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WBO middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders produced an admittedly underwhelming performance following a layoff of nearly one year as he squeaked past the unheralded Artue Akavov, who allowed Saunders to impose his jab-heavy mobility offense.
The 23-year-old Murat Gassiev did just enough to relieve the 37-year-old Denis Lebedev of his IBF belt (he's still the WBA titlist) as he scored a fifth round knockdown (left hook to the ribs) and landed with the harder punches in what was a tense, long-range boxing match.
Although Richard Commey set a blistering pace -- his 1,241 total punches were the ninth most ever recorded by CompuBox at lightweight -- the split decision in Denis Shafikov's favor was reflective of the action. Commey bolted to the lead in the first five rounds by averaging 118 punches per round (nearly twice the 60.2 lightweight average) and out-landing Shafikov 93-78 overall and 78-73 power.
Following his dazzling performance vs. Nicholas Walters, Vasyl Lomachenko takes over the #1 spot on CompuBox's Plus Minus List with a +20.9 rating. He's the highest rated fighter since Floyd Mayweather (+24.5). Lomachenko also ranks #1 in opponents connect pct. at 16.1%-- .7% higher than master boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Lomachenko vs. Walters Punch Stats CompuBox - Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko retained his super featherweight title with a seven round demolition of Nicholas Walters, whose corner threw in the towel in between rounds telling the referee "No mas".
Working behind an effective jab (8.1 landed per round) Vasyl Lomachenko landed 50.7% of his power punches, while dazzled opponents landed just 8.1 total punches per round and 16.1% of their total punches (half the weight class average) and just 22.3% of their power shots. Nicholas Walters matched Loma's offensive numbers, landing 7.7 jabs per round and 49.8% of his power punches. Opponents landed 21.6% of their total punches and 26.3% of their power shots.
Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward became a two-division champion when he scored a comeback unanimous decision victory over Russia’s Sergey Kovalev to claim the defending champion’s unified light heavyweight title.
Andre Ward - Sergey Kovalev Fight - CompuBox Punch Stats - Sergey Kovalev kept coming, and Andre Ward never stopped battling. With the crowd roaring in approval, they put on a fight that lived up to its advance billing. In the end, Ward won a narrow decision Saturday night to take Kovalev’s light heavyweight titles in a battle between two unbeaten boxers.
Andre Ward's +15.9 plus/minus rating leads all champ. caliber fighters. His 6.9 landed jabs per round is well above wgt. class avg and his 30% jab conn. pct. is nearely 10% higher than wgt. class avg.
Not only can Cuban heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz bang, he's accurate too, landing 49.4% of his power punches in his last 4 fights. Opponents landed 39.8% of their power punches. Malik Scott (46.1 punches thrown per round in his last 6 fights) will need to be busier vs. Ortiz.