Matthysse Hopes To Get To Floyd Mayweather in Time
By Elisinio Castillo
Lucas Matthysse (36-3, 24KOs) is hoping to make a move to the welterweight division with enough time to challenge the skills of current WBC/WBA world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs).
Matthysse is already in training for a tentative ring return in late February and also revealed earlier on BoxingScene.com that he's been contacted for a fight with former WBO junior welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov.
To get more momentum with a move to 147, he wants to come in there as a world champion, so he's pushing to get a title shot in his next fight or the one that follows.
"I want to be a champion at 140-pounds and then move up to 147. The idea is to fight for a world title from one of the major sanctioning bodies, and then move up to 147 but as a champion so it gives me more of an opportunity to secure a major fight [when I get there]. I think that Maywheather has two of three fights left. Hopefully, I think I still have enough time. First I need to beat someone at the top level to earn the chance to get on Mayweather's list to fight him before he retires," Matthysse said.
