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Philippine Legend Manny Pacquiao weighed this Saturday comfortably below the 67 kilogram limit and said he was "ready" to regain the welterweight belt against the WBA champion (WBA) ), the Argentine Lucas Matthysse .
Pacquiao, the only man to have won world titles in eight different weight classes – in a 23-year career, 59-7-2, 38 by KO- "I'm ready, everything is under control", has declared the 39-year-old. "I'm motivated, happy and hungry," adds Pacquiao.
The tattooed Matthysse overcame his weight of just over 100 grams (66,540 kg) and the two were then measured face to face for the last time. 12 rounds of Sunday in Kuala Lumpur
"I feel good," Matthysse told AFP while he was preparing to devour a fruit platter after weighing.
"I carried the weight, I'm ready to eat For the battle of tomorrow," said the Argentine
The weigh-in left chaotic scenes in the auditorium crowded with Malaysia's International Exhibition and Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur.
– The Last Train – [19659009] Pacquiao will challenge 'La Máquina & # 39; this Saturday to snatch the WBA welterweight belt, knowing that a loss could force him to end one of the best races in the history of boxing
and ana friends asked Pacquiao to leaving boxing, even his former coach, the famous "Hall of Fame" Freddie Roach, advised him to leave after falling with the Australian Jeff Horn a year ago
Roach was replaced for this fight by Buboy Fernández, an old friend of Pacquiao who will be in charge of being in the corner. Another defeat of the Filipino could cause him to hang up the gloves.
But the veteran boxer's victory would turn him for the fifth time in the welterweight and would allow him to extend his career until 40, which he will meet in December
Pacquiao continues his Sixtieth win in Kuala Lumpur since he joined professional boxing in 1995 but, since he's won 38 of his first 47 fights by knockout, he has not achieved a knockout since his 9 last years.
Matthyse, Nocaut specialist (39-4, 36 by KO), the Welsh World Champion belt was hooked by the WBA in January, after defeating the Thai Teerachai Sithmorseng.
However, the last time faced an opponent of the caliber of Pacquiao dropped by knockout on the tenth round, on the occasion with the Ukrainian Viktor Postol, superligeros world champion, in 2015.
Matthysse suffered a broken left eye after receiving a shot from Postol, who kept him out of boxing for 19 months and that's only his third fight since then.
The poster of this evening also includes the fight for the interim WBA belt of the feather, which The Mexican Edivaldo Ortega (26-1-1, 16 by KO) and the immature Filipino Jhack Tepora (21- 0, 16 by KO) will be played.
Also the South African Moruti & # 39; Baby Face & # 39; Mthalane (35-2), 24 by KO) defends his International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title against undefeated but inexperienced boxer Pakistani Muhamad Waseem (8-0, 6 by KO).
Carlos Cañizales, Venezuelan (20-0-1, 16 by KO) puts his mini-fly belt into play against Chinese rookie Lu Bin (1-0, 1 by KO).
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