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MORALES WILL FIGHT MATTHYSSE FOR TITLE INSTEAD OF BARRIOS
Erik Morales will fight Lucas Matthysse instead of Jorge Barrios on the Floyd Mayeather Jr.-Victor Ortiz card on Sept. 17 in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer confirmed.
Morales, ranked No. 3 by the WBC, was set to fight Barrios for the now-vacant WBC junior welterweight title but the unranked Argentine could not get the proper travel documents to enter the country, Schaefer said.
Matthysse, a Golden Boy fighter, is ranked No. 7 by the WBC and had no fight scheduled.
The title became vacant when the WBC designated titleholder Tim Bradley as “champion in recess
Erik Morales will fight Lucas Matthysse instead of Jorge Barrios on the Floyd Mayeather Jr.-Victor Ortiz card on Sept. 17 in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer confirmed.
Morales, ranked No. 3 by the WBC, was set to fight Barrios for the now-vacant WBC junior welterweight title but the unranked Argentine could not get the proper travel documents to enter the country, Schaefer said.
Matthysse, a Golden Boy fighter, is ranked No. 7 by the WBC and had no fight scheduled.
The title became vacant when the WBC designated titleholder Tim Bradley as “champion in recess