CompuBox's Greatest One-Sided Plus/Minus Beatdowns
Moments after Floyd Mayweather’s statistical masterpiece vs. JM Marquez, HBO’s Jim Lampley asked the question had there ever been such a one-sided beatdown in a major fight in CompuBox’s 25-yr history. The answer is no, as the list below illustrates. Mayweather and Jones twice achieved a +40 ratings.
FIGHTER | OVERALL CONN. PCT. | RESULT | OPPONENT |
OVERALL CONN. PCT. | PLUS/MINUS RATING |
F. MAYWEATHER | 59% | W 12 | JM Marquez | 12% (a) | +47 |
JAMES TONEY (b) | 65% | KO 9 | Iran Barkley | 23% | +42 |
ROY JONES © | 54% | W 12 | Reggie Johnson | 13% | +41 |
F. MAYWEATHER (d) | 57% | KO 6 | Arturo Gatti (d) | 17% | +40 |
ROY JONES (e) | 62% | KO 11 | Richard Hall | 22% | +40 |
P. WHITAKER (f) | 61% | W 12 | Santos Cardona | 24% | +37 |
LENNOX LEWIS (g) | 59% | KO 8 | Mike Tyson | 23% | +36 |
O. DELAHOYA (h) | 54% | W 12 | Javier Castillejo | 18% | +36 |
ROY JONES (i) | 51% | W 12 | Julio Gonzalez | 15% | +36 |
B. HOPKINS (j) | 45% | KO 8 | Mourade Hakkar | 10% | +35 |
Fight must have lasted six complete rounds
a- Marquez landed 36% of his total punches in his previous five fights
b- Toney landed 70% of his jabs vs. Barkley (154 of 220) – an avg. of 17 landed per round !!
c- Jones landed 62% of his power shots vs. Johnson
d- Gatti landed 10 power shots all night!
e- Jones landed 65% of his power shots vs. Hall
f- Whitaker landed 73% of his power shots (254 of 347)
g-Lewis landed 68% of his power shots vs. Tyson (84 of 123)
h- delaHoya landed 403 total punches vs. Castillejo
i- 188 of Jones’ 192 total connects were power shots
j- Hopkins outlanded runner Hakkar 233-40 in total punches
Plus/minus rating determined by subtracting opponent’s connect pct. from listed fighter’s overall connect pct., which includes jab connect pct. & power punch connect pct.