20 Facts About Lucas Matthysse

Lucas Martin Matthysse is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2018.

Lucas Matthysse held the WBA welterweight title in 2018 and the WBC interim super lightweight title from 2012 to 2013.

Lucas Matthysse is the younger brother of former featherweight world champion of boxing, Edith Soledad Matthysse.

Lucas Matthysse has faced Marcos Maidana four times in the amateurs with Maidana winning three times while fighting the fourth to a draw.

In June 2004, Lucas Matthysse won his pro debut against Leandro Almagro, on a card that featured his brother Walter.

On 6 November 2010 Lucas Matthysse lost a very disputed split decision against former world champion Zab Judah in the main event of an HBO card.

Judah began the busier fighter, using the jab and trying to land uppercuts for the first two rounds, while Lucas Matthysse worked on the body.

Lucas Matthysse displayed more aggression and became the aggressor in the third and the fourth round and Judah switched to a defensive tactic.

Judah continued to box throughout the ninth round but Lucas Matthysse began to show more power in the tenth, focusing on the head of his opponent and knocking down the American boxer after a hard right hand to the jaw.

On 25 June 2011 Lucas Matthysse faced former world champion Devon Alexander and lost another close, but hugely controversial split decision.

Lucas Matthysse fought Mexican Martin Angel Martinez on 10 February 2012 for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light welterweight title at the Gimnasio Municipal, Chubut, Argentina in a scheduled 12 round bout.

Lucas Matthysse then faced undefeated Nigerian-born British professional boxer Ajose Olusegun on 8 September 2012.

On 18 May 2013 Lucas Matthysse faced Lamont Peterson in a non title match in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

On 3 October 2015 Lucas Matthysse went in as a solid favorite to defeat the undefeated Ukrainian Viktor Postol.

Lucas Matthysse then made no attempt to get up from the canvas citing a potential injury in his eye in his post-fight interview.

Lucas Matthysse would spend a year-and-a-half out of the ring after undergoing eye surgery and taking time off to recover.

Lucas Matthysse won the fight via a technical knockout in the fifth round.

Lucas Matthysse managed to knockout his opponent in the eighth round to come out with the victory.

Lucas Matthysse lost his WBA welterweight title against Manny Pacquiao on 15 July 2018 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

Lucas Matthysse subsequently announced his retirement from boxing on 2 August 2018.