Fight History
Fight by Fight – 2011 - in his last fight on 11-11-11 in Las Vegas, NV, he knocked out Latif Mundy (10-3): the bout was on the undercard of the Diego Magdaleno-Emmanuel Lucero main event, and Matt dominated most of the fight; he scored a knockdown in the 4th round, and Mundy was counted out at 0:22…
On 7-9-11 in Carson, CA, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Lester Gonzalez (12-3-2): the bout was on the undercard of the Brandon Rios-Urbano Antillon main event, and Matt dominated most of the fight; he consistently outboxed and outworked Gonzalez, and landed the harder punches; Gonzalez rallied in the late rounds, but Matt won by scores of 78-74 on all three scorecards…
On 4-23-11 in Thackerville, OK, he won a 6 round unanimous decision against Marcos Primera (20-24-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Frankie Leal-Roberto Marroquin main event, and Matt dominated; he consistently outboxed and outworked Primera, and won by shutout scores of 60-54 on all three scorecards…
On 3-12-11 in Las Vegas he TKOd Michael Walker (19-6-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto-Ricardo Mayorga main event, and Matt quickly overpowered him; he scored a knockdown with a left hand in the 1st round – Walker got up but was unsteady, and the referee stopped the fight at 1:31…
2010 – on 11-20-10 in Thackerville he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Derrick Findley (17-3): the bout was on the undercard at the WinStar Casino, and Matt dominated most of the fight; scored 78-74 on all three scorecards…
On 9-11-10 in Las Vegas he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Anthony Greenidge (14-4-1): the fight was on the undercard of the Yuriorkis Gamboa-Orlando Salido main event, and Matt dominated; Greenidge was cut over his right eye in the 1st round; Matt consistently outworked him, landed the harder punches, and steadily wore him down; scored 79-73 on all three scorecards..
On 4-17-10 in Atlantic City, NJ, he won an 8 round unanimous decision against Joshua Snyder (8-4-1): the bout was on the undercard of the Sergio Martinez-Kelly Pavlik main event; Matt consistently outworked Snyder, landed the harder punches, and dominated most of the fight; scored 78-74, 78-74, 79-73…
On 2-13-10 in Las Vegas he TKOd Lamar Harris (6-4-3): the fight was on the undercard of the Nonito Donaire-Manuel Vargas main event; Matt staggered Harris with a series of punches in the 1st round, and the referee stopped the fight at 1:05...
2009 – on 12-19-09 in Youngstown, OH, he TKOd Ken Dunham (6-11-1): the fight was on the undercard of the Kelly Pavlik-Miguel Espino main event; Matt scored a knockdown in the 1st round; he scored another knockdown in the 3rd round, and the referee stopped the fight at 1:29...
On 11-14-09 in Las Vegas he won a 6 round unanimous decision against James Winchester (10-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto main event; Winchester pressed forward and gave a good effort, but Matt dominated the fight; he consistently outworked Winchester and landed the harder punches, and won by shutout scores of 60-54 on all three scorecards...
On 6-27-09 in Atlantic City he knocked out Benjamin Diaz (10-2-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Lopez-Olivier Lontchi main event; Matt scored two knockdowns in the 1st round – the first with a jab, the second with a body punch – and Diaz was counted out at 1:22...
On 6-13-09 in New York, NY, he won a 4 round unanimous decision against Loren Myers (7-4): the fight was on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey main event, and Matt dominated; he consistently outworked Myers and rocked him repeatedly, and won by scores of 40-36 on all three scorecards...
On 5-2-09 in Las Vegas, NV, he TKOd Anthony Bartinelli (20-12-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton main event, and Matt dominated; he rocked Bartinelli several times in the 1st round, then scored a knockdown with a left hand in the 2nd – Bartinelli got up, but Matt rocked him with a series of punches and the referee stopped the fight at 2:15...
On 2-21-09 in New York, NY, he TKOd Cory Jones (4-4): Jones fought very defensively, but Matt constantly pressed forward and outworked him; Matt scored a knockdown with a right hook that dropped Jones face-first, out cold, in the 4th round and the referee stopped the fight at 2:59; after the fight, Matt said, “It’s called a ‘step-back’ right hook. You step back and it gives you room to throw the punch.”...
2008 – on 1-24-08 in Los Angeles, CA, he TKOd Roberto Florentino (3-3): the bout was on the undercard of the Shane Mosley-Antonio Margarito main event, and Matt was very impressive; he rocked Florentino with a series of punches in the 1st round, then scored a knockdown with a right hand-left hook combination – Florentino got up but was unsteady, and the referee stopped the fight at 2:26...
On 12-13-08 in Atlantic City, NJ, he TKOd Jason Wahr (1-1-2): the fight was on the undercard of the Kendall Holt-Demetrius Hopkins main event, and Matt quickly overpowered Wahr; he scored three knockdowns in the 1st round – the first two with right hands, the third with a left hook – and the referee stopped the fight at 2:52...
He debuted at the age of 25 on 11-1-08 in Las Vegas and TKOd Mario Evangelista (1-1): the fight was on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Matt Vanda main event; Matt gave an impressive performance, and wore down Evangelista with body punches; he scored a knockdown with a right hand that left Evangelista dazed and sitting on the ropes in the 3rd round, and the referee stopped the fight at 2:01; after the fight, Matt said, “It took me a little time to get used to the professional style, but I’m happy with my fight tonight. It took some time to figure out my opponent.”...
