Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-27, pretty good finish between Lucas Matthysse and Tewa Kiram but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Wbc super-Lw champion Lucas Martin Matthysse entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 38-4-0 (35 KOs=92%) and he is ranked as the No.18 welterweight in the world. He had fought twice in 2015 winning over Ruslan Provodnikov (=Matthysse vs Provodnikov) and losing to Viktor Postol (=Matthysse vs Postol); after this fight he fought just once, in 2017, beating Emmanuel Taylor (=Matthysse vs Taylor).
His opponent, the undefeated Tewa Kiram (also known as Teerachai Kratingdaenggym), has a perfect record of 38-0-0 (28 knockouts) and he entered as the No.66 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year defeating Vijender Kumar and Ramadhani Shauri. Matthysse vs Kiram is valid for the vacant WBA World welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-01-27
Where: Forum, Inglewood, California, USA
Division: welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg)
Title: vacant WBA World welterweight title
Matthysse’s previous fight: Lucas Martin Matthysse vs Emmanuel Taylor
Matthysse’s next fight: Manny Pacquiao vs Lucas Matthysse
Matthysse vs Kiram full fight video:
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Official highlights
A very good knock out but a bit boring fight since all the action was limited to one boxer in full aggression mode and the other in full retreat. Both boxers interchanged very few punches and it was difficult for Lucas to reach and punch Kiram as desired since he was an elusive target. This fight didn’t cover at all the expectations that fans and promoters put on it before it begins. May be a 3 starts only because the knock out.
Yeah, a Mathysse fight is supposed to be electrifying. Kiram was a paper champ. I guess, with a blown up record.
Mathysse impressed me, he was chasing the bloke all the time. Impressive KO, but Kiram’s unwillingness to engage took away from the quality of the fight. Like @tango2042:disqus , I give 3 stars.
Mattsnow: You are quite right as usual
I read he wants Pacqiao :)
Mattsnow: He wants to get Pacqiao due to the money involved :-). However, it is going to be though for him because Pacqiao is a southpaw and still in good shape. If he is able to win would be a new start of his career.
If he had trade punches with Lucas , the fight would not have lasted even a half Round.
‘Im just curious if Kiram took a dive?
No10Count: You may be right. The second knock down that ended as knock out was very dubious.
I thought that too. He was boxing Matthysse head off. It looked a bit suss to me as well.