
CompuBox Stats: Pacquiao Had Power Surge Before KO
Manny Pacquiao landed 55% of his power shots in round five and six before getting knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez.

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Manny Pacquiao landed 55% of his power shots in round five and six before getting knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez.

Olympic gold medal winner Yuriorkis Gamboa, fighting for the first time in 15 mos., got some much needed work with Michael Farenas. Gamboa, who hit the deck in round nine, rallied to land 16 of 30 power shots (53%) in round eleven.

Wild west shoot out. They combined to land 599 total punches, 526 of which were power shots. 88% of their landed punches were power shots! Beltran landed 60% or more of his power shots in seven of ten rounds. The balsy Kim rallied to land a fight high 33 power shots in round ten.

CompuBox takes a statistical look at the way Juan Manuel Marquez is able to use his boxing ability to minimize the offense of Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao leads just 481-468 in total connects. Surprisingly, Pac leads 150-126 in landed jabs, while Marquez holds a 352-331 edge in power shots landed. How much has JM's counter-punching blunt's Manny offense? In the 15 fights since Marquez 1, Manny landed nearly twice as many punches (24) per round and threw 45% more per round than he did in 3 fights vs. JM. Manny's biggest drop off was in power punches - he landed 20 of 45 per round vs. 15 opponents and just 9 of 23 per round in three in three Marquez fights. Marquez landed 39% of his power shots vs. Manny - 7% higher than 15 opponents.

Surprisingly, Austin Trout had a 192-154 edge in power shots landed, hitting on 45%. Miguel Cotto landed just 29% of his total punches. Trout averaged 29 jabs thrown per round, controlling the pace of the fight.

Austin Trout's the busier fighter, Miguel Cotto hits harder. Trout threw as many jabs as Cotto did total punches in his last four fights. Trout's opponents, of a lower quality, landed just 19% of their total punches.

Ontario, CA. - This one could have been fought in a phone booth. Three of the fighters four eyes were swollen shut. Robert Guerrero simply outmauled Andre Berto, throwing 300-plus more punches and landing 72 more power shots. How grueling was it? Of their 440 combined landed punches, 396 were power shots (non-jabs).

Rising star Keith Thurman mugged spoiler Carlos Quintana from the opening bell, outlanding him 48-16 in power shots. Thurman closed the show by landing 55% of his power shots (non-jabs) in round four.

Ricky Hatton was the busier fighter, while Senchenko landed the higher pct. of punches- including 42% of his power shots. Senchenko doubled up Hatton in landed jabs.