Lucas Matthysse Announces Retirement
Less than a month after being stopped by a returning Manny Pacquiao, Lucas Matthysse has decided to announce his retirement from boxing.
The 35 year old Argentinian would be sent to the canvas three times in the first defens of his WBA “regular” welterweight title, and would be stopped in the seventh round of his showdown with Pacquiao in Kuala Lumpur.
“Thanks to boxing for changing my life,” Matthysse said in a post on Instagram.
“I remember the Argentine national boxing team, where it was very hard but good. I remember in my life all of the kids that I met and the tremendous boxers who represented Argentina with good and bad results but it was a great experience in my life that I will always remember.
“I came to Trelew at 21 years old. Me and my family, we decided to go back to Junin where I spent 11 years of my career with the great trainer Cuty Barrera and today, at 35 years old, I am once again back in Trelew.
“I am proud that I maintained my career for 10 years at the world level, where I fought with the best in boxing and I fulfilled my dream of being a world champion.
“Thanks to all those who followed me in my career, for all of their love, because that is the most beautiful thing in this sport of boxing, which is a nice environment. Today, I decide to hang up the gloves because another stage in my life is coming. And many thanks to all of the people that I met thanks in boxing.”
Translation Via Boxing Scene