The diff between Broner and Garcia at this stage is that when Garcia faced a stiff puncher in Lucas, Garcia came out on top- weathered the early storm and fought back.

Broner faced a stiff puncher in Maidana, and wilted. Tried to come back but could not rise to the challenge.

Now, you may not wanna put Maidana and Matthysse on the same level- but I do, to a large extent. Because, the story could have gone either way with regard to Garcia fighting Maidana and vice versa for Broner and Lucas.