CompuBox Stats: Lucas Matthysse Lands a Power Fest
31 of Lucas Matthysse's 32 landed punches were power shots. He dropped Lamont Peterson three times in less than nine minutes
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Video: Matthysse-Peterson Post Fight Press Conference
Bill Emes catches the post-fight press conference to Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse. Hear comments from Matthysse, Peterson, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander and more.
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Peterson: Rabbit Punches Made Me Upset, Reckless
Lamont Peterson is pointing to the punches he took behind the head from Lucas Matthysse for being a reason he lost by third-round technical knockout — not because of any damage from the shots, but rather due to the way he strayed from his strategy afterward. “The game plan was to keep boxing,” Peterson said at the post-fight press conference. “Sometime in the second round, he hit me in the back of the head. I got a little upset, started getting more reckless, and wanted to bang. I kind of abandoned the game plan a little bit, and I paid for it.”
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Matthysse Didn’t Think Peterson KO Would Come That Fast
Lucas Matthysse has long been highly confident in his punching power — after all, only two of his wins beforehand had gone the distance — but he didn’t think the knockout over Lamont Peterson this past Saturday would come as soon as it did. Matthysse floored Peterson once in the second round, then twice in the third round en route to the stoppage victory, bringing his record to 34-2 with 32 knockouts and 1 no contest. “I never imagined I was going to finish it that fast,” Matthysse said afterward at the post-fight press conference, according to translator Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions. “He’s a great champion, he’s fought the best, and nobody’s ever been able to knock him out. I was expecting a tougher fight.
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Video: Lucas Matthysse Talks Peterson KO, and More
Bill Emes catches up with WBC interim-junior welterweight Lucas Matthysse to discuss his win over Lamont Peterson and more.
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Lamont Peterson: I Wanted Matthysse To Prove Myself
Lamont Peterson respects Lucas Matthysse. The IBF junior welterweight champion considers the heavy-handed fighter from Argentina to be one of the most dangerous men within his division. Peterson just can’t comprehend why Matthysse is considered one of the most avoided fighters in boxing. The 29-year-old Peterson pursued the Matthysse match in the immediate aftermath of his eighth-round stoppage of former WBO junior welterweight champion Kendall Holt (28-6, 16 KOs) on Feb. 22 in Washington, D.C., Peterson’s hometown. Peterson-Matthysse, a 12-round, non-title fight set for Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (Showtime; 9 p.m. ET), was made very quickly basically because Peterson pushed for this difficult fight.
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Lucas Matthysse Drills Lamont Peterson, TKO in Three
By David P. Greisman - Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City - Lucas Matthysse had said he wasn’t worried about the judges taking away a win from him in his fight with Lamont Peterson — and on Saturday he showed precisely why he felt that way, scoring an emphatic third-round technical knockout over Peterson. Matthysse knocked Peterson down once in the second round and twice more in the third, getting an easy victory over one of the top fighters in the junior welterweight division. The stoppage came 2 minutes and 14 seconds into the round. Though this bout came at an agreed-upon weight limit of 141 pounds, this win proved Matthysse’s place in the 140-pound weight class. His only losses — split decision defeats to Zab Judah in 2010 and Devon Alexander in 2011 — ranged in nature, depending on your perspective, between debatable and controversial.
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CompuBox Historical Review: Peterson-Matthysse
Matthysse throws 12 more power punches per round than Peterson and hits harder. 84% of Matthysse's landed punches were power shots and 80% of Peterson's landed punches were power shots. Peterson landed 46% of his power shots, but does he have the pop to slow the hard-charging Matthysse? Peterson's opponents (Holt, Khan, Cayo, Ortiz,, Bradley) landed 33% of their power shots. Matthysse's opponents (Dallas, Olsugen, Judah, Alexander, Soto) landed 35% of their power punches..
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CompuBox Fight Analysis: Peterson vs. Matthysse Bout
During boxing's "Golden Age" of the 1920s through 1950s, it was common for world champions to fight over-the-weight non-title engagements against top contenders with the understanding that if the challenger wins he'll get a title shot down the line. Such may be the case Saturday when IBF junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson will fight Argentine power-puncher Lucas Mathysse with a 141-pound maximum stipulation -- light enough to simulate title-fight conditions but heavy enough to not have the belt at stake. The real winners are the fans, who will get to see two of the best go at it regardless of whether belts are involved.
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Lucas Matthysse: Lamont Peterson Will Feel My Power
Having come across as gentleman of the sport over the years, it’s not surprising to expect a lack of pre-fight drama or theatrics to be coming from IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and Lucas Matthysse, the division’s WBC interim champion, ahead of their pivotal match later tonight. Peterson faces Matthysse inside of the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in a Showtime-televised attraction that will change the landscape of the junior welterweight class, this despite the fight taking place at a catch weight of 141 pounds. While speaking to various members of the media ahead of his 34th professional bout, Peterson (31-1-1, 16 KO’s) seemed to dismiss the notion that he had to be weary of Matthysse’s brute punching power.
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