
CompuBox Stats: Sebastian Lujan Throws Heavy Numbers
Welterweight Sebastian Lujan’s relentless pressure in rounds four thru eight (he threw 139 punches per round and landed 37), wore Mark Melligan down for a ninth round knockout.

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Welterweight Sebastian Lujan’s relentless pressure in rounds four thru eight (he threw 139 punches per round and landed 37), wore Mark Melligan down for a ninth round knockout.

Matthew Macklin averaged 92 punches thrown per round, doubling Felix Sturm’s output. Macklin landed 127 more total punches and landed more punches in 11 of 12 rounds. Sturm was the more accurate fighter, landing 45% of his power shots.

Tavoris Cloud, the defending IBF light heavyweight champion, was the busier fighter and kept the jab in Yusaf Mack's face for the entire fight. Cloud threw an average of 32 jabs per round and landed 28% of his power punches, which eventually led to an eight round stoppage.

The plodding Bermane Stiverne threw an average of 30 punches per round but the heavyweight average is 46 thrown per round. He eventually got past the jab of Ray Austin, 46 thrown per round, in the later rounds to secure a tenth round TKO. Stiverne landed 40% of his power shots but needs to let his hands go more often.

Lucas Matthysse was busier, landed more punches in the fight and the harder punches. Devon Alexander was down in the fourth, but still managed to secure a ten round split decision victory. As Max Kellerman would ask, "who would you rather have been be in this fight?" And the answer is simple - Matthysse.

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