2. Lucas Matthysse vs. Mike Dallas Jr.
It is important to give some background information on this fight because I feel that Mike Dallas Jr. would have done a lot better if the circumstances were different.
I was able to see Mike Dallas Jr. spar with Amir Khan a mere two weeks before the fight. A close source revealed to me that Dallas was seriously burned out. He had gone through numerous training camps and had fights cancelled on him until his bout with Matthysse was confirmed.
Dallas also had to deal with the death of his father, which would make it hard for anyone to do his or her job. Despite this, I still think Dallas would have lost.
The sparring session revealed mistakes from both Khan and Dallas–lunging forward in combinations–that have made their way into both fighter’s fights. I remember Virgil Hunter was talking to them about this, urging both to keep their legs under their feet, but it is a tough habit to get rid of.
It is a habit that made Dallas a target for the counter right hand. It was a vicious knockout. Dallas was asleep before he hit the canvas.
