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CompuBox Inside The Numbers: SHO Wars, Gradovich

CompuBox Inside The Numbers: SHO Wars, Gradovich

CompuBox

•Jul 30, 2013

SOTO KARASS KO 12 BERTO & FIGUEROA W 12 ARAKAWA • Soto Karass, Berto, Figueroa & Arakawa combined to landed 1373 total punches (59 combined punches landed per round - combined wgt. class avg: 38) • Soto Karass, Berto, Figueroa & Arakawa combined to throw 4044 total punches (173 combined punches thrown per round - combined wgt. class avg: 116) • 1172 of Soto Karass, Berto, Figueroa & Arakawa's 1373 punches landed (85%) were power shots (50 combined power punches landed per round - wgt. class avg: 26)

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CompuBox: Gradovich Landed 483 Punches on Munoz

CompuBox: Gradovich Landed 483 Punches on Munoz

CompuBox

•Jul 29, 2013

Relentless attack by Mexican-Russian, who landed 483 punches, making him only one of 30 fighters in CompuBox's 28 yr.history to land 400 or more punches in a title fight. Gradovich avg'd 111 punches thrown per round. Munoz avg'd 22 landed/69 thrown, numbers that have won most fights. Gradovich landed 44% of his power shots, landing 28 per round.

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Zou Shiming, Estrada, Gradovich, Ruiz Win in Macau

Zou Shiming, Estrada, Gradovich, Ruiz Win in Macau

Alexey Sukachev

•Jul 27, 2013

Macau, China - Chinese amateur legend and the star of the night Zou Shiming (2-0) continued his progress and also scored his second professional victory over 19-year old Mexican Jesus Ortega (3-2, 2 KOs), though his future prospects at the top level remain very foggy, which surely shouldn't be considered a surprize for a 32-year old flyweight debutant even though he is a two-time Olympic champion. It's to be noted that Shiming did improve under Freddie Roach's tutelage. With his feet, set firm on the canvas, and his professional stance, which wasn't the case in his debut, Shiming started fastly against the Mexican youngster. Zou was all over Ortega for the first couple of minutes but then Ortega started to fight back. Shiming landed many clean shots but without closing his fist in the glove, it's increasingly hard to deal damage to your opponent. Shiming spent too much energy in the opening stanza, and Ortega took advantage of it in the second. Shiming rallied back in the third, and the Mexican once again came back in the fourth. Ortega wasn't punching hard either but he used holes in Shiming's amateurish defense to land many blows.

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Fists of Gold II News: Shiming, Estrada-Melindo, More

Fists of Gold II News: Shiming, Estrada-Melindo, More

Top Rank

•Jul 26, 2013

MACAU, CHINA – Good Morning Mr. and Mrs. Boxing Fan and all the ships at sea, let’s go to press... ZOUMANITY. World championship boxing returns to The Venetian Macao’s® CotaiArena™ This Saturday! July 27. HBO 2 will be televising the return of flyweight Zou Shiming (1-0), China’s two-time Olympic gold medalist, making his six-round debut, to the U.S., beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET/PT. Calling the action from ringside will be broadcasting icons Tim Ryan and Larry Merchant and two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman. Trained by Hall of Famer World-Famous Freddie Roach, Shiming will be facing Jesus Ortega (3-1, 2 KOs), of México. The HBO 2-televised card will also feature two world championship fights – WBO/WBA flyweight champion JUAN ESTRADA 22-2, 17 KOs), makes his first defense of the title he won by dethroning Brian Viloria, against undefeated No. 1 contender MILAN MELINDO (28-0, 11 KOs), of the Philippines, and undefeated IBF featherweight champion EVEGNY GRADOVICH (16-0, 8 KOs), of Russia, defends his title against No. 1 contender MAURCIO MUÑOZ (26-3, 12 KOs), of Argentina...

