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Matthysse malaki ang respeto kay Pacquiao

Russell Cadayona - Pilipino Star Ngayon

MANILA, Philippines — Itinuturing ni Argentinian world welterweight king Lucas Matthysse na isang malaking karangalan ang makalaban ang isang bo­xing legend na kagaya ni Manny Pacquiao.

Ngayon pa lamang ay hindi na siya makapaghintay na makasabayan ang Filipino world eight-division champion.

“I feel happy, it’s very exciting to fight Manny Pacquiao, a boxing legend. For me, as an athlete it’s very big to face a monster like him, to enter the ring with him,” sabi ni Matthysse kay Pacquiao.

Itataya ni Matthysse (39-4-0, 36 KOs) ang kan­yang WBA wel­terweight crown laban kay Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) sa Hul­yo 15 sa 16,000-seater na Axiata Arena sa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Wala pang WBA title na napapanalunan ang 39-anyos na si Pacquiao sa kanyang koleksyon ng mga championship belts.

Nakuha ng 35-anyos na si Matthysse ang bakanteng WBA title via eighth-round knockout win laban kay Teerachai Kratingdaeng Gym ng Thailand sa The Forum sa Inglewood, Ca­lifornia noong Enero.

Ang Argentinian super­star ay sasanayin ni vete­ran trainer Joel Diaz.

Si Diaz ang trainer ng re­tirado nang si dating WBO welterweight titlist Ti­mothy Bradley, Jr. na tu­malo kay Pacquiao via split decision noong Hunyo 9, 2012.

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FILIPINO WORLD EIGHT-DIVISION CHAMPION

LUCAS MATTHYSSE

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