
CompuBox: Arreola Lands 55% of Power on Mitchell
Heavyweight banger Chris Arreola hurt Seth Mitchell, known for his chin issues, with his first landed power punch.

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Heavyweight banger Chris Arreola hurt Seth Mitchell, known for his chin issues, with his first landed power punch.

Both heavyweights throw and land similar numbers. Chris Arreola needs to box - establish jab, like Banks did in his first fight with Seth Mitchell. We know Mitchell's suspect chin. Arreola's chin was dented by Stiverne. It could come down to who lands the first big shot.

Esquivias is busier. The more experienced Marquez has faced FAR better competition. Marquez opponents (Mijares, Nishioka, JM Lopez) landed 48% of their power shots. Esquivias opponents (Alcantara, Martinez, Ramos, Romero) landed 38% of their power shots.

Workmanlike performance by the veteran Luis Collazo, who landed 56% of his power shots, but rarely threw any combinations.

Rau'Shee Warren doubled up Gonzalez in total punches landed, but had just a 89-63 edge in power shots landed. He'll need to tighten his D as he steps up the opposition.

Kubrat Pulev, who landed nearly half his power shots on Tony Thompson, had a 80-28 edge in punches landed over the last 4 rounds to win a dominating twelve round unanimous decision.

Whirlwind Leo Santa Cruz softened up Victor Terrazas in round two, landing 33 of 92 power shots, before ending the fight in round three.

Arash Usmanee and Argenis Mendez combined to land nearly 600 punches (50 per round), while throwing nearly 2000 punches (166 per round). Mendez was more efficient, landing 42% of his power shots. They closed the show by landing a combined 63 of 217 total punches.

WBC featherweight champion Abner Mares is busier and landed more power punches per round. Former two division world champion Jhonny Gonzalez have to average more than 55 punches per round to stay in the fight.

WBC super bantamweight champion Victor Terrazas is busy, but not nearly as busy as Leo Santa Cruz, who landed twice the featherweight average for total punches. Terrazas landed just 7 of his 42 jabs per round - he'll have to do better than that to hang with Santa Cruz, who landed 20 power punches per round than Terrazas.