysse have ANY weaknesses?

[Kirkland Laing]

He can be outboxed obviously. You've just got to stay away from that power for twelve rounds and manage to take whatever he does land. Judah and Alexander managed it.

Prospective Floyd opponent?

Thought he took both those fights, also hes not a guy waiting around now brought in as an 'opponent'. Hes learned himself and the fact that his power is a constant, early on, and not just a last resort. He can hurt you with just clipping shots and that can be more dangerous than a guy aiming for the perfect shot. First things first and thats Garcia. I like Matthysse around the 8th by tko.

I agre with all of this. As far as the thread title goes, move him up to Floyd level and he's only going to have a fleeting chance to win. But the fact that Mosley rocked Shane means that could be a sellable fight, especially if Matthysse splats Garcia and learns a few words of English.

[CFH]

Matthysse is slow of hand, slow of foot, and his chin has never really been tested (as far as I know). He's also pretty wild and careless inside the ring. He's a very good fighter, but by no means unbeatable. A pure boxer would give him fits.

[Sleepwalker]

Thankfully, his fight wasn't aired on HBO. Those windbag commentators wouldn't have known what to do with themselves

[Rantcatrat]

Of course he has weaknesses. Sluggers are always fun to watch though and there aren't that many truly dangerous top level sluggers around right now.

In my opinion, Lucas Matthysse is too small to jump up in weight. As long as he's at 140, I'm not sure who beats him. Khan/Garcia/Alvarado/Rios/Provo. I just don't see them doing it.

I know I might get some grief here for saying this, but I can see Miguel Vasquez and Richard Abril giving Matthysse some problems. I understand that they are fighting at lightweight, but I really don't see Mathysse as a big junior welterweight. Both guys are tall lightweights with longer reaches than Matthysse, who have fought punchers before. Am I crazy?

[TitoFan]

Of course he has weaknesses. Sluggers are always fun to watch though and there aren't that many truly dangerous top level sluggers around right now.

In my opinion, Lucas Matthysse is too small to jump up in weight. As long as he's at 140, I'm not sure who beats him. Khan/Garcia/Alvarado/Rios/Provo. I just don't see them doing it.

I know I might get some grief here for saying this, but I can see Miguel Vasquez and Richard Abril giving Matthysse some problems. I understand that they are fighting at lightweight, but I really don't see Mathysse as a big junior welterweight. Both guys are tall lightweights with longer reaches than Matthysse, who have fought punchers before. Am I crazy?

Well, Abril totally schooled Rios (and then got robbed)... so it's not completely out of the question that he could give Matthysse fits. But then all Lucas needs is to land one punch... and we've all seen it doesn't even have to land flush.

As far as Matthysse's size... I think you're right. 140 seems like a tailor-made weight for him to stay at. Lamont looked significantly bigger in the ring, and if Lucas jumps to 147 the size difference between him and his opponents might be even more marked. Too bad, though. Because I'd love to see a Lucas-Floyd fight somewhere down the line.

[Mr140]

Well he is a slow starter so he loses a good amount of rounds that way, and he is weak to a boxer who can move. This is a good win for him but he lost to a old Judah and had a close fight i had a draw against Alexander. He is good but i think this win kinda is over rating him, he moves up he loses to Bradley, Berto, Ghost, and Mayweather will make him look like a d list fighter. But at 140 i think he may shine not much really there at the moment that could make him look bad and he can be good watch i guess.

[IamInuit]

Well he is a slow starter so he loses a good amount of rounds that way, and he is weak to a boxer who can move. This is a good win for him but he lost to a old Judah and had a close fight i had a draw against Alexander. He is good but i think this win kinda is over rating him, he moves up he loses to Bradley, Berto, Ghost, and Mayweather will make him look like a d list fighter. But at 140 i think he may shine not much really there at the moment that could make him look bad and he can be good watch i guess.

This happens all the time. A fight on paper looks close, the puncher gets the stoppage and highlight reel and the following day nobody can beat him. Never mind that this was his first prime time win against a prime top ten fighter. I'd love to see Marquez come back down. Garcia has the goods to beat him although I'd probably cheer for Lucas to stretch him out. If Oscar cant make that fight he has no business being a promoter. Love to see him and Rios which never happens in the present rift.

[Vendettos]

Lucas does most of his best work in a 2 foot square kill box

This is how you beat him, taking advantage of this.

[Rantcatrat]

He's also is very wide with his hooks. The bottom line is that he's just the prototypical puncher and he can out-boxed. Who doesn't like a puncher though?

One thing that I have to credit him with is that he has learned to start sooner.