Lucas Martin Matthysse

Name: Lucas Martin Matthysse
Alias: La Maquina
Birth Name: Lucas Martín Matthysse
Hometown: Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Birthplace: Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 169cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainers: Luis Dionisio Barrera (-2017), Joel Diaz (2017-)
Promoters: Golden Boy Promotions, Mario Arano (Arano Box)
Advisor: Al Haymon

Amateur Career

• 2000 Argentine National Champion.
• 2001 World Championships participant in Belfast, Northern Ireland (63.5kg):
  • Lost to Jozsef Gerebecz (Hungary) RSC-Injury 2 (nose bleed)
• 2001 Pan American Championships Gold medalist in San Juan, Puerto Rico (63.5kg):
  • Defeated Eberto Medina (Ecuador) 10:4
  • Defeated Marcos Rocha Costa (Brazil) 5:4
  • Defeated Jorge Padilla (Mexico) 11:7
• 2002 1st Cuban National Olympics participant in Havana, Cuba
  • Lost to Diogenes Luna (Cuba) 1:10
• 2003 1st Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament Gold Medalist in Belem do Para, Brazil
  • Defeated Luis Ramirez (Mexico) 13:3
  • Defeated Breidis Prescott (Colombia) 10:1
  • Defeated Marcos Rocha Costa (Brazil) 7:6
• 2003 Pan American Games participant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Lost to Breidis Prescott (Colombia) 13:15

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBO Latino super lightweight title
• interim WBO Latino super lightweight title
• WBO Inter-Continental super lightweight title
• WBA Inter-Continental super lightweight title
• WBC Continental Americas super lightweight title
• interim WBC World super lightweight title
• WBC Silver super lightweight title
• WBO International welterweight title
• WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 1-3-0 (1 KO's) in world championship bouts.
• 5-5-0 (4 KO's) against former or current world champions.
  • Won against Vivian Harris, DeMarcus Corley, Humberto Soto, Lamont Peterson, and Ruslan Provodnikov.
  • Lost against Zab Judah, Devon Alexander, Danny Garcia, Viktor Postol, and Manny Pacquiao.

Notes

• Matthysse started boxing when he was 11. When he was 14 years old, he made his official debut as a boxer.
• Lucas Martin Matthysse is the younger brother of Walter Dario Matthysse and Soledad Edith Matthysse, and son of Mario Edgardo Matthysse.
• Nephew - Walter Ezequiel Matthysse Jr..
• Matthysse has been described as "one of the best body punchers in the world" by Al Bernstein.

Preceded by: Lamont Peterson Vacated

WBA Welterweight Champion 2018 Jan 27 – 2018 Jul 15 Regular Champion

Succeeded by: Manny Pacquiao