by Cliff Rold
This Saturday (HBO, 10:30 PM EST), 35-year old Lucas Matthysse continues the road back from his 2015 knockout loss to Viktor Postol. That night didn’t just end up marking the end of Matthysse’s hopes of winning an outright major title at Jr. welterweight.
We know now it marked the end of Matthysse as a Jr. welterweight altogether. When he returned in May after more than a year and a half out of the ring, it was one division higher. Now a full-fledged, and aging, welterweight, Argentina’s Matthysse (38-4, 35 KO) returns to the ring against Thailand’s 25-year old Tewa Kiram (38-0, 28 KO). If boxing fans have learned anything in the last year, don’t sleep on talent from Thailand. Kiram’s resume doesn’t say much but if a real fight breaks out it wouldn’t be a shock.
