By Chris Williams: Instead of facing Amir Khan or one of his promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank stable fighters, Filipino star Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) could be fighting the recently beaten Lucian Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) in early 2016, according to Fight News. Matthysse’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya is saying that negotiations between him and Pacquiao’s management are taking place. Matthysse would have the chance to put Pacquiao out of his misery. Pacquiao lost his last fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr last May, and looked like an old man in that fight. Afterwards, Pacquiao said he had a shoulder injury. A lot of boxing fans don’t believe Pacquiao’s injury excuse. They think he came up with that afterwards to try and explain away his loss to Mayweather.
Matthysse was considered a very serious candidate for a fight with Pacquiao before Matthysse suffered a 10th round knockout loss to Viktor Postol earlier this month on HBO Championship Boxing on October 3rd at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. It was thought that a loss to Postol removed Matthysse, 33, from the Pacquiao sweepstakes.
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Allan Fox: Last Saturday’s boxing cards on HBO and Showtime put in dreadful ratings numbers. The low numbers might be explained by the fact that the two cards were competing against each other, which is never wise to do. 
(Photo credit: Sumio Yamada) By Tim Fletcher: Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Eric Gomez says that his fighter #2 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs) was temporarily blinded for 10-20 seconds after being dropped by a right hand from unbeaten Ukrainian Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) last Saturday night in their fight for the vacant WBC light welterweight title at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. 
(Photo credit: Sumio Yamada) By Dan Ambrose: Now that his fighter Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) has beaten Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs) by a 10th round knockout last Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, trainer Freddie Roach would like for one of his other fighters #4 WBO, #5 WBC, #8 WBA 140lb contender Ruslan Provodnikov (24-4, 17 KOs) to get a chance to avenge his loss to Matthysse by fighting him again. 
(Photo credit: Sumio Yamada) By Dan Ambrose: Last night, Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) defeated Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs) by a 10th round knockout to win the vacant WBC light welterweight title at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Postol, 31, made easy work of Matthysse in totally schooling him before scoring a 10th round knockout. 
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Gerardo Granados: It was really disappointing to hear Lucas Matthysse at the post fight interview to have said he could have got up but preferred to protect his eye because he couldn’t see. It was even worst to hear it days after the 40th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila, to me it sounded like an insult for all the Valhalla fighters who in the past have stepped into the ring. 
(Photo credit: Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions) By Allan Fox: The 5’6 1/2″ Lucas Matthysse (37-4, 34 KOs) wasn’t able to handle the much taller 5’11” Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) in losing to the Ukrainian fighter by a 10th round knockout tonight to win the vacat WBA light welterweight title at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Postol put Matthysse on the canvas to get the knockout. Matthysse looked like he wasn’t that hurt from the punch, but he stayed down anyway. Referee Jack Reiss officially stopped the fight at 2:58 of the 10th round.