During a recent soon-to-air TV taping of a face-to-face interview, Matthysse said he’ll surprise Pacquiao by mixing his mode of attack. Matthysse said Provodnikov came prepared for war so he did something tactically different to control the pace of the fight. Matthysse would exchange punches but rarely for a prolonged period of time.” The downside was in the late rounds, Matthysse ran out of steam. After the fight, Provodnikov called Matthysse “the hardest puncher I ever fought.”In May last year, Matthysse came back from a 19-month layoff to stop Emanuel Taylor in the fifth round in Las Vegas. Matthysse was all over Taylor from the start, pushing him against the ropes and blasting away with both fists.

Source: Philippine Star May 05, 2018 16:07 UTC