Matthysse-Morales

By William Mackay: Lucas Matthysse has reportedly pulled out of his fight with Erik Morales that was scheduled for September 17th. As of now, there isn’t a definitive explanation for Matthysse pulling out. Steve Kim is saying it was an illness, but there’s also talk of a possible injury that Matthysse sustained during training that [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) has been living off his old name for the past year during his comeback, and looked pretty average in all of his four fights since staging his comeback last year. Lost his last fight against Marcos Maidana, and I thought he should have lost two others in [...]

WHEN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 WHERE: MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA & STAPLES CENTER Las Vegas, Nev. Los Angeles, Calif. PRINCIPLES: MAIN EVENT – WBC WELTERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE – 12 ROUNDS – FROM LAS VEGAS FLOYD “MONEY” MAYWEATHER vs. “VICIOUS” VICTOR ORTIZ Six-Time, Five-Division World Champion WBC Welterweight World Champion Las Vegas, Nev. Ventura, Calif. 41-0 [...]

By William Mackay: In his loss last April to Marcos Maidana, Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) was exposed for having problems with Maidana’s work rate and overall superior conditioning, which allowed him to work a lot harder than Morales’ aging 35-year-old body permitted him. Morales ended up losing a 12 round decision to Maidana.

By Gerardo Granados: The last twenty seconds or so of a round often impress the fight judges so both Erik Morales and Lucas Matthysse should end the round strong to impress the fight judges in order to get a win in case the fight goes to the fight score cards. In this matchup both fighters [...]

By William Mackay: If WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan is so intent on fighting for the WBC strap against 35-year-old Erik Morales, Khan will have to wait until 2012 to fight Morales for the strap. Morales reportedly wants to take another fight against someone else other than Khan later on in 2011.

By William Mackay: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) is reportedly training like a mad man for his September 17th fight against Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: In recent photos of Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s), he’s looking really huge still for his fight against Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) scheduled for September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales, 34, looks to be weighing in the neighborhood of 160+ judging by the photos.

By William Mackay: Having been burned twice recently in controversial losses to Devon Alexander and Zab Judah, Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) will give it another try on September 17th against Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) for the vacant WBC light welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dan Ambrose: If you look at some of the recent fights of light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) you’ll see that he really got took to the cleaners in getting beaten in controversial losses to Zab Judah and Devon Alexander. Many boxing fans feel that Matthysse should have won both of these [...]