Matthysse-Postol

Weights: Matthysse 139.4, Postol 139.4

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Image: Weights: Matthysse 139.4, Postol 139.4(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Jim Dower: #2 WBC contender Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) successfully made weight on Friday in coming in at 139.4 pounds for his bout on Saturday night on HBO against #1 WBC unbeaten Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Postol, 31, weighed in at the same weight as Matthysse in coming in at 139.4 pounds as well.

Matthysse and Postol will be fighting for the vacant WBA light welterweight title that was recently stripped from inactive champion Danny Garcia recently for him having failed to defend the belt for over a year.

Postol sees Matthysse as “revenge fight”

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MATTHYSSE VS. POSTOL FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) and his manager Vadim Kornilov see this Saturday’s Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) fight as a ”revenge fight” for the 31-year-old Postol to avenge Ruslan Provodnikov’s loss earlier this year in April to Matthysse.

Provodnikov took a beating in losing by a 12 round majority decision. It was his 3rd defeat in his last 4 fights. If Postol’s management is looking to avenge the defeats of Provodnikov, then they’re going to need to add Mauricio Herrera, Tim Bradley and Chris Algieri to their lists as well, because all three of those fighters also beat Provodnikov.

Khan could lose out on Pacquiao fight to Matthysse

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MATTHYSSE VS. POSTOL FINAL PRESS CONFERENCEBy Scott Gilfoid: After all that yakking that Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) has been doing lately about him being the next opponent for Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs), it’s starting to look like it won’t be him that will be fighting the Filipino fighter in early 2016.

Golden Boy Promotion CEO Oscar De La Hoya has been talking to Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum about potentially matching Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) against Pacquiao next instead of Khan if Matthysse wins his fight this Saturday night against unbeaten Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Matthysse: I’m coming for war!

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MATTHYSSE VS. POSTOL FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE(Photo Credit: Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: After having failed in his previous attempt to capture a world title two years ago in a 12 round decision loss to former WBA/WBC 140lb champion Danny Garcia, #2 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) will be back in the ring this Saturday night to face unbeaten #1 WBC Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) in a fight for the vacant WBC light welterweight title on HBO from the StubHub Center, in Carson, California.

Matthysse plans on turning the fight into a war whether the 31-year-old Postol wants it to be or not. Matthysse is going to make Postol fight the type of fight that he’s not used to and isn’t equipped for by getting into punching range and bombarding the light hitting Ukrainian all night long.

De La Hoya: Matthysse must impress against Postol to get Pacquiao

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1-edit10By Dan Ambrose: If #2 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) defeats #1 WBC Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) in an impressive fashion in their fight for the vacant WBA light welterweight title this Saturday night, Matthysse could wind up facing Manny Pacquiao in 2016, according to Matthysse’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions.

De La Hoya thinks that a fight for Matthysse against Pacquiao is definitely possible if Matthysse looks really good in beating the tall 5’11” Postol this Saturday night on October 3rd on HBO Championship Boxing from the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

De La Hoya: Matthysse will have to chase down Postol

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edit8(Photo Credit: Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is expecting an exciting fight between his fighter #2 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) and #1 WBC Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight on HBO Championship Boxing.

De La Hoya thinks that the 5’6 ½” Matthysse will really need to force the action against the taller 5’11” Postol in order to make it a war, because he suspects that Postol will be moving all over the ring to avoid Matthysse’s hard power shots.

Matthysse wants Mayweather or Pacquiao after Postol

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matthysse567676By Dan Ambrose: #2 WBC 140lb contender Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) is hoping he can get a victory over #1 WBC Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) and use the win to get a much bigger fight against either Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. Matthysse feels that he deserves a big money fight against one of those guys due to all the big fights he’s had I his career.

Matthysse says he wants to move up in weight to fight the bigger names in the near future after he hopefully beats the taller 5’11” Ukrainian Postol in their fight on HBO from the StubHub Center in Carson, California this Saturday night on October 3rd.

Lucas Mattthysse vs. Viktor Postol this Saturday

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1-MatthyssePostolLAPC_Hoganphotos5By Dan Ambrose: #1 WBC Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) will be facing #2 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) in a battle for the vacant WBC light welterweight title this Saturday on October 3rd on HBO from the StubHub Center, in Carson, California.

This is the title that was recently stripped from Danny Garcia for him failing to defend the title for over a year. Garcia had been busy fighting catch-weight fights against Rod Salka and Lamont Peterson after having a bad experience defending his WBC title against Mauricio Herrera in March 2014.

Roach: Viktor Postol is my new favorite fighter

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Image: Roach: Viktor Postol is my new favorite fighter(Photo Credit: Gene Belvins – Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when he revealed that #2 WBC 140lb contender Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) is his new favorite fighter, not Manny Pacquiao, a fighter that Roach has been training for many years now.

Roach, 55, has been training Postol for the past two fights, and he’s now facing the toughest opponent of his career in #1 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) in 10 days from now on October 3rd in a fight televised on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California.

Matthysse plans on forcing Postol to brawl

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Image: Matthysse plans on forcing Postol to brawlBy Allan Fox: #1 WBC Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs) says he’s going to take the action to the inside when he faces #2 WBC Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) on October 3rd in their fight on HBO from the StubHub Center, in Carson, California.

Matthysse, 5’7”, knows that he’s got to get on the inside against the 5’11” Postol for him to have a chance of beating the taller fighter. Matthysse won’t be able to stay on the outside against Postol because he’ll be picked off all night by his jabs and long right hands.