Matthysse To Sit Down With De La Hoya in Vegas, Discuss Future

By Elisinio Castillo

Argentine puncher Lucas Matthysse revealed that he's traveling to Las Vegas to meet with his promoter, Oscar de la Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, to begin to outline his ring return.

Matthysse told the Chronicle Journal of Argentina that he plans to continue in boxing despite rumors of a possible retirement, but also said he is eager to continue resting after the problems with his eye after being knocked out by Victor Postol in October of last year.

"I'm resting now. I'll be traveling to America to see the fight between  Canelo Alvarez with Amir Khan. I was invited and now I'll take the opportunity to see Oscar De La Hoya, because he is my promoter and I'm also handled by Mario Arano. I'll see what they offer me," Matthysse said.

"I've wanted to keep fighting, but right now I'm resting. I want to take some time off. I fought not that long ago, six months. This is just a break. I'm a little tired and I just want to relax, nothing more. After the fight with Postol, it was a tough loss, because what I wanted was to leave as world champion. And I took time off to rest to see what I want to keep doing. The truth is, I still love boxing and always will, but I want to continue to rest a little, nothing more."

The eye injury appears to be resolved.

"In the round I fell after a punch in the eye. I felt like I blew up my eye....so I thought. Because I thought I had an eye problem, I decided to stay down there and go for another opportunity. When I came to Junín I immediately went to see a doctor and had inflammation of the cornea. I had to rest for two months without doing anything. Then, the eye was fine, it was just a flash. I thought it was something in the retina at first, but fortunately it was not so."