According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Danny Garcia relinquished his WBC Super Lightweight championship.
“Danny’s weight situation forced his decision to fight at welterweight,” the WBC said.
The vacancy will set up a fight between Viktor Postol and Lucas Matthysse.
“We like the fight,” said Eric Gomez, vice president of Golden Boy Promotions, which represents Matthysse. “We’ve contemplated this happening. Matthysse is all-in.”
Said Carl Moretti, vice president of Top Rank, Postol’s co-promoter, “Obviously we’re not shocked by what happened with Garcia. We knew Danny Garcia was never going to defend his title again. We look forward to making the fight with Matthysse. It’s a great fight stylistically and we’ll get a deal done as soon as possible. It’s a really interesting fight.”
