Lucas Matthysse excitement?

[Hulk]

So he lost 7-5 to Garcia. He was down against Molina but finished him n controversy or not he won in 2 rounds sat night.

Where's the love? Where's the GGG like excitement fans once had for Matthysse?

He's still a killer!

[beenKOed]

So he lost 7-5 to Garcia. He was down against Molina but finished him n controversy or not he won in 2 rounds sat night.

Where's the love? Where's the GGG like excitement fans once had for Matthysse?

He's still a killer!

I know what you are saying, he doesn't seem to get the respect he should.
I think you gave the reasons in your post, he lost to Garcia and was down for the first time, he was down twice against Molina in a great fight, which he won.
Now he seems tarnished, with an almost invisible hairline crack in his jaw. The higher he climbs the more trouble he has and fans are a fickly bunch, changing their minds from fight to fight.
I don't think the bad referring has any sway with the fans.

[Beanflicker]

Boxing fans forget easy and are quick lose interest in someone when they lose. Matthysse is still a monster, I still get excited about him and IMO he's going to utterly destroy Broner because IMO Matthysse is a superior puncher and boxer to Maidana.

The KO stoppage was bullshit but Ortiz was on the way out anyway, he wasn't going to recover.

On the triple header, Matthysse fought the toughest opponent on paper and looked better than Berto and Broner combined.

[Fenster]

It's typical of the mass of boxing fans, who I don't even really regard as boxing fans, jump on a bandwagon then off again the minute a fighter fails to prove what an "expert" they are. Matthysee was gonna kill Garica for the majority, he didn't, therefore he's rubbish, not Garcia is better than thought. Backwards thinking.

Mattyhsse is still among the top must watch fighters in the world.

[J_Undisputed]

I'm still a huge Matthysse fan. I think a lot of people saw him as this huge puncher and nothing more so when he lost to Garcia, he was "exposed" in their eyes. He's a better boxer than some people give him credit for. He adapts either through advice from his corner or through what he sees, like in the Molina fight.

I won't say I though the Garcia fight was all wrong for Lucas. Was Garcia better than most gave him credit for? At the time i would have said yes. Seeing him since then I'm not so sure. But I also think Lucas made a big mistake changing his prefight preparations. Moving his Training here instead of back home where hes comfortable and the press tour seemed to take him out of his zone. The spotlight definitely doesn't agree with him, so he's better off flying under the radar till he's in the ring. He seems to be a pretty good simple guy, and he's a fighter by by nature (His mom, dad, brother and sister are/were fighters) . Trying to make him a media darling or trash talking d0uche just really seems to water down the fighter in him. He does seem to have some serious intent for that Garcia rematch though.

[Spicoli]

It says a lot about what's wrong with boxing when Showtime insists on shoveling shat uphill and giving Broner struggling with c level guys top billing ahead of just a solid well rounded world class professional like Matthysse. But obnoxious loud fools attract attention. Then again, so does a car crash. Matthysse is must see tv and very much at the top of my fan appreciation list. People, fans sometimes only remember the 'bad' or when a guy has adversity slap him in the face. He takes an L vs Garcia who fought one of his better game plans and then gets dropped by an assumed gimme with Molina. Therefore the " ohh he lost confidence, he's on a decline" gets thrown around. How about just maybe we, some, looked over Molina. Just like just maybe we looked over an assumed Herrera who made Garcia look often clueless and lost? Fans can have a very short term memory and attention span. Sometimes it starts at home too, that card was a ghost ship as far as media promotion and attention on here save for a few. Make no mistake , the sport would greatly benefit from more humble all action fighters who only want to fight good comp.

[El Kabong]

Matthysse is a solid fighter...but he's not from a nation which has a die hard boxing fan base and he's not a cult of personality either. Heck of a fighter though.

[Dia bando]

Matthysse is a big puncher without a doubt, but sometimes that is not enough he can be out boxed
but because he can punch, and that's something big punchers bring to the table excitement.!
If he's fighting I like to watch him, edge of the seat stuff which is fun, out boxed one second he
lands game over.

[Master]

Maybe the enthusiasm for Mattysse went after his lame effort against Garcia. Yes he had an injured eye but he could have done more. The fight itself was not great.

[Hulk]

Maybe the enthusiasm for Mattysse went after his lame effort against Garcia. Yes he had an injured eye but he could have done more. The fight itself was not great.

Maybe you're a dick. Lol

[Hulk]

It says a lot about what's wrong with boxing when Showtime insists on shoveling shat uphill and giving Broner struggling with c level guys top billing ahead of just a solid well rounded world class professional like Matthysse. But obnoxious loud fools attract attention. Then again, so does a car crash. Matthysse is must see tv and very much at the top of my fan appreciation list. People, fans sometimes only remember the 'bad' or when a guy has adversity slap him in the face. He takes an L vs Garcia who fought one of his better game plans and then gets dropped by an assumed gimme with Molina. Therefore the " ohh he lost confidence, he's on a decline" gets thrown around. How about just maybe we, some, looked over Molina. Just like just maybe we looked over an assumed Herrera who made Garcia look often clueless and lost? Fans can have a very short term memory and attention span. Sometimes it starts at home too, that card was a ghost ship as far as media promotion and attention on here save for a few. Make no mistake , the sport would greatly benefit from more humble all action fighters who only want to fight good comp.

Well said. Matthysse should have been the main event, but he's far too quiet and acts like a decent human being.

That simply won't do for attracting casual fans.

[Master]

Maybe he has a bad hairstyle and rubbish tattoos.

[imp]

Garcia beats any type of matthyse.

Garcia is never expected to win anything but he has shown that his basic style is winning and beating the best out there.

GGG is another one that will get his tan whipped by oldie froch or ward if he ever decides to step up to 168.

[Rantcatrat]

Garcia beats any type of matthyse.

Garcia is never expected to win anything but he has shown that his basic style is winning and beating the best out there.

GGG is another one that will get his tan whipped by oldie froch or ward if he ever decides to step up to 168.

You're living two years ago. Currently, that statement is entirely incorrect. Garcia was expected to win his last two fights and the odds for the fights were heavily in Garcia's favor. Yet, in every way but on paper, he lost the fight against Herrera, and in his farcical fight against Salka, beat up a top 50 junior lightweight. Want to know why people don't like Garcia, well, there you go.

If Garcia steps up to 147, he gets beat down by Thurman, Porter and Brook.

[Beanflicker]

Garcia fought a world-class fight vs Matthysse and showed a world-class chin in taking bombs from Matthysse that would have left 95-99% of 140lbers flat on their back. He also had the big power to keep Matthysse from just running in.