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Originally Posted by kingofcool
Matthysse won the fight up until he got his eye swollen shut. To say it wasn't close is kind of lol.
Garcia clearly won, but i think a rematch would be a tossup. Clearly the two best at 140.
A rematch would be great.
I don't have a list of who fights under Goldenboy vs Top Rank in front of me, but there should be some other intriguing matchups for these two, especially if they're willing to jump up to 147. Things will be interesting for all but Floyd (honestly who the hell is he going to fight next?) in a few months after the dust settles.
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Originally Posted by BAIDS
garcia was poss up 4-2 after 6 i reckon, 3-3 at worst. anyone got the scorecards?
I thought Matthyse won some of the earlier rounds and Garcia pulled away late. The fight seemed to change a lot after that eye. Not that Matthyse was dominating before the eye, but he seemed to be winning.
Once the eye was swollen up bad, it looked like Matthyse could no longer dodge the left hook he was doing a pretty good job of avoiding, and he just got hit a lot more when moving into Garcia later in the fight.
No excuse or anything, Garcia fought the way he was supposed to, didn't give into trading punches, had a better jab (out of two non jabbing fighters), a good chin in a few spots and the left hook was as good as ever.
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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty
I had it 115-113 Floyd, giving Canelo the benefit of the doubt in 3 close rounds. But LOLLLLLLLLLLLL at giving Canelo round 11. That was one of the lease competitive rounds in the fight.
I didn't think it was that close. When I used to watch Floyd fights I thought they were far closer, but after rewatching fights you can see how many shots simply do not land on Floyd. He wins rounds, pure and simple. It helps if you don't have the sound blasted (all the Floyd haters go nuts whenever an opponent winds up for a punch, landed or not). I was out, luckily, so I didn't have the crowd subjectivity bothering my eyes.
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Remind me why people don't like Danny Garcia the fighter? (i.e. take his dad out of the equation)
I don't know that people don't like him (I don't hear a lot of people hating on him). People dislike his dad obviously, and people thought Matthyse would win (and totally justified I think).
I don't get this "he's a B fighter at everything, not great at anything" stuff though.
He clearly has a top notch left hook and chin. Those are two real skills that people tend to overlook when saying he's just an all around good fighter, not great at anything.
I guess it's because his right tends to be a sloppy roundhouse sometimes, and he doesn't jab a lot, and he's not super fast, so people tend to say he's not very talented. Just an unorthodox set of skills maybe for a top fighter, but skilled no doubt.
Last edited by ChicagoRy; 09-15-2013 at 08:03 PM.