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By CompuBox - When boxing fans tuned in to see Bernard Hopkins and Kelly Pavlik fight Saturday night, they expected to see a dominating performance. But instead of Pavlik’s youth and strength, it was Hopkins’ extraordinary ring craft and shockingly superlative hand speed that carried him to a landslide – and landmark – unanimous decision over the reigning WBC and WBO middleweight champion.
Full CompuBox punch-stats of Bernard Hopkins' twelve-round domination of Kelly Pavlik at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
By CompuBox - Both Bernard Hopkins and Kelly Pavlik fancy themselves as members of the old school. They work extremely hard in the gym, stay in shape between fights and, most importantly, they are willing to challenge themselves when given the freedom to choose opponents. Consider the gauntlet Hopkins has walked just since he turned 40 in January 2005 – the 40-1 Howard Eastman, Jermain Taylor (twice), Antonio Tarver, Ronald “Winky” Wright, Joe Calzaghe and now Pavlik. And Pavlik has been no slouch as he has tangled with Jose Luis Zertuche, Edison Miranda and Jermain Taylor twice before blowing out Gary Lockett this past June in a fight he had to take to avoid being stripped of his WBC middleweight title belt. With Pavlik’s mandatory out of the way and Hopkins needing a big fight after losing to Calzaghe, they turned to each other to feed their need to compete. The 26-year-old Pavlik (34-0, 30 KO) is a solid 3 ½-to-1 favorite to turn back the 43-year-old Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KO) in their October 18 12-rounder in Atlantic City, a bout with an agreed-upon 170-pound weight limit. Performances against common opponents under pressure-packed conditions are one way to ascertain potential trends, and in this case their four combined fights against Taylor will be used. Granted, Pavlik is 2-0 against “Bad Intentions” while Hopkins is 0-2, but many pundits to this day insist that “The Executioner” did enough to turn back Taylor in both bouts, so comparing their numbers would not represent an outrageous exercise.
The full CompuBox punch stats to Sergio Martinez vs. Alex Bunema.
Full CompuBox punch stats for Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Marcos Ramirez and Alfredo Angulo vs. Andrey Tsurkan.
View the full punch stats for Yuriorkis Gamboa's ten-round decision win over Darling Jiminez.
View the full punch stats for James Kirkland's first-round stoppage of Eromosele Albert, and Alfredo Angulo's exciting stoppage of Richar Gutierrez.
By CompuBox - It took Shane Mosley a while to figure out Ricardo Mayorga but once he did the results were spectacular. Referee David Mendoza officially waved off the fight at 2:59 of the 12th and final round after the Nicaraguan wild man suffered his second knockdown in the last 15 seconds – courtesy of a crunching left hook that would have made Robinson and Leonard smile.
Punch stats for Shane Mosley's twelfth-round knockout of Ricardo Mayorga at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
The full punch stats for WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto's twelve-round decision win over Steve Forbes from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.