Manny Pacquiao makes easy work of Lucas Matthysse in 7th-round TKO

Manny Pacquiao fought Lucas Matthysse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Getty Images)
Manny Pacquiao gave the people what they came to see.

Finally.

The Filipino senator scored his first finish in nearly nine years when he dropped Lucas Matthysse Sunday at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a left uppercut in the seventh round. Matthysse, who had also been down in the third and fifth, seemed sapped of his spirit and had no interest in getting up.

The victory, which was on Saturday in the U.S., was the 60th of his storied career and earned him a version of the WBA welterweight title. The time of the stoppage was 2:43 of the seventh.

Pacquiao, who was coming off a controversial loss to Jeff Horn a year ago, looked rejuvenated, though Matthysse offered little resistance. He did little more than throw the 1-2 and offered few angles, no movement, no body work and used no feints.

He was in against a better man, though. Even at 39, Pacquiao’s quickness and hand and foot speed is among the best in the division, and it was on display against Matthysse, who was never in the bout.

Pacquiao certainly isn’t the force that he was a decade ago, when in a two-year span he won titles at super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight and super welterweight in one of the dominant runs in modern boxing.

Source: Yahoo Sports