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CHAD DAWSON NOTES FORMER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP (wbc-’07-’08 & ibf-’08-‘09) 6-1, 2 KO’S (1 nd) IN CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS 33 FIGHTS HAVE LASTED 207 ROUNDS AND AVERAGED 6.3 ROUNDS HAS 17 KO’S IN 33 FIGHTS (52%) HAS 4 FIRST ROUND KO’S (in first 7 fights) KO’S BY ROUND- 1ST-4; 2ND-1; 3RD-4; 4TH-3; 5TH-1; 6TH-1; 7TH-1; 8TH-1; 11TH-1
BERNARD HOPKINS NOTES LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP WITH ND 2 VS. DAWSON, HOPKINS AT AGE 46 YRS., 272 DAYS, BECAME THE OLDEST CHAMP TO RETAIN A TITLE (George Foreman was 46 yrs., 113 days when he successfully defended vs. Axel Schulz on 4/22/95) FORMER UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION (’95-’05) SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP A RECORD 20 TIMES (RECORD FOR ALL WEIGHT CLASSES, 25, JOE LOUIS, HEAVYWEIGHT) ONLY JOE LOUIS (Heavyweight- 11 yrs., 254 days), JOHNNY KILBANE (Featherweight
WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno put on a clinic, landing 59% of his power punches, while limiting the outclassed David De La Mora to just 47 total connects in eight rounds (18%). De La Mora bowed out ten seconds into the ninth round. ShoStats coutesy of CompuBox.
Warrior Abner Mares landed 56% of his power shots while averaging 65 punches thrown per round. Eric Morel hung tough, landing 20 of 80 punches in last round- his high totals for the fight. Mares closed the show by landing 48 of 110 punches in last round, high total for him as well. ShotStats are provided by CompuBox
CompuBox takes historical look at tonight's bout for the vacant WBC super bantamweight title. Abner Mares the busier fight and landed nearly twice as many punches per round than Morel. Morel landed just one of every ten jabs thrown.
Comebacking former middleweight king, Jermain Taylor, outworked previously undefeated Caleb Truax, but was dropped and badly hurt in round nine. Taylor was not sharp with his jab (25%), while Truax threw just 33 punches per round.
Rediscovering his once-vaunted jab (he landed an avg. of 15 per round, nearly three times the wgt. class avg vs. Sebastian Zbik.), WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm landed 52% of his power shots, including 68% in round seven and 58% in round eight.
Crushing defeat for Michael Katsidis. Bombs away. They combined to land 657 punches, while throwing 2018. Katsidis was busier and landed more punches, while Mensah's did more damage.
Hank Lundy took control of the fight with Dannie Williams by usinghis jab, landing an average. of 14 per round - nearly three times the lightweight average. That jab allowed Lundy to land 54% of his power punches.
The comebacking Zab Judah and Tomasz Adamek put on power punching displays Saturday night on NBC’s Fight Night from Brooklyn, NY, as did rising American heavyweight prospect Bryant Jennings.