Matthysse vs. Garcia & Peterson vs. Judah possible for September 7th in Washington, DC

By Boxing News - 05/19/2013 - Comments

matthysse4By Allan Fox: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is reserving September 7th for a doubleheader matching WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia vs. WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in the main event and Zab Judah vs. IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson as the co-feature in a bout at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

The fight card would be interesting one where Judah is coming off of a loss to Danny Garcia, and Peterson is coming off of a knockout loss to Matthysse earlier tonight in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Hopefully Schaefer and Golden Boy can put together the fight between Garcia and Matthysse because Garcia’s body language tonight appeared to show someone looking nervous and unhappy after Matthysse destroyed Peterson in a 3rd round stoppage at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Garcia should have been happy because Matthysse’s win set up a big fight between him and Matthysse, but he looked almost frightened.

Garcia’s father Angel Garcia said recently that they’re not involved in Golden Boy’s tournament and that they’ll fight whoever they want next. However, if Danny Garcia chooses to avoid the Matthysse fight then he’s going to have to vacate his WBC title because Matthysse is his mandatory and Garcia’s not going to be able to keep sidestepping him forever without the World Boxing Council stripping him of the title.

Garcia is going to look really bad if he chooses not to fight Matthysse because this is the fight that everyone has been talking about. Garcia can certainly dodge the fight and choose to vacant his WBC title, but he’d lose a lot of respect from the hardcore boxing fans.

Despite getting stopped in the 3rd round tonight, Peterson still has his IBF 140 lb. title because it wasn’t on the line tonight due to the fight taking place at 141 lbs. instead of at 140. By facing Judah, Peterson will be able to gain back some respect from boxing fans by going out and beating Judah by an impressive performance.



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