Mayweather-McGregor: CompuBox By 'The Numbers' Review

By CompuBox

The unprecedented SHOWTIME PPV boxing match in which pound-for-pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather returns to the ring to battle UFC champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor is expected to be the most widely distributed pay-per-view event of all time. The once-in-a-lifetime Mayweather vs. McGregor showdown will be available for purchase through cable, DBS, telco and streaming providers nationwide, as well as UFC.tv. The fight will also be available through Fathom Events in movie theaters and at select bars and restaurants nationwide.

A 12-time world champion in five weight classes, the 40-year-old Mayweather retired undefeated in September 2015 as one of the greatest to ever set foot in the ring, buoyed by the box-office success that saw him shatter nearly all of the revenue records in the sport’s history. Now, he returns to challenge the bold, powerful and popular McGregor, whose elite striking skills put him in the record books as the first athlete to hold two UFC titles simultaneously, all while soaring to the mantle of the sport’s No. 1 PPV attraction at age 28.

MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR - BY THE COMPUBOX NUMBERS

• Mayweather's +24.5 plus/minus rating ranks #1 among active fighters (Lomachenko #2 at +21.5)

• 69: that's the fewest number of punches landed by a Mayweather opponent in a 12-round fight, by future Hall of Famer JM Marquez. That's 5.8 landed per round. Marquez landed 20.1 punches per round in his five fight prior to Mayweather

• 12%-- that's the lowest connect pct. by a Mayweather opponent- (JM Marquez)

• Mayweather's last 15 opponents landed 18.9% of their total punches (welter avg.: 30.8%)

• Mayweather avg'd 16.9 landed/38.9 thrown in his last 15 fights (welter avg.: 17.6/57.2)

• Mayweather landed 51.4% of his power punches (welter avg.: 37.9%)

• McGregor avg'd less than 40 punches thrown per round in 10 of his UFC fights fought on the feet (64 minutes, 32 seconds= 21.4 three minute rounds)

• McGregor's 10 UFC opponents landed 39% of their power punches. Nate Diaz landed 53% of his power punches in their first fight

• McGregor landed 39% of his power punches in his 10 UFC fights

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