Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
Watch the first couple rounds of the fight last night, and how often Matthysse comes up short when he wings that right hand. He throws it from too far away too often. Petersen was skipping back too far out of reach or so busy running away that he never countered it.
Against a real pro fighter- Petersen is a glorified amateur, at best- that understands distance and isn't afraid, Matthysse will get countered.
And he commits so much too that right hand, when he throws it and comes up short, those counters should be pretty significant.
Then there are those wide left swings he throws...honestly, I thought he looked real good against Soto, but he didn't impress me much last night, but Petersen was scared and isn't much good to begin with. Matthysse was showing all the signs of a guy that has fallen in love with his own power, swinging for the fences and looking to end it, and that's the beginning of the end more times than not. Ask Engels Pedroza.
On the other hand, his strategy for the Peterson fight might have been to push hard for the first few rounds because Peterson has a history of being dropped in the early rounds. Also, I thought he cut the ring off relatively well. It only took him one round really to get that down.

A pure boxer has and would give him problems. I'm not sure Garcia fits that bill though. I don't actually think anyone currently fighting in the top ten at 140 fits that bill.