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Behind on all scorecards, Eleider Alvarez dropped Sergey Kovalev three times in round 7, outlanding him 13-7 in power shots. Did Kovalev shoot his bolt in round 4 after landing 25 of 60 power shots and 29 of 82 total punches?
Dmitry Bivol (last 4 fights) is busier than the avg. light heavy and landed 30.4% of his total punches, 7.3 jabs per round and 42.4% of his power shots. Opponents landed a measley 5.4 punches per round (13.6%) and just 4 power shots per round (22.2%). One blemish: only 16.8% of his landed punches are body shots (CompuBox avg.: 24.2%).
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Compubox Garcia Easter Numbers - Mikey Garcia became the 10th lightweight champion to unify the division with a unanimous decision against Robert Easter Jr. Saturday on SHOWTIME, and immediately afterward set his sights on boxing's best, namely Errol Spence Jr.
Super featherweight Masayuki Ito had a 168-143 edge in power landed and threw 100 more than previously unbeaten Christopher Diaz. He landed the harder shots and scored the fight's only knockdown.
Christopher Diaz (last 5 fights), made his punches count, throwing 8 fewer than wgt. class avg. but landing 17 per round and 34.4%. Diaz also landed 39.5% of his power punches. He also features an excellent body attack, as 36.7% of his landed punches are body shots - CompuBox avg.: 24.2%. Masayuki Ito (last 3 fights) landed 40.1% of his power shots and he too features an excellent body attack, as 33.5% of his landed punches are body shots.
The selective Mikey Garcia avg'd 49.4 thrown per round (10 less than the wgt. class avg.) and landed 44.6% of his power shots. He amassed a +9.5 plus/minus rating, landing 31.4% of his punches to just 21.9% for his opponents.
Masterful performance by Oleksandr Usyk, who got stronger and more dominant as the fight progressed. He averaged 21 of 78 punches per round over 12 rounds, while Gassiev was reduced to 8 of 26 per frame.
Jaime Munguia, who entered the ring as nearly a cruiserweight, was too strong and too relentless for the game Liam Smith. Munguia landed an avg. of 27 of 83 punches per round and 25 of 67 power shots (41%) per round. 71 of Munguia's 277 landed punches were body shots. Smith abandoned the jab, landing just 3 of 18 per round after averaging 8 of 33 in his previous 3 fights. Smith never quit though, throwing a fight high 80 punches in round 12.
Masterful performance by Oleksandr Usyk, who got stronger and more dominant as the fight progressed. He averaged 21 of 78 punches per round over 12 rounds, while Murat Gassiev was reduced to 8 of 26 per frame. Usyk averaged 29 of 94 over the last six rounds and landed a fight high 47 of 117 in the last round.