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Pacquiao, Matthysse make the weight for welterweight title showdown

by Daniel Hicks Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Manny Pacquiao weighed in Saturday comfortably under the 147-pound (67-kilogram) limit for his bid to win back the welterweight world championship against WBA champion Lucas Matthysse of Argentina. The only man to have won world titles in eight weight divisions in a glittering 23-year career, the 39-year-old Pacquiao tipped the scales at 146 pounds. The heavily tattooed Argentine world champion Matthysse played up his one-inch […]