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This will be a first-class combat in which I promise a spectacular victory!”

After a knockout loss to Viktor Postol in 2015, Matthysse returned from from a long hiatus and knocked out Emmanuel Taylor in the fifth round. He saw action the following year knocked out Tewa Kiram for the vacant WBA belt.

Pacquiao is 59-7-2 with 38 knockouts, while Matthysse is 39-4 with 36 knockouts.

Del Rosario said selection of the best developer in line with the government’s goal to provide better and livable community for Marawi residents whose properties were heavily damaged by a five-month war between government troops and ISIS-inspired Maute terrorist group in 2017.

“As far as the task force is concerned and all the agencies and departments under it, we are all one in saying that we are doing what is best for the Marawi City and the people or the Maranaos,” he assured. (PNA)