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Mayweather sits atop the CompuBox plus/minus Leader board with a +30 rating, that's 15% higher than #2, Andre Ward. In his last 9 fights, Mayweather landed 46% of his total punches, while opponents landed just 16%. Canelo Alvarez, who defends his154-lb title vs. Shane Mosley in the Mayweather-Cotto co-feature, is #3 on the list with a + 14 rating. The CompuBox overall average for punches landed is 32%.
47-year old Bernard Hopkins got what he wanted defensively against Chad Dawson in their rematch, it was lack of offensive Execution that failed him Saturday night. Hopkins, the master at blunting his opponents offense, limited Dawson to an average of 13 punches landed per round/36 thrown per round. Dawson had averaged 17 landed/49 thrown in his previous ten fights at 175 lbs. That’s a 24% drop off in landed punches and 27% in thrown.
Paulie Malignaggi had the clear edge in his WBA welterweight battle with champion Vyacheslav Senchenko. This was a jab fest and Paulie’s was better. 62% of Paulie’s landed punches were jabs and 69% of Senchenko’s were jabs. Paulie also landed 38% of his power shots and became a champion in a second weight class.
Bernard Hopkins managed to blunt Chad Dawson's offense, but not enough, as Dawson landed 48% of his power shots and landed more punches in 10 of 12 rounds.
Seth Mitchell outlanded Chazz Witherspoon 51-11 in power shots over the last two rounds after Witherspoon landed 24 of 39 power shots (62%) in round one.
Light heavyweight contender Chad Dawson is the busier fighter and landed more punches per round. Dawson also landed 47% of his power shots in his 10 fights at 175-pounds. Can WBC champion Bernard Hopkins blunt Chad's attack? Opponents landed just 25% of their total punches vs. both fighters.
IBO super middleweight champion Thomas Oosthuizen was the busier fighter, pulling away down the stretch. Oosthuizen landed 63% of his power punches over the last three rounds on Marcus Johnson. ShoStats provided by CompuBox.
CompuBox's takes a historical look at HBO's televised co-feature. Heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell landed twice as many punches per round and hits harder. Chazz Witherspoon's opponents landed 49% of their power punches. Witherspoon will have to land better than 15% of his jabs to hold off Mitchell.
Luis Del Valle outworked Martin, averaging 74 punches thrown per round, while landing 22 per round. Christopher Martin landed a higher percentage, but wasn't busy enough and never hurt Del Valle. ShoStats provided by CompuBox.
Light heavyweight Denis Grachev had a 38-15 edge in power shots landed over the last two rounds before stopping the previously undefeated Ismayl Sillakh in the eight round.