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Manny Pacquiao had a 182-92 edge in total punches landed, hitting on 32%. Pacquiao had a 123-73 edge in power landed, bolstered by a huge ninth round. Jeff Horn threw more punches in nine of the twelve rounds, but landed just 15%
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao averaged 23.8 thrown/68.9 landed in his ten fights spanning De La Hoya through Rios. He landed 19.5 power shots per round during that run, landing 47.2%.
IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward landed 10 body shots in the 8th round among his 20 landed punches. The economical Ward landed 37% of his power punches in the fight, while the busier Sergey Kovalev (169 more punches thrown) landed just 22% of his power shots.
In his last 11 fights, Andre Ward has amassed a +15.1 plus/minus rating-#3 on the CompuBox Category Leaders list. Ward landed 37.7% of his total punches-#4 on the CompuBox Cat. Leaders list. Ward landed 30.2% of his jabs-#3 & is one of only 4 fighters to land 30% or more of his his jabs.
To say Guillermo Rigondeaux is economical and precise with his power punches is a massive understatement. In his last 6 fights, Rigo landed 46.4% of his power punches (9% higher than wgt. class avg. & #8 on CompuBox Cat. Leaders list.-CCLL) He's not accurate with his jab (11.2%), but he's busy with it - 32.1 per round, well above wgt. class avg. & #7 on CCLS.
Sergey Kovalev had the edge in punches landed (126-116) and thrown (474-337). Andre Ward averaged 28 punches thrown per round but landed 34.5% overall and was more efficient with his jab. Kovalev averaged 39.5 thrown per round after averaging 52.1 in his previous 5 fights. Tale of two fights for Ward, who landed an avg. of 6 of 22 (27%) punches in rounds 1-6, then went 13 of 34 (38%) over last 6 rounds.
Light heavyweight contender Eleider Alvarez's rapier jab (26.4 thrown/8.3 connects per round, exceeded 10 connects in a round five times) and timely power connects (75 of 191, 39%) allowed him to overcome Jean Pascal's round-stealing last-minute flurries to capture a majority decision that many saw as unanimous.
They combined for 1,403 punches thrown (790-613 Stevenson), 546 total connects (329-217 Stevenson) & 417 landed power punches (260-157 Stevenson). The 329 total connects & 260 landed power punches are career bests for Stevenson. Better yet for viewers: Each connected at above-average levels (42%-35% overall & 59%-40% power for Stevenson, 27%.
Adonis Stevenson landed 54.5% of his power punches - #1 on the CompuBox Categorical Leaders list. His offense is his defense, as opponents landed just 6.8 power shots per round (4.3 fewer than Light heavyweight average) & just 10 total punches per round (6 fewer than Light heavyweight average) Opponents did land 34.3% of their power shots vs. Stevenson.
This could be a high contact affair, as Eleider Alvarez landed 41.7% of his power punches, while Jean Pascal landed 41.4% of his. Pascal's 32.7 punches thrown per round is the lowest on the CompuBox Categorical Leaders list and his 11 landed per round is the second lowest.