(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.
(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. 
By 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. 
(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. 
By 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. 
(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. 
By 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. 
By 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. 
(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. 
By 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.