By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao won’t have trainer Freddie Roach in his corner for his still un-finalized fight against WBC World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse on June 24 in Malaysia. In Pacquiao’s corner will be Buboy Fernandez as his lead trainer.
By Chris Williams: Former 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao is saying he’ll be fighting WBA World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse on June 24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank says there’s still no deal yet. Arum is waiting for $5 million in upfront money for the fight, according to ESPN. There’s supposed to be $15 million all total for the fight.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao wants to fight for a world title against WBA World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse next in June in Malaysia, but that fight depends on whether the site money comes through. According to Pacquiao’s long time promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank says he could fight on June 23 in Malaysia against Matthysse or unbeaten Jose Carlos Ramirez (21-0, 17 KOs) for the WBC light welterweight title.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao is saying he’ll be fighting next in May or June against either WBA World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse or Danny Garcia in Malaysia. Pacquiao, 39, will not be fighting on the undercard of Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford on April 14 on ESPN PPV in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Sean McDaniel: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is said to be close to having the Manny Pacquiao vs. Mike Alvarado fight done for April 14 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. If Arum can get the fight done, Pacquiao-Alvarado will be the co-feature bout on the Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on ESPN pay-per-view.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao is interested in facing WBA World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in April or May. Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) won the vacant WBA ‘regular’ 147 lb. title in stopping #1 WBA Tewa Kiram (38-1, 28 KOs) in the 8th round last month on January 27 on Showtime Boxing at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
By Dan Ambrose: If the option is available in the near future, Angel Garcia says he prefers Amir Khan over WBA World welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse for Danny Garcia to fight due to him being a bigger name. Angel says Khan is the bigger name than Matthysse.
By Dan Ambrose: Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) was surprisingly behind on one of the judges’ scorecards at the time he knocked Tewa Kiram (38-1, 28 KOs) out in round 8 last Saturday night at the Forum in Inglewood, California. Judge Pat Russell had the 25-year-old Kiram ahead by a 68-65 score through the first 7 rounds of the contest.
In his third opportunity at a world title, Argentine knockout artist Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) stopped previously undefeated Thai superstar Tewa Kiram (37-1, 27 KOs) in the eighth round of a scheduled 12-round fight to win the WBA Welterweight World Championship on HBO Boxing After Dark in front of a roaring crowd of 6,143 boxing fans at Los Angeles’ “Fabulous” Forum. After several rounds in which Matthysse pushed forward to cut the distance, the 35-year-old landed an overhand right that dropped him immediately. After Kiram got up, Matthysse landed a short left hand that ended matters at 1:21 of the eighth round. At the time of the stoppage, two judges had Matthysse winning with scores of 68-65 and 69-64, while one judge had it 68-65 for Kiram, who went straight to the hospital after the fight.
By Dan Ambrose: After toiling away as a pro for 14 years, Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) finally captured a world title in destroying previously unbeaten #1 WBA Tewa Kiram (38-1, 28 KOs) by a brutal 8th round knockout to win the vacant WBA World welterweight title on Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California.