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IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook landed 8.5 jabs per round in his last 7 fights- #3 on the CompuBox Cat. Leaders list. Can he land that jab vs. the southpaw Errol Spence, who landed 7.2 jabs per round in his last 4 fights? Both are accurate with their power shots: Brook landed 41.2% -Spence 47.8%.
Terence Crawford landed 59% of his power shots. Felix Diaz landed 20% of his total punches as did Crawford's previous 8 opponents. Crawford landed 63 of 98 power punches (64%) over the last three rounds. Diaz landed just 18 punches over the last 3 rounds after landing 16 in round 7.
WBA, WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford's +14.1 plus/minus rating ranks #5. Opponents land just 20% of their total punches (#5 on CompuBox Category Leaders list) and land just 7.1 punches per round (#3 on Cat. Leaders list & 10 fewer than the jr. welter avg.).
In his last 4 fights, WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. threw 13 more jabs than feather average (landed just 15%). Russell opponents landed just 9.6 punches per round and just 6.5 power shots- half the featherweight average (they did land 31.3% however). In his last 3 fights,
All Saul "Canelo' Alvarez, he landed an average of 19 of 51 punches per round. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. landed 6 of 25 per round, his lowest totals in 26 of his fights tracked by CompuBox. Chavez landed in single digits in all 12 rounds. Alvarez landed 7 jabs per round after landing 3.8 in his previous 8 fights. Chavez landed 71 punches vs. Canelo. He landed 178 vs. Sergio Martinez
Both Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. throw well below the super middleweight average., but land well above in total punch and power punch pct. Canelo landed 46.5% of his power shots- 9% higher than the wgt. class avg.
High drama at Wembley. Anthony Joshua had a 43-22 edge punches landed over the first 4 rounds (24-5 edge in power landed), including a knockdown. Klitschko then awoke, outlanding Joshua 24-21 in power shots in rounds 5 & 6, dropping the undefeated champ in round 6.
In his last 4 fights Anthony Joshua threw/landed slightly above heavyweight average. for total punches (18.2 landed/49.2 thrown and landed above avg. with his jab- 7.3 per round), while opponents landed half the heavyweight average in all CompuBox Categories. A testament to Joshua's power or lack of quality opposition - or both?
This crossroads fight between fighters coming off recent adversities (Martin Murray 2-2 in last four, Gabe Rosado 2-4 in last six), Murray impose the long-range boxing match better suited to his style. Still, Rosado worked the body well (98 of 159 power connects) and was the better finisher in the final two rounds (46-36 overall, 43-26 power).
Shawn Porter wins this WBC welterweight title eliminator by displaying both the good and the bad of his approach. The good: His incredible physical strength, force of will and superb body punching (51 of 138 power connects) gradually wore down Andre Berto while his power accounted for knockdowns in round two and nine. Porter capped the fight by out-landing Berto 60-12 in the final two rounds.