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 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 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.