By CompuBox

The record books will forever show that Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora fought to a 12-round draw, a decision that sparked emotions ranging from outrage (HBO’s Jim Lampley) to divisiveness (members of the boxing press whose scores were as wide as 117-111 each way) to acceptance (Mosley himself).

But while judges Kermit Bayless, David Denkin and Lou Moret made sure “Sugar Shane” and “The Latin Snake” left the ring as mathematical equals, the CompuBox figures showed them to be anything but.

While each threw a relatively equal number of punches – 522 for Mosley, 508 for Mora – Mosley landed nearly twice as many (161-93). Moreover, the round-by-round breakdowns revealed that Mosley connected on more blows overall in 11 of the 12 rounds, with a 20-20 tie in the 11th preventing a sweep. Mosley racked up double-digit overall connects in nine of the 12 rounds – including eight of the final nine – while Mora didn’t reach that plateau until the 10th.

Despite being three inches shorter, Mosley out-jabbed Mora (37 of 191, 19 percent to 27 of 222, 12 percent) and, as expected, dominated in power punches (124 of 331, 27 percent for Mosley to 66 of 286, 23 percent for Mora).

Mosley-Mora was a contest played out in two acts. The first six rounds were tense and tentative as Mora used his foot speed to maintain a safe distance while the stalking Mosley failed to corner his elusive rival. The action was sparse as Mosley averaged 36.1 punches per round and Mora just 33, 38 percent and 44 percent under the junior middleweight average of 58.3.

During that span Mosley out-landed Mora 54-24 (overall), 17-9 (jabs) and 37-15 (power) and Mora’s offense was particularly tepid as 56 percent of his attempted punches (108 of 192) were jabs. Mosley did his best to push the pace as 58 percent of his punch attempts were power shots (126 of 291).

The complexion began to shift in the seventh as Mora upped his punch total from 32 to 49 and by the ninth both men had ratcheted up their offenses considerably. Over the final six stanzas, Mosley’s offense surged from 36.1 to 50.8 while Mora’s jumped from 33 to 51.6. The distribution of punches shifted as well as 67.2 percent of Mosley’s punches (205 of 305) were power shots while 63 percent of Mora’s punches (196 of 310) were hooks, crosses or uppercuts.

The wide-open action allowed Mosley to restore his high-accuracy power game as his percentages in rounds nine through 12 were 52, 42, 53 and 40 where it had been mired in the 20s and 30s in earlier rounds. Mora’s power effectiveness also improved as he posted three of his four highest percentages in rounds nine through 11 (27, 35 and 31) before dipping to 18 percent in the 12th.

As was the case during the first six rounds, Mosley owned the statistical edge in rounds seven through 12 as he out-landed Mora 107-69 (overall), 20-18 (jabs) and 87-51 (power). The final three sessions were by far the most crowd-pleasing in terms of action and the stats backed it up as Mosley out-landed Mora 69-46 (overall) and 61-36 (power). Mora reached highs in punches thrown (68) and landed (20) in the 11th while Mosley turned the tables by doing the same in the 12th (75 thrown and 29 landed). By doing so, both men managed to chase away the boo-birds and replace them with roars of rapture.

Unfortunately, the judges’ draw verdict caused the boo-birds to return in force.

The main co-feature saw rising Mexican star Saul Alvarez score an electrifying sixth-round TKO of former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir, whose last KO defeat took place in his seventh pro fight 16 years ago.

“Canelo” initially showed respect to the 39-year-old veteran as he averaged just 36.8 punches per round – 36 percent lower than the junior middleweight average. He was, however, very accurate as he connected on 47 percent of his shots overall (87 of 184), 44 percent of his jabs (43 of 97) and 51 percent of his power punches (44 of 87).

Baldomir did his best to pressure a fighter young enough to be his son by throwing 54.8 punches per round over the first five but he couldn’t break through as he landed just 14 percent overall (39 of 274) and 13 percent of his power shots (20 of 157).

Alvarez’s methodical approach was almost Chavez-like in terms of slowly breaking down his opponent, but also like the “Lion of Culiacan” he was lights out once he turned on the jets. In round six Alvarez was 42 of 58 overall (72 percent), 18 of 28 in jabs (64 percent) and an extraordinary 24 of 30 in power shots (80 percent). There was little Baldomir could do amid this onslaught, though he tried by throwing 68 punches but landing only 11 (16 percent).

For the fight, Alvarez was 129 of 242 overall (53 percent), 61 of 125 in jabs (49 percent) and 68 of 117 in power shots (58 percent), a highly effective and efficient performance. Conversely, Baldomir was 50 of 342 overall (15 percent), 24 of 185 in jabs (13 percent) and 26 of 157 in power punches (17 percent).