Lucas Matthysse poised to return to StubHub, site of his fight of year

Pending HBO’s expected approval, Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse will return to the venue where he produced the 2014 fight of the year when he meets unbeaten Ukrainian Viktor Postol at StubHub Center in Carson.

Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Eric Gomez told The Times on Monday that his company, which represents Matthysse, has struck a deal with Postol’s promoter while placing a hold on StubHub for Oct. 3.

Gomez said HBO is awaiting other bouts, including a planned November fight between Golden Boy’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto, before committing to the date.

Matthysse (37-3, 34 knockouts) and Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) will fight for the World Boxing Council light-welterweight belt vacated by unbeaten Danny Garcia, who’s now fighting at welterweight.

Matthysse knocked out Covina’s John Molina in the 11th round April 26, 2014, at StubHub in what became the Boxing Writers Assn. of America fight of the year.

In that bout, Matthysse survived knockdowns in the second and fifth rounds and a cut over his eye in the third to knock down Molina in the eighth and 10th before finishing him.

Golden Boy wanted to stage Matthysse’s April bout this this year against Ruslan Provodnikov at StubHub, but a booking dispute involving rival promoter Premier Boxing Champions sent the fight to Turning Stone Casino in New York. Matthysse won another fight-of-the-year candidate by majority decision.