Re: Lucas Matthysse excitement?
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.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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