Matthysse on Pacquiao: A good right hand could end the fight!

by Elisinio Castillo

For three demanding months, Lucas Matthysse lived in Indio, California.

The WBA "regular" welterweight is preparing for the biggest fight of his career, a world championship title against eight-division contract holder Manny Pacquiao

The contest will take place on Saturday, July 15 [July 14 in the United States] in Malaysia .

Matthysse heads to Malaysia after

He worked hard with veteran coach Joel Diaz – and realizes that a victory over Pacquiao will catapult his value into a very lucrative division.

"We have already finished the heaviest part of the preparation and I feel very good, I have weighed well, so I am more than satisfied, it's been three long months, but I'm happy, I have not yet climbed into the plane but I am looking for, "Matthysse told Mauro Mariani

ys was expecting a big fight like this, before I watched it. and wanted to look at it.Now, it's given to me and I'm the one defending the title.It's what I dreamed about when I started boxing professionally – to be a champion, but Not all that, I did not imagine that I would have had the kind of racing that I had in the United States or that I managed what I did.

"I've long looked for the belt and I know some champions make it less risky defenses, but a fight against Pacquiao is not always given to you, so I caught it with pleasure ir … For me, fighting with him is something very big … All fights are risky, I know I'm going home Now, many are wondering why I did not make a defense anymore silent, but that's my opportunity and I have to measure myself. "

Regarding the contest itself, Matthysse believes that he is able to hit Pacquiao with both hands.

" He will move in the first round, I have two hands strong and he moves very well, maybe he will box from the outside, but at any moment he can show up. he was a few years ago, but he was still preparing very well for his fights. I hear well, win, come back to my city with the belt. A good right hand can end the fight. But I can also define the result with the left as the last, "said Matthysse.