Ring Magazine are notorious dicksuckers for power punchers.... you should know that. Before Garcia fought Lucas, they put Lucas on the cover on 2 separate weekly editions... and not the lineal champion Garcia. Garcia tuned Lucas's ass up, he was angry...
CHAMPION DANNY GARCIA Country: U.S. Record: 28-0-0 (16 KOs) Ranking: This Week: C | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 153 Title: RING, WBA, WBC LUCAS MATTHYSSE Country: Argentina Record: 34-3-0 (32 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 1 | Last Week: 1 | Weeks On List: 153 1 RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV Country: Russia Record: 23-2-0 (16 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 2 | Last Week: 2 | Weeks On List: 68 Title: WBO 2 AMIR KHAN Country: U.K. Record: 28-3-0 (19 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 3 | Last Week: 3 | Weeks On List: 244 3 LAMONT PETERSON Country: U.S. Record: 32-2-1 (16 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 4 | Last Week: 4 | Weeks On List: 57 Title: IBF 4 MIKE ALVARADO Country: U.S. Record: 34-2-0 (23 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 5 | Last Week: 5 | Weeks On List: 132 5 ZAB JUDAH Country: U.S. Record: 42-9-0 (29 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 6 | Last Week: 6 | Weeks On List: 159 6 DIERRY JEAN Country: Canada Record: 25-1-0 (17 KO) Ranking: This Week: 7 | Last Week: 7 | Weeks On List: 46 7 JESSIE VARGAS Country: U.S. Record: 24-0-0 (9 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 8 | Last Week: 8 | Weeks On List: 1 8 KHABIB ALLAKHVERDIEV Country: Russia Record: 19-1-0 (9 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 9 | Last Week: 9 | Weeks On List: 91 9 VIKTOR POSTOL Country: Ukraine Record: 25-0-0 (10 KOs) Ranking: This Week: 10 | Last Week: 10 | Weeks On List: 32 10
Looks like TRB with mcgrain have some sense Junior Welterweight Champion: Danny Garcia 1. Lucas Matthysse 2. Ruslan Provodnikov 3. Lamont Peterson 4. Amir Khan 5. Mike Alvarado 6. Brandon Rios 7. Mauricio Herrera 8. Jesse Vargas * 9. Khabib Allakhverdiev 10. Zab Judah Viktor Postol bumped out.
I could see how they wouldn't be able to move him up based on a loss. Despite that loss being dubious.(I thought he won)
Not saying it was the right or wrong call. But I can see how they wouldn't based on an official loss. That being said, it's a real shame for Herrera. He deserved that win. And boasting a win vs Garcia and Provo would have given his career a big kick. The business of boxing is the arch enemy of the sport of boxing.