Danny García
26-0 (16 KOs) vs Lucas Matthysee 34-2 (32 KOs)
This is the co-main event for the Mayweather-Canelo card and is a bout lots of hardcore fans have wanted to see, because it features two of the best fighters at junior welterweight. A notable common opponent for both men was Zab Judah, who García beat by decision in his last fight, while Matthysee lost a one point split decision on all three cards. The early round inactivity of Matthysee cost him, as despite scoring a knockdown in the tenth round it wasn’t enough to get the decision. Losing to Judah not only cost Lucas his undefeated record which was 27-0 at the time, but a shot at the IBF title, a belt Judah would go on to win his next fight.
Matthysee’s second loss of his career came in the form of another split decision, this time to current IBF Welterweight Champion Devon Alexander. After hearing about all the claims of this fight being a robbery I had to see for myself. After viewing the fight in full, I can’t disagree. This time Lucas didn’t beat himself with inactivity as by fights end according to compubox Matthysee had thrown 113 more punches than Alexander and landed 23 more, additionally he even scored a knockdown in the fourth round. Surly a disappointing loss, but from a performance stand point, Lucas didn’t lose any standing as with the fight in Missouri, it can be considered a hometown decision for Alexander.
Since the Alexander loss, Matthysee has gone on to stop his next six opponents and pick up an Interim title along the way. The title he won was from longtime WBC mandatory challenger Ajose Olusegun, and sets Matthysee up for this current crack at unified titlist Danny García. Matthysee was slated to fight for the vacant WBC Junior Welterweight belt on a previous Mayweather undercard, but was sick and unable to do so. Pablo Cesar Cano took his place and was beaten to a bloody pulp by Erik Morales who picked up the belt and became the first Mexican to win alphabet titles in four divisions (super bantam 122lbs, featherweight 126lbs, super feather 130lbs and Super Lightweight 140lbs) Morales would lose the title after missing weight before a defense versus current champ Danny García.
Matthysee is a skilled come forward brawler who seems to have fixed his problems of starting fights slow, as he’s coming off an impressive third round stoppage over IBF 140 champ Lamont Peterson. The fight was at 141, but Matthysee proved he could handle someone who could both box and punch by tearing through Peterson.
García is an interesting case, as despite not looking overly impressive as an all-around complete fighter, he continuously finds ways to win fights. An example of that would be his unification bout aired on HBO vs Amir Khan as through two rounds Khan looked way too fast for García, and on his way to a pretty easy decision, all that changed with one right hand in the third round that put Khan down. Khan was never able to recover, and two knockdowns later, the ref stopped the fight, and García added Amir Khan’s WBA title to his WBC belt. Another fight where García displayed his power punching was in the rematch vs Erik Morales, which he ended via left hook in the fourth round. García has shown that he packs some pop behind his punches, but I don’t think it would be wise for him to turn it into a slugfest vs Matthysee. Garcia has an edge in both hand and foot speed, and could beat Lucas to the punch, but I’m not sure how long he would be able to sustain it. García also didn’t seem to fair too well in the late rounds vs Zab Judah.
Final Thoughts: Similar to Molina-Smith we have a title fight that features a clash in boxing styles with the co-main event of García vs Matthysee, that said with his speed I feel Danny has more ways to win this fight, as he can afford to box Matthysee from a distance, however I don’t think Lucas will allow that to happen, he’s been on quite a tear as of late and by the mid rounds I expect his fast pace to have taken its toll enough to force a stoppage.
This is the co-main event for the Mayweather-Canelo card and is a bout lots of hardcore fans have wanted to see, because it features two of the best fighters at junior welterweight. A notable common opponent for both men was Zab Judah, who García beat by decision in his last fight, while Matthysee lost a one point split decision on all three cards. The early round inactivity of Matthysee cost him, as despite scoring a knockdown in the tenth round it wasn’t enough to get the decision. Losing to Judah not only cost Lucas his undefeated record which was 27-0 at the time, but a shot at the IBF title, a belt Judah would go on to win his next fight.
Matthysee’s second loss of his career came in the form of another split decision, this time to current IBF Welterweight Champion Devon Alexander. After hearing about all the claims of this fight being a robbery I had to see for myself. After viewing the fight in full, I can’t disagree. This time Lucas didn’t beat himself with inactivity as by fights end according to compubox Matthysee had thrown 113 more punches than Alexander and landed 23 more, additionally he even scored a knockdown in the fourth round. Surly a disappointing loss, but from a performance stand point, Lucas didn’t lose any standing as with the fight in Missouri, it can be considered a hometown decision for Alexander.
Since the Alexander loss, Matthysee has gone on to stop his next six opponents and pick up an Interim title along the way. The title he won was from longtime WBC mandatory challenger Ajose Olusegun, and sets Matthysee up for this current crack at unified titlist Danny García. Matthysee was slated to fight for the vacant WBC Junior Welterweight belt on a previous Mayweather undercard, but was sick and unable to do so. Pablo Cesar Cano took his place and was beaten to a bloody pulp by Erik Morales who picked up the belt and became the first Mexican to win alphabet titles in four divisions (super bantam 122lbs, featherweight 126lbs, super feather 130lbs and Super Lightweight 140lbs) Morales would lose the title after missing weight before a defense versus current champ Danny García.
Matthysee is a skilled come forward brawler who seems to have fixed his problems of starting fights slow, as he’s coming off an impressive third round stoppage over IBF 140 champ Lamont Peterson. The fight was at 141, but Matthysee proved he could handle someone who could both box and punch by tearing through Peterson.
García is an interesting case, as despite not looking overly impressive as an all-around complete fighter, he continuously finds ways to win fights. An example of that would be his unification bout aired on HBO vs Amir Khan as through two rounds Khan looked way too fast for García, and on his way to a pretty easy decision, all that changed with one right hand in the third round that put Khan down. Khan was never able to recover, and two knockdowns later, the ref stopped the fight, and García added Amir Khan’s WBA title to his WBC belt. Another fight where García displayed his power punching was in the rematch vs Erik Morales, which he ended via left hook in the fourth round. García has shown that he packs some pop behind his punches, but I don’t think it would be wise for him to turn it into a slugfest vs Matthysee. Garcia has an edge in both hand and foot speed, and could beat Lucas to the punch, but I’m not sure how long he would be able to sustain it. García also didn’t seem to fair too well in the late rounds vs Zab Judah.
Final Thoughts: Similar to Molina-Smith we have a title fight that features a clash in boxing styles with the co-main event of García vs Matthysee, that said with his speed I feel Danny has more ways to win this fight, as he can afford to box Matthysee from a distance, however I don’t think Lucas will allow that to happen, he’s been on quite a tear as of late and by the mid rounds I expect his fast pace to have taken its toll enough to force a stoppage.
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