Matthysse beats Peterson; Alexander tops Purdy: A Night in Atlantic City! The Good! The Bad!

05(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Sotoman: There was a little bit of everything in last nights boxing fights. We begin with the fight between Lee Purdy and Devon Alexander.  There is no doubt that Alexander’s stock dropped  yesterday, despite the fact that Purdy failed to make weight. Although Purdy was not as impressive, he made Alexander look weak and ill accomplished.  Purdy demonstrated and exposed Alexander’s lack of power.  It is clear that Purdy was not going to win the fight on the score cards, but he had a heart of a lion. 

I could truly understand why his corner stopped the fight, when they did. Alexander suggested that many fans would be disappointed with his performance last night, he may just be right.  Alexander needs to do a lot more and fight bigger names, if he wants to be placed in the same column as the top Welterweights or 140 pounders.

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Matthysse: Danny Garcia is a slow fighter; easy to hit

garcia75By Allan Fox: WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32 KO’s) is gunning for WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) for his next fight, and he’s hoping that his promoter Richard Schaefer for Golden Boy Promotions can make that fight happen.

Schaefer feels confident he put the fight together. Matthysse isn’t all that impressed with Garcia’s speed and defensive skills, as he sees him as a slow fighter that’s easy to hit.

Matthysse said this about Garcia at the post-fight press conference last night following his 3rd round TKO win over Danny Garcia: “I hope the fight [with Danny Garcia] happens, but he’s a slow fighter. He’s slow and wide open. I know I’ll win that fight as well.”

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Malignaggi: Matthysse has scary power

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By Dan Ambrose: Paulie Malignaggi was in awe of Lucas Matthysse after watching him dismantle a normally strong-chinned Lamont Peterson last night in three short rounds at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Comparing him to former middleweight knockout artist Julian Jackson (55-6, 49 KO’), Malignaggi was just astonished how easily Matthysse was able to hurt Peterson each time he would touch him with a shot.

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Khan: I’d like to fight Matthysse; I’d beat him

matthysse44By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan was really impressed with the performance from WBC interim light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse last night in watching him demolish Lamont Peterson in three brutal rounds.

Khan thinks his fighting style would be perfect for Matthysse for some reason despite the fact that Khan was badly hurt by a much lesser puncher in his last fight in his narrow win over Julio Diaz.

Khan said after the fight: “I’d like to fight Lucas Matthysse. My style would definitely suit Matthysse and I’d beat him. This wants me to stay at 140.”

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Matthysse smashes Peterson; Alexander dominates Purdy

ATLANTIC CITY (May 19, 2013) – It took knockout artist and WBC Interim Super Lightweight World Champion Lucas Matthysse only three rounds to claim his 32nd knockout against IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont Peterson in front of an excited crowd Saturday night. In the co-main event from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Devon Alexander outclassed Lee Purdy with a seventh-round technical knockout win after Purdy’s corner waved the fight off.

Matthysse (34-2, 32 KO’s) used the first round to feel out Peterson and promptly picked up the pace in the second. The Argentine began landing with ferocity and eventually dropped Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KO’s) with a left hook late in the round. Early in the third, another left hook landed flush sending Peterson down again. The IBF World Champion beat the count, barely, and was on wobbly legs when Matthysse came in for the finish.

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

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.

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Look For Danny Garcia to avoid Matthysse like the plague

garcia434By Dallas Orysiuk Danny “Swift” Garcia is considered by fans and some analysts as the best at the light welterweight division. This has been called into question by some, with the name of a fighter from a small Argentinean town chiming in the background. After tonight… we should really call into question the ring magazines rankings, because there is no doubt that Lucas “the Machine” Matthysse is the best fighter in the 140 lb. division.

Lucas Matthysse like his nickname is a machine! He has tremendous KO power in both hands and poses underrated boxing skills. He is patient, disciplined, mixes it up, going upstairs and downstairs, and has a solid chin. He has an impressive resume with a record of 34-2-0 with 32 knockouts.

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Darren Barker vs. Daniel Geale on August 17th

May 19, 2013 – Gary Shaw Productions in association with Grange Old School Boxing, Matchroom Boxing and Greg Cohen Productions are pleased to announce the finalization of a fight between two of the middleweight division’s best and most exciting as IBF champion Daniel Geale (29-1, 15 KOs) has signed on to defend his title against highly regarded contender Darren Barker (25-1, 16 KO’s).

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Matthysse destroys Peterson; Alexander stops Purdy

matthysse33By Jim Dower: Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32 KO’s) overpowered Lamont Peterson (31-2-1, 16 KO’s) in stopping him in three brutal rounds on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Matthysse knocked Peterson down twice in the 3rd round with big left hooks and once in the 2nd with another big left hook.

After the 2nd knockdown, the right was halted by the referee. Peterson barely made it up from the first knockdown in the round and there clearly wasn’t enough time for him to recover from the shot. Matthysse then calmly landed a big left hook that knocked Peterson down for the final time in the round.

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