By CompuBox

When Roy Jones was at his supernatural best, the prospect of seeing him dominated by a faster, sharper better fighter was utterly inconceivable. Back then the hands were too swift, the chin too unreachable and the power too undeniable.

For one round – and actually for one superlatively timed right hand – this 39-year-old superstar appeared to be the Roy Jones of old. But from that point forward, the Roy Jones of old turned into an old Roy Jones and it was “Super Joe” Calzaghe that was the super fighter, piling up points, punches and records that only punctuated his unquestioned superiority. In the end judges Julie Lederman, Terry O’Connor and Jerry Roth scored the bout 118-109, meaning that they each gave Calzaghe every round except the 10-8 first.

How dominant was Calzaghe? The following statistics serve only to amplify what was crystal clear to the live and pay-per-view audience – and the fighters themselves:

* Calzaghe was 344 of 985 (35 percent) overall to Jones’ 159 of 475 (33 percent), meaning Calzaghe out-threw Jones by an average 42.5 punches per round and out-landed him by 15.4 connects per round. Calzaghe had 30 or more connects in six consecutive rounds (rounds three through eight) while Jones never rose above 18 total connects (round five). In fact, Calzaghe’s 39 connects in round four exceeded Jones’ total output in six of the 12 rounds.

* The gulf in jabs was even greater as Calzaghe was 120 of 362 (33 percent) to 12 of 149 (8 percent) for Jones. The 120 jab connects edged out the previous record of 119 by Mike McCallum in November 1996. Though Jones has never emphasized the jab even at his peak, it is hard to imagine that another fighter could surpass Jones’ total by ten-fold. Calzaghe had double-digit jab connects in six of the 12 rounds, including rounds seven through nine, while Jones failed to land a jab in six of the 12 rounds and landed two or fewer in all but one round. That round was the seventh, where Jones was 5 of 12.

* In power shots Calzaghe was 224 of 623 (36 percent) to Jones’ 147 of 326 (45 percent). In six consecutive rounds (three through eight) Calzaghe had 20 or more power connects, peaking at 28 in the third, while Jones’ high water mark was the fifth in which he landed 18.

* Of 36 statistical categories, Calzaghe out-performed Jones in 35 of them. The only category in which Jones out-did Calzaghe was in power punches in round one where he had an 8-6 edge.

* The 344 punches Calzaghe landed was the most ever by a Jones opponent, beating the 281 connects Anthony Hanshaw accumulated two fights earlier in July 2007. Calzaghe also surpassed Hanshaw’s marks for punches thrown (985 to Hanshaw’s 867), power punches thrown (623 to Hanshaw’s 586) and punches thrown in a round (107 in round three to Hanshaw’s 101 in round seven). Calzaghe’s 39 connects in round four tied Hanshaw’s mark that was set in round seven.

In short, this was – at least in a statistical sense – the worst beating an opponent had ever administered to Jones. While Jones fought valiantly throughout, especially after being cut for the first time in his 19-year, 57-bout pro career, he ended up being just another victim of Calzaghe’s numbers game – a game the Welshman plays better than anyone else in boxing today.