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Photos/Weights: Shiming-Ortega, Estrada-Melindo, More

Photos/Weights: Shiming-Ortega, Estrada-Melindo, More

Boxing Photos

•Jul 26, 2013

Chinese superstar Zou Shiming tipped the scales at 111.4 lbs while his Mexican opponent Jesus Ortega weighed in at 111.6 ahead of their headlining fight at 'Fists of Gold II' in the Cotai Arena in Macau tomorrow night. Shiming (1-0) will be looking for the second win of his professional career after graduating from the amateur ranks where he was the most successful boxer in Chinese history. Ortega (3-1) will be looking to cause a major upset in what will be the biggest fight of his career in the main event of this Top Rank card.

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Photos: Zou Shiming - 'Fists of Gold 2' Final Presser

Photos: Zou Shiming - 'Fists of Gold 2' Final Presser

Boxing Photos

•Jul 25, 2013

Macau,China --- "Fists of Gold 2" --- (center L-R) Zou Shiming and Mexico's Jesus Ortega pose with fighters : (L-R) Andy Ruiz, Evgeny Gradovich, Juan Estrada, Shiming,Ortega, Mauricio Munoz, Milan Melindo, Rex Tso and Joe Hanks (flanked by Top Rank Knockouts) during the final press conference at The Venetian Macao Resort in Macau,China. Shiming returns to the ring after his pro debut in April, to headline an exciting card where he will take on Ortega, Saturday, July 27, at the Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macao Resort in Macau,China. Also on the card, IBF Featherweight Champion Evgeny Gradovich of Russia, now fighting out of Oxnard,Ca. makes his first title defense against #1 contender Mauricio Munoz of Argentina. Promoted by Top Rank and Sands China Ltd., in association with Tecate, "ZOU SHIMING: Fists of Gold II " , will also feature another world championship fight – WBO/WBA flyweight champion Juan Estrada vs. Milan Melindo. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.

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Gradovich-Munoz: Jack Reiss To Be The Third Man

Gradovich-Munoz: Jack Reiss To Be The Third Man

Carlos Costa

•Jul 21, 2013

International Referee Jack Reiss of Oxnard Beach, California, will be the third man in charge of the action when Russian IBF Featherweight World Champion Evgeny Gradovich makes his first title defense against IBF #1 Featherweight Mauricio Javier Muñoz of Argentina this coming Saturday July 27 at The Venetian® Cotai Arena™ in Macau, China.

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Video: Evgeny Gradovich on The Upcoming Munoz Bout

Video: Evgeny Gradovich on The Upcoming Munoz Bout

BoxingScene Staff

•Jun 11, 2013

Ryan Burton catches up with IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich to discuss his title win and the upcoming defense against mandatory Mauricio Munoz.

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Gradovich Expects an Even Better Outing With Munoz

Gradovich Expects an Even Better Outing With Munoz

Ryan Burton

•Jun 11, 2013

BoxingScene.com recently caught up with IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich (16-0). The undefeated fighter won his title in March when he scored an upset win over Billy Dib (35-2) of Australia. Gradovich talked about taking the fight on short notice. "I had a good performance. I didn't have a lot of time for sparring or preparation. I had (a total of) 4 weeks, 3 weeks for sparring but as you saw it was enough," Gradovich explained. Next up for the 26-year-old is a mandatory defense against Mauricio Javier Muñoz (26-3) of Argentina. Gradovich praised his opponent and feels that the two will put on a great show in Macau, China where the fight takes place on July 27th.

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CompuBox Fight Analysis: Leo Santa Cruz vs. Munoz

CompuBox Fight Analysis: Leo Santa Cruz vs. Munoz

CompuBox

•May 4, 2013

It's fitting that the prolific punching Leo Santa Cruz's 2012 campaign was built on volume. In five fights, he stuffed a four round TKO win over Alejandro Hernandez, won the vacant IBF title against Vusi Malinga and squeezed in three title defenses -- two of which were held just 35 days apart -- before vacating at year's end. For some fighters that represents a three-year stretch but Santa Cruz wasn't the worse for wear. On Saturday Santa Cruz begins a more sedate 2013 season by making his 122-pound debut against former two-time 115-pound titlist Alexander Munoz, a 34-year-old veteran who created a splash by scoring 23 straight KOs to start his career, then switched to a volume-punching approach to navigate the sport's top levels.

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