By William Mackay: It appears that Amir Khan’s dream of fighting for the WBC strap in his next fight has been dashed, as the World Boxing Council is reportedly saying that former WBC light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, who they recently demoted to the position of “Champion in recess”, will get the first crack at the winner of the September 17th fight between Erik Morales and Lucas Matthysse.
Lucas Matthysse
Matthysse-Morales: Lucas may need a knockout to win
By William Mackay: Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) and Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) will be battling for the vacant WBC light welterweight title on September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. There’s a lot riding on this fight more than just the World Boxing Council paper title.
Matthysse-Morales could be a better fight than Mayweather-Ortiz
By Sean McDaniel: The September 17th fight card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Victor Ortiz, just got a lot better with the addition of Erik Morales vs. Lucas Matthysse. This is a really good fight, much, much better than the one Golden Boy Promotions had listed before with Morales facing 35-year-old Jorge Barrios.
Khan interested in facing Morales if he beats Matthysse
By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) is reportedly interested in taking on Erik Morales if he emerges the winner of his fight on September 17th against Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Council light welterweight title that previously belonged to Timothy Bradley.
Matthysse vs. Kendall Holt a possibility for Hopkins-Dawson undercard
By Dan Ambrose: According to Dan Rafael is ESPN, there is talk of an undercard fight between former WBO light welterweight champion Kendall Holt and Argentinian Lucas Matthysse on the undercard of the WBC light heavyweight title fight between champion Bernard Hopkins and former two time champion Chad Dawson on October 15th.
Shaw: Matthysse should have fought Alexander in Detroit, he would have won
By Dan Ambrose: Last weekend light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) lost a controversial 12 round split decision to former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 Ko’s) in a fight that took place in Alexander’s home state and nearby city of Saint Charles, Missouri. The final judges’ scores were 96-93, 95-94 for Alexander and 96-93 for Matthysse.
Alexander-Matthysse: I bet on the Alexander fight, and I am furious
By Robert Dean: I’m not a naive fool. I saw that the fight would be held in Devon Alexander’s hometown, and I knew a robbery was possible. But when I saw on HBO that one of the judges for Alexander’s fight with Lucas Matthysse was the very same person that scored in Alexander’s favor for his fight against Andriy Kotelnik, my jaw dropped to the floor.
Brook/N’dou, Macklin/Sturm, Alexander/Matthysse
By Simon Hirst: Some very good boxing was on offer last night to warm the tastebuds of next week’s fight of the year. Three interesting matches with different expectations for all of them. Brook’s test against N’dou was to see how good Brook was. Macklin had his first world title shot to see if he could mix it at world class level and Alexander was rebounding off his first loss against the dangerous, big punching Lucas Matthysse in what should test Alexander’s heart.
Alexander defeats Matthysse
By Jim Dower: Argentinian knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) found out first hand how difficult it is to beat former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) when he’s fighting in his home state last Saturday night when Matthysse was beaten by Alexander by a very, very controversial 12 round split decision at the Family Arena, in Saint Charles, Missouri.
Matthysse-Alexander early results
By Jim Dower: In a loaded undercard of the Lucas Matthysse vs. Devon Alexander fight card at the Family Arena, Saint Charles, Missouri, IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KO’s) stopped #1 International Boxing Federation challenger Yusuf Mack (29-4, 17 KO’s) in the 8th round. Cloud, 29, making his fourth defense of his title, hurt Mack with a big left hook to the head in the 8th.