WBC Belt Matthysse to fight Morales now

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  1. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    From over there...

    First it was Anthony Crolla, then Jorge Barrios, but now it appears that hard-hitter Lucas Matthysse will face Erik Morales on Saturday September 17th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, on the undercard of the clash between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz. According to overseas reports, Barrios is having issues with his legal documents to leave the country and won't be able to make the fight with Morales. His countryman, Matthysse, has stepped in to take his place. The vacant WBC 140-pound title will be at stake.


    This should be fun! If Eric wants a belt, he's going to have to earn it.
     
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  2. WalletInspector

    WalletInspector Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Quality.

    Khan-Matthysse... :yep
     
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  3. JFT96

    JFT96 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Matthysse is a more rounded fighter and probably harder hitter than Maidana so this worries me for Morales even more than the Maidana fight did :-(

    Morales certainly has enough ring IQ to make it competitive enough but I do like Matthysse and would favor him to take this by a late stoppage.

    It's a shame in some ways for Morales but looking at it for Matthysse, he's arguably been robbed in 2 big fights (Judah and definitely Alexander) so he certainly deserves a title shot and I'm sure he will take it. Good luck to him.

    Now Khan vs Matthysse.....:hey
     
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  4. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Erik beats Matthysse, no one can complain about him fighting Khan.
    If Matthyse wins, I think Khan will fight with Robert Guerrero (if he wins) or Peterson.
     
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  5. Alyroo

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    Hate the fact this is for the paper title but it's still a good fight & hopefully sets ups a khan fight with Matthysse (assuming he wins).
     
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  6. awas88

    awas88 The King Full Member

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    Great news. If Judah and Alexander can hang with Lucas, I give Morales a shot!
     
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  7. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Alexander will be crying at this!
     
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  8. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    **** him!:yep
     
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  9. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Matthysse deserves this :happy

    And he'll prove he's better than Maidana :yep
     
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  10. lefthook82

    lefthook82 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    'Uh oh' was the first thing I thought when seeing this

    Matthyse stoppage for me
     
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  11. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There is only one way to settle that!:bbb
    Maidana v Matthyse would be bedlam
     
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  12. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    :deal

    All Argie tear-up!

    If Lucas beats Morales and Khan fights someone else then Maidana/Mattyhsse is the best fight to make :yep
     
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  13. Matt Ldn

    Matt Ldn Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Im getting hard just thinking about it
     
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  14. Moe Greene

    Moe Greene Guest

    **** Matthyse!

    Matthyse Vs Maidana would be better. I'd prefer to see Morales take on Curtis Woodhouse next ;-)
     
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  15. roe

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    :-( Knew this would happen after Morales did well against Maidana.

    Erik's finished. He could compete with Matthysse because he's not that great but I predict Morales will get cut to pieces and the fight will get stopped after 6 or 7 one sided rounds.
     
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