It’s been two months since the official announcement of Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) taking on Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) in Malaysia, but there has been lingering doubt over whether or not the fight would actually happen. Now we finally have confirmation that the fight will go as planned for July 15th (July 14th in the United States).
This event is being organized by Pacquiao’s own promotional company MP Promotions, as opposed to Top Rank Boxing, Pacquiao’s long time promoter. Financial issues nearly led to the event’s cancellation, but that has since been resolved.
An initial payment of $500,000 was made to the Golden Boy/Matthysse camp when the fight was signed to help pay for things such as Matthysse’s training camp as well as travel to the Philippines and Malaysia for the media tour.