I had a debate yesterday with @imp who had the opinion that Rosado and Matthysse did not deserve rematches. His point was cuts/eye closing are part of boxing and if they lost because of the cuts/eye closing, there is no reason to grant them rematches. Besides the fact that people would be interested in the rematches, do you agree that when the outcome of a fight is changed due to a cut or an eye closing, there is no reason for the victor to grant the loser a rematch? A win is a win.
In this context, keep in mind that Garcia gave Morales a rematch when the fight was not as close as the Matthysse fight and that Quillin was looking to make a statement at middleweight because of the comparisons with GGG.
By the way, sour grapes on my part over the plight of Matthysse and Rosado? Yes, perhaps.
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