And like Randall, his old ass is there to be iced as well. I don't like seeing Bailey being trot out to get mauled and lose to young upstart punks, Lucas needs to retire.
Pac has been pretty well done since he was forced to fight the pimply body that grew 20lbs of swolt upper body 7yrs after the pituatary gland slows unroided bodies. Sure he rebounded with a good win over Timmy, but the rest has been pretty bad, even when he dominated. Lucas vs Garcia 2 or Thurman should be next.
So was this his "Mike Jones moment", exposing the unbeaten Kiram? Somehow it doesn't feel as glamorous or climactic as Bailey vs. Jones did...
Matthysse did what he needed to do, he won the fight, and by knockout against a much younger, bigger fighter................he still has power, he knocked Peterson out in the 3rd round, something Spence could not do..................Spence needs to fight Porter next..............but he wants to fight Golovkin, Oscar will not allow Golovkin to fight, wants to get as much ring rust on Golovkin as possible.............
Matthysse vs pac, horn or rematch Garcia would be good He needs to avoid spence or Crawford like the plague though ... all wrong for him He’d be better suited at 140 still tbh .. he’s tiny for a welterweight
I think even though they are fighting on different networks, if Matthysse fought Thurman, I'd expect Thurman to win a decision just with his footwork and speed advantage and by using that in-and-out movement. Matthysse Pacquiao actually isn't a bad fight, and probably a good fight for both guys at this stage of their career. We don't know if Pac will fight again, but if he does, it would make more sense for him to fight a guy more his age who may be falling out of his prime like Matthysse than one of the young guns like Thurman, Spence or even a guy like Danny Garcia. The winner of Crawford Horn vs Lucas could also be an interesting bout as well as stylistically I think Lucas matches up well to both Horn or Crawford. Obviously Crawford will be favored vs Lucas, but I do think Lucas would be a good test for Crawford if he is victorious over Horn now that he has the WBA regular belt.
Matthysse is the best fighter to never win a belt... He beat Judah and Alexander Broner won 3 belts...total bum compared to Lucas.