The fighting Senator of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao announced that he is fighting this coming June 24 at Malaysia. The possible opponent is Lucas Matthysse the current WBA light welterweight champion.
For those of you who is not familiar with Lucas Matthysse below is his Boxing Record
Total fights - 44
Wins - 39
Wins by KO - 36
Losses - 4
No contests - 1
What we know so far is Freddie Roach has not committed himself yet to train Manny for this fight. Bob Arum is the the promoter for this fight, it will be De la Joya's Golden Boy Promotions and Manny's MP Promotion.
Earlier it known that Manny was asked to be an under card for Jeff Horns fight but Manny rejected the offer. There were also rumors that Manny can't fight in the US like in Las Vegas because he has issues with the IRS "again".
Lucas Matthysse age is 35 while Manny Pacquiao 39 although Manny Pacquiao is older he has more experience than Lucas im not saying that lucas can't really make it but as far as i know Manny Pacquiao is too old for boxing his moves are different that before those punches he throws . Well his totally fast hope that he can make it this . About horn its really obivioius that they cook the fight. Manny Pacquiao is the best boxer from philippines as he train maybe he will win this fight.