Solo Boxeo Tonight - Lucas Matthysse vs Chop Chop Corley

gomez1012 wrote:My wife watched novelas when she was taking spanish in school for the same reason

This is actually one of the better fights they have had since GBP took it over

Gumby wrote:Matthysse killed Chop Chop to the body. He dropped him 9 times (7 legit). Every time with a left hook to the body. He's just too strong. Chop Chop made him work in the first few rounds, but this guy is an animal. Over in 8.

Not sure why Zab's gotten so much flack. I think him and Mabuza are right there with Khan, Bradley and Alexander. Matthysse is definitely a good fighter.

GrantZilla wrote:Gumby, you know damn well why Zab get's flack

Look under underacheiver and wasted talent, and you'll find Zab's kisser

What happened last night to my fighter, former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley (36-16-1, 22 KOs), in Argentina against Lucas Matthysee (28-1, 26 KOs) was a travesty. He recently fought Marcus Maidana in Argentina and lost without any complaints, but last night was an outright injustice and another black eye for boxing.

Everything was totally unacceptable from the very beginning. DeMarcus arrived there early Tuesday morning, attended a press conference the following day, and weighed-in Thursday. We were informed just a couple days before DeMarcus Corley left for Argentina that the fight was for the vacant WBO Intercontinental super lightweight title. We didn’t have any problems with that at all, but I was very surprised that the WBO approved these two fighters, who both lost their last fights, to fight for the title.

At 6 AM Friday morning, the morning of the fight, Corley was suddenly awoken and taken to the hospital for medicals, including an EKG and brain scan, and he didn’t get back to the hotel until 2 PM. Three hours later and without any rest, ‘Chop Chop” was taken to the arena. He was there three days and nobody said anything to him or our team about him needing medicals, not until the morning of the fight, and he obviously didn’t look sharp in the fight because of all the running around he had to do. Why did they wait?

Granted, “Chop Chop” didn’t look good. He took a knee after a body shot for a legitimate knockdown but he wasn’t hurt. My biggest concern came in the seventh round, when he was hit with a blatant low blow, but the referee did nothing, not even a warning. Matthysee then delivered multiple low blows, illegal hits to the back of the head, pushed “Chop Chop” down a few times –counting them as knockdowns -- and even hit him on the top of the head when he was down. In any other country this would have led to a disqualification, no questions about that, but the referee didn’t issue a warning, never mind deduct a single point.

We ended-up unfairly losing by eighth-round technical knockout. The referee was totally unprofessional and we have no clue what the WBO supervisor was watching. We are looking into filing a complaint with the Argentine Boxing Commission against the show promoters (Golden Boy Promotions and Aranobox) and petitioning the WBO to review the action; ultimately overturning the outcome and, at the very least, rule the fight a no-contest.

I am writing this letter to the boxing world not only to protect my fighter, but because I’m also disappointed by how poorly it affects the sport of boxing.

Gumby wrote:Matthysse killed Chop Chop to the body. He dropped him 9 times (7 legit). Every time with a left hook to the body. He's just too strong. Chop Chop made him work in the first few rounds, but this guy is an animal. Over in 8.

Not sure why Zab's gotten so much flack. I think him and Mabuza are right there with Khan, Bradley and Alexander. Matthysse is definitely a good fighter.