Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse

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Fight of Champions
Pacquiao-Matthysse.jpeg
DateJuly 15, 2018
Venue Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Title(s) on the line WBA (Regular) welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Lucas Matthysse
Nickname Pac-ManLa Máquina
("The Machine")
Hometown General Santos, Philippines Trelew, Argentina
Pre-fight record 59–7–2 (38 KO) 39–4–0–1 (36 KO)
Height5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg)146+3⁄4 lb (67 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition 8-division world champion WBA (Regular) welterweight champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 7th-round TKO [1]

Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse , billed as Fight of Champions, was a boxing match for the WBA (Regular) welterweight championship. The event took place on July 15, 2018 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2] [3] [4] Pacquiao won the fight by 7th-round TKO [5] and Matthysse announced his retirement shortly thereafter. [6]

Contents

Background

On January 16, 2018 it was first reported that Pacquiao would return to the ring on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs. Jeff Horn for the WBO welterweight championship on April 21. Bob Arum wanted the card to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and have the card take place on ESPN PPV. [7] [8] Early rumours indicated he would fight 37 year old former WBO light welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (38–4, 26 KO). [9] On February 2, after winning the vacant WBA (Regular) welterweight title against Tewa Kiram, Lucas Matthysse (39–4–0–1, 36 KO) stated he was interested in fighting Pacquiao next. [10] Freddie Roach as well as Golden Boy Promotions' Eric Gomez liked the idea of the fight happening. [11] Arum was also open to fight taking place, but stated it wouldn't happen next as he was likely to match Pacquiao with Alvarado. [12] On March 1, Pacquiao withdrew from the Crawford-Horn card. According to Aquiles Zonio, Pacquiao's media relations officer, Pacquiao felt it was insult to have him in a non-main event role and felt he was the obvious ticket seller for the card, also believing he beat Horn in their fight in 2017. [13] In an interview Pacquiao told ABS-CBN television he would fight in Malaysia, where he has a group willing to put up the necessary funds, in May or June 2018. [14] It was said that Pacquiao's MP Promotions would promote the event with a confirmed date of June 24. Arum played down the talks and said the fight had not been finalized. [15] Pacquiao started training for the potential bout on March 12. [16] Although the fight wasn't officially announced, the date was pushed back to July 8. Pacquiao explained the reason the date had changed was because June 24 would have fallen 10 days after the Islamic month, Ramadan and more than 60% of Malaysia's population are Muslim. [17]

On April 2, 2018 the fight was officially confirmed for July 15 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [18] Pacquiao would go into the fight without long-time trainer Freddie Roach and instead be trained by his life-long friend Buboy Fernandez, who had served as an assistant trainer in previous fights. It would mark the first time in 34 fights, since 2001 that Roach would not be in Pacquiao's corner. It was noted that Top Rank would deal with the television distribution of the fight in the United States (US) with the fight taking place on ESPN+, at the time, ESPN's new monthly subscription streaming service. Due to the time difference, the fight was scheduled on morning local time so that the broadcast of the event would take place during the primetime hours (on July 14) in the United States. [18] [19] [20] On April 13, it was officially rumored that Pacquiao had parted ways with Roach. However, on April 15, Pacquiao revealed via social media that he had not decided on who would train him for the bout against Matthysse. [21] On May 18, according to sources in Argentina, the fight was in jeopardy and likely to be postponed. However, Pacquiao denied the reports a day later and called the rumours "malicious and untrue." [22] [23] By July 1, there were still doubts around the fight taking place, notably from Bob Arum. However, Pacquiao told Philboxing.com the preparations were in the final stages and the funds would be released to Golden Boy in the coming days. [24] On July 2, Golden Boy and Matthysse confirmed receipt of funds and proposed to fly out to Malaysia the next day. [25]

Fight details

Pacquiao scored his first knockout in over 8 years by stopping Matthysse in round 7 to win the WBA (Regular) welterweight title. Pacquiao dropped Matthysse a total of 3 times before the fight was stopped. The knockdowns occurred in rounds 3, 5 and 7. Matthysse took a knee in the 5th round and was decked by a left hook in the 7th, following a combination. Referee Kenny Bayless began the count, stopping the fight at 2 minutes and 43 seconds after Matthysse spat out his mouthpiece. At the time of the stoppage, all three judges had the bout 59–53 in favor of Pacquiao. Speaking about the game plan, Pacquiao said, "Matthysse has the power, so hands up all the time and do my best. I'm surprised because Matthysse is a very tough opponent and I knocked him down. I was focused and patient in the fight, and I worked hard in training. We did a good job in training. We were pushing hard." Matthysse had no excuses, stating he lost to "a great fighter and a great champion." At the post-fight press conference, Pacquiao confirmed he would continue boxing. [26] [27] According to CompuBox, Pacquiao landed 95 of 344 punches thrown (28%), this included a 44% connect rate on his power punches. Matthysse landed 57 of his 246 thrown (23%), only landing in double figures in round 6. [28]

Fight card

Weight ClassWeightvs.MethodRoundTimeNotes
Welterweight147 lbs. Flag of the Philippines.svg Manny Pacquiao def. Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Matthysse (c)TKO7/122:43 Note 1
Featherweight126 lbs. Flag of the Philippines.svg Jhack Tepora def. Flag of Mexico.svg Edivaldo OrtegaTKO9/12 Note 2
Junior flyweight108 lbs. Flag of Venezuela.svg Carlos Cañizales (c)def. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Bin TKO12/122:59 Note 3
Flyweight112 lbs. Flag of South Africa.svg Moruti Mthalane def. Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Waseem UD12/123:00 Note 4
Super bantamweight122 lbs. Flag of the Philippines.svg Juan Miguel Elorde def. Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanon SawangsodaTKO3/62:58
Welterweight147 lbs. Flag of Malaysia.svg Theena Thayalandraw Flag of India.svg Siddharth VarmaDraw4/43:00

^Note 1 For WBA (Regular) welterweight title
^Note 2 For interim WBA featherweight title
^Note 3 For WBA (Regular) junior flyweight title
^Note 4 For vacant IBF flyweight title

Broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
Free-to-air Cable/pay television PPV Stream
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia— Main Event —
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada [29] — TSN
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile [30] TVN —
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia [31] SCTV Nexmedia — Vidio
Latin America (exclude Brazil and Mexico) [32] Space TNT Sports —
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia TV1 [33] Astro SuperSport — MyKlik
Astro GO
Flag of the Arab League.svg MENA [34] — OSN Sports Box Office OSN Play
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico [35] Azteca 7 — Azteca En Vivo
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand— SKY Arena —
Flag of the Philippines.svg PhilippinesABS-CBN* ABS-CBN S+A* Cignal PPV —
The 5 Network (ESPN 5/AksyonTV)* Hyper* Sky PPV
GMA Network*—
Sub-Saharan Africa [36] — SuperSport — DStv Now
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand [37] PPTV —PPTV
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom— BoxNation — TVPlayer
Flag of the United States.svg United States—ESPN+

* Delayed telecast

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Preceded by Manny Pacquiao's bouts
July 15, 2018		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lucas Matthysse's bouts
July 15, 2018		Retired
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