CompuBox Punch Stats: Gamboa Demolishes Mtagwa
Target practice for lightning-quick Yuriorkis Gamboa, who landed 38 of 58 power shots (66%) in round two. Rogers Mtagwa was never in the fight, landing 10 punches in two rounds.
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CompuBox Analysis: Lopez-Luevano; Gamboa-Mtagwa
HBO’s Boxing After Dark will present an intriguing double-header Saturday night as Juan Manuel Lopez rises in weight to fight WBO featherweight champ Steve Luevano and WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa takes on rugged Rogers Mtagwa.
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CompuBox Punch Stats: Burgos Stops Martinez in Twelve
Juan Carlos Burgos turned up the heat in second half of fight, outlanding Juan Carlos Martinez 115-62 in power shots in rounds seven thru twelve. Burgos’ best round statistically was the ninth, when he landed 30 of 61 power shots.
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CompuBox Punch Stats: Karmazin Knocks Miranda Out
Roman Karmazin was badly hurt and nearly knocked down in round three, as the one-dimensional Miranda landed 16 of 36 power shots. Dionisio Miranda then landed just 11 power shots over the next four rounds, as Karmazin got himself back into the fight, landing 14 of 23 power shots (61%) in round seven. Miranda found the range in round nine, dropping Karmazin and landing 16 power shots. A series of Karmazin right hands dropped Miranda twice in the tenth as the former 154-lb champ closed the show landing 15 of 41 power shots.
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CompuBox Punch Stats: Kelly Pavlik vs. Miguel Espino
Jabs were a rumor in this one, as it was fought in the trenches. Kelly Pavlik, eager to mix it up, landed 40 or more power punches in each of the first four rounds and 56% overall. The one-dimensional Miguel Espino put up some big numbers too, landing 48% of his power shots.
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CompuBox Punch Stats: Malignaggi vs Diaz Rematch
Paulie Malignaggi controlled the rematch, throwing nearly 300 more punches than Juan Diaz and landing more in seven of 12 rounds. Paulie avg’d 40 jabs thrown per round and scored the fight’s only knockdown. The sluggish Diaz, bothered by Paulie’s movement as well as the jab, got off just 43 punches per round, 12 less per round than in their first fight.
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CompuBox Punch Stats: Vitali Klitschko-Kevin Johnson
When this fight was announced Kevin Johnson told Vitali Klitschko that he wasn’t going to knock him out- know why? Because Johnson had no intention on winning- just surviving. Johnson landed five power shots all night!- throwing five per round. Speaking of throwing, Vitali’s 749 thrown jabs is a CompuBox heavyweight record, shattering the previous mark of 600 jabs thrown in a fight by Owen Beck. Lennox Lewis holds the CompuBox heavyweight record for jabs landed in a fight- 213 vs. David Tua
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CompuBox Analysis: Juan Diaz-Paulie Malignaggi Rematch
Thanks to the outrage prompted by Gale Van Hoy’s 118-110 scorecard, one that validated Paul Malignaggi’s pre-fight fears, “The Magic Man” will get a second crack at former three-belt lightweight champion Juan Diaz – this time on neutral ground at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago Saturday. Will it be repeat for Diaz or revenge for Malignaggi? The CompuBox numbers from their initial bout last August may provide clues.
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CompuBox Punch Stats: Malignaggi vs Diaz Fight 1
Other than Gale Van Hoy’s ridiculous 118-110 scorecard, the biggest surprise from the first fight was Paulie Malignaggi THROWING more punches than "Baby Bull" Juan Diaz in ALL 12 rounds. Paulie averaged 52 jabs thrown per round, landing one of every five however. Diaz was more accurate, but not by much, landing 27% of his total punches to 20% for Paulie.
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CompuBox Review: Worst Title Fight Decisions
In the wake of Joan Guzman’s gift draw vs. Ali Funeka, courtesy of two inept Canadian judges and the absurd scorecard turned in by judge Pierre Benoist for the Williams-Martinez fight, CompuBox searched its archives for the worst decisions in its 25 years of counting punches in terms of the edge in punches landed by the jobbed fighter.
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