Lucas Matthysse, left, is looking to get into the welterweight mix. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Matthysse and Linares are the headliners on Saturday night’s HBO card (10:30 p.m. ET/PT), and both are heavily favored to win their fights (Matthysse is a -1400 favorite against Tewa Kiram, while Linares is -3000 vs. Mercito Gesta). And as long as both favorites win, the HBO card isn’t really about Saturday night. It’s more about what’s in the future for Matthysse and Linares.
For the 32-year-old Linares (43-3, 27 KOs), it’s a future that could mean matches against Mikey Garcia or Vasyl Lomachenko.
"Those fights keep coming up, but I'm not the one bringing them up. I know people want to see that," Linares said, via the Los Angeles Times. "I welcome those fights in the not too distant future, but I'm not concentrating on that now. To me, the most important thing is Mercito Gesta on Saturday night.”
For Matthysse (38-4, 35 KOs), he wants to continue to win in a stacked division that could make him plenty of money as the 35-year-old embarks in the last phase of his career.
“I’ve beaten the best at 140 pounds, and now I’ll beat the best at 147 pounds,” Matthysse said, via Bad Left Hook. “A win against Kiram will put me at the top of the division.”
Well, not quite. But a win would move him up into possible fights against the likes of Keith Thurman, who is eventually thinking ahead toward a matchup vs. Errol Spence.
">Lucas Matthysse is a welterweight trying to make a career comeback in a deep 147-pound division. Jorge Linares has won 12-straight fights and is considered the 135-pound champion, but until he faces and beats other top lightweights, there will still be questions about if he is as good as he once was.
Lucas Matthysse, left, is looking to get into the welterweight mix. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Matthysse and Linares are the headliners on Saturday night’s HBO card (10:30 p.m. ET/PT), and both are heavily favored to win their fights (Matthysse is a -1400 favorite against Tewa Kiram, while Linares is -3000 vs. Mercito Gesta). And as long as both favorites win, the HBO card isn’t really about Saturday night. It’s more about what’s in the future for Matthysse and Linares.
For the 32-year-old Linares (43-3, 27 KOs), it’s a future that could mean matches against Mikey Garcia or Vasyl Lomachenko.
"Those fights keep coming up, but I'm not the one bringing them up. I know people want to see that," Linares said, via the Los Angeles Times. "I welcome those fights in the not too distant future, but I'm not concentrating on that now. To me, the most important thing is Mercito Gesta on Saturday night.”
For Matthysse (38-4, 35 KOs), he wants to continue to win in a stacked division that could make him plenty of money as the 35-year-old embarks in the last phase of his career.
“I’ve beaten the best at 140 pounds, and now I’ll beat the best at 147 pounds,” Matthysse said, via Bad Left Hook. “A win against Kiram will put me at the top of the division.”
Well, not quite. But a win would move him up into possible fights against the likes of Keith Thurman, who is eventually thinking ahead toward a matchup vs. Errol Spence.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshkatzowitz/2018/01/27/lucas-matthysee-jorge-linares-hbo-errol-spence-ratings/
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