On July 15, 2018, Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) gets a shot at the welterweight WBA (Regular) title held by Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs).
Lucas Matthysse is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round KO victory over Tewa Kiram, 5 months and 18 days ago. Manny Pacquiao is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Jeff Horn, 1 year and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Manny Pacquiao at 99-1 winning odds. Lucas Matthysse really doesn't have much to present against Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Regular) welterweight champion. Pacquiao improves his record to 60-7-2 (39 KOs), while Matthysse adds a loss to his record at 39-5.