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Saul Alvarez had his way, landing 53% of his power shots, but never turned it up to next level in an attempt to finish the limited Matthew Hatton, who landed just 25% of his total punches.
CompuBox reviews the past numbers for tonight's HBO televised main event, featuring a junior middleweight clash between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KOs) and Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KOs), which takes place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The bout, agreed upon for a catchweight of 150-pounds, will have the vacant WBC junior middleweight title at stake.
In a battle of unbeatens, Ismayl Sillakh found a home for his right hand early in the fight against Yordanis Despaigne. He landed 52% of his power shots in round three, 52% in round four and 60% in round seven. Sillakh worked behind the jab all night landing 34% of the 35 jabs he threw per round.
Every once in a great while, a fighter seeking to achieve everlasting greatness creates a signature moment that fans and historians will point to whenever his legacy is discussed.
Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones landed 408 total punches- an average of 34 per round - 15 more than the welterweight average. He also averaged 42 jabs thrown per round and landed 19. The welterweight avg. six jabs landed per round. Jesus Soto-Karass landed 226 of 993 total punches- numbers that would win most fights- not tonight though.
In a Kassim Ouma like performance, Fernando Guerrero averaged 102 punches thrown per round, outlanding Derrick Findley 291-113 in total punches. The undefeated Guerrero has his best round in the fourth, when he landed 39 of 96 power shots.
With expectations high for Saturday’s bantamweight showdown between Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire, CompuBox looks back at another highly-anticipated bantamweight fight, Carlos Zarate vs. Alfonso Zamora from April 23, 1977.
Good News: Antonin Decarie landed 56% of his power punches. Bad News: Decarie averaged just 49 punches thrown per round and should have finished the game Shamone Alvarez, who landed just 16% of his 83 punches thrown per round.
Middleweight contender Bryan Vera simply out worked former 154-pound champion Sergio Mora, throwing nearly 100 more total punches and 144 more power shots. Vera also landed the harder shots and even outjabbed the sluggish Mora.
The moment Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander signed to put their WBO and WBC junior welterweight titles on the line, most experts knew it was an evenly matched contest. Once it ended, that’s exactly how it turned out – at least from a statistical standpoint.