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Total domination by Sergey Kovalev, who landed nearly as many punches as Nathan Cleverly threw. Kovalev scoring three knockdowns for a TKO win to capture the WBO light heavyweight crown in four rounds.
Darren Barker's higher activity and sharper punching the difference in his fight with Daniel Geale. It was enough for Barker to grab the split decision and the IBF middleweight champion.
WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is busier. They landed similar amounts of punches, but Sergey Kovalev hits harder and is the better combination puncher. Both landed well above weight class average for power.
Daniel Geale is the busier fighter (threw 20% more punches per round than Barker) and Barker's not a big puncher. Darren Barker needs to establish his jab to win the fight. Geale opponents: Mundine II, Adama, Sylvester, Sturm. Barker opponents: Martinez, Hope, Spada
Jhonatan Romero above avg. numbers. He landed nearly half his power shots (vs. Avalos, Esquivias, Lopez, Macias) as well as 7 jabs per round. Romero opponents landed just 20% of his total punches. Kiko Martinez opponents (Frampton, Marchiano) landed 38% of their power shots
DEONTAY WILDER NOTES 2008 OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST (ONLY MEDAL WINNER ON U.S. TEAM) 28 FIGHTS HAVE LASTED 48 ROUNDS AND AVERAGED 1.7 ROUNDS HAS 28 KOs IN 28 FIGHTS (100%) HAS 16 FIRST ROUND KOs -- 57% OF ALL FIGHTS KOs BY ROUND- 1ST-16; 2ND-6; 3RD-4; 4TH-2 HAS YET TO FIGHT BEYOND FOUR ROUNDS HAS FOUGHT PAST THE SIXTH ROUND ONCE (Liakhovich past fourth round 18 times) COMBINED RECORD OF LAST FIVE OPPONENTS:106-19-0 (.848) 28-FIGHT KO STREAK FROM START OF CAREER IS LONGER THAN VITALI KLITSCHKO (27), JOHN L. SULLIVAN (25), ALEX STEWART (24), MAC FOSTER (24), HERBIE HIDE (22), FRANK BRUNO (21) AND MIKE TYSON (19). STREAK TOPS THE BEST OVERALL RUNS OF FOREMAN (24), MARICANO (16), NORTON (14) AND LISTON (11).
JERMALL CHARLO NOTES TWIN BROTHER OF JERMELL CHARLO 56-8 AMATEUR RECORD (WON BRONZE AT 2005 JR. OLYMPICS AT AGE 15) 14 FIGHTS HAVE LASTED 49 ROUNDS AND AVERAGED 3.5 ROUNDS HAS 10 KOs IN 14 FIGHTS (71%) HAS 1 FIRST ROUND KO (ERIC DRAPER, 9/23/11, 8TH PRO FIGHT) KO’S BY ROUND-1ST-1; 2ND-4; 3RD-1; 4TH-1; 5TH-3 HAS NEVER FOUGHT PAST SIXTH ROUND (ONLY ONE FIGHT HAS GONE SIX) COMBINED RECORD OF LAST FIVE OPPONENTS: 76-21-5 (.745) 6/1/13 KO 2 LUIS HERNANDEZ -- Cruised past older (39 years old) inactive (fifth fight since 2006) veteran who had lost three of four, two by KO. Out-landed Hernandez 37-16 (total) and 30-5 (jabs) but Hernandez's furious but infrequent spurts enabled him to out-land Charlo 11-7 in power shots. However, Charlo scored two knockdowns in round two, the first a but-for-the-ropes knockdown with a hook, the second with a shotgun jab in the middle of a combination. Hernandez arose but the fight was stopped. The jab was the dominant weapon again, for it make up 76.7% of Charlo's attempts (69 of 90) and 81.1% of his connects (30 of 37).
Records are made to be broken, but those records gain more meaning if the occupant goes on to achieve genuine greatness. Such is the hope for 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Deontay Wilder, whose 28 straight knockouts to begin a career is longer than some of the biggest names in heavyweight history -- Vitali Klitschko (27), Earnie Shavers (27), John L. Sullivan (25) and Mike Tyson (19) being four. Other big men he's surpassed include Alex Stewart and Mac Foster (24 each), Herbie Hide (22) and Frank Bruno (21) and his run is longer than the best produced at any point of their careers by George Foreman (24), Rocky Marciano (16), Ken Norton (14) and Sonny Liston (11).
Antwone Smith calls himself "The Truth" and in terms of identifying where his opponents are in their careers he may indeed be that. Perform well against him and most of the time you will win. But if there are chinks in the armor, Smith is good enough to expose them and inflict boxing's scarlet letter -- "L." Smith has won two straight since a 3-3 slide and on Friday he will meet up-and-coming junior middleweight prospect Jermall Charlo, who is undefeated in 14 fights.
Curtis Stevens sent a message to middleweight champs GGG and Quillin with a one round demolition of Saul Roman. Stevens landed 64% of his power shots