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Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello - THE RING's Fight of the Decade had several statistical story lines. First, both men's accuracy overall and in power shots was nearly identical (29.8%-29.8% overall, 37.8%-37.5% Arguello).
Cleverly vs. Braehmer CompuBox Punch Stats - NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany — Nathan Cleverly of Wales defeated Juergen Braehmer by technical knockout to take the German's WBA light heavyweight belt and his second world title on Saturday.
Braehmer vs. Cleverly CompuBox Review - Nathan Cleverly believes it is his ‘destiny’ to beat Juergen Braehmer and be crowned WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany, live on Sky Sports.
Most casual sports fans know about the heavyweights, middleweights and welterweights but for those with a deeper appreciation for boxing the 115-pounders -- also known as super flyweights -- may well be the best weight class in boxing. As of now, only one past champion is enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame (Khaosai Galaxy) and another may soon join him (Johnny Tapia) but one look at the rankings suggests that more may be coming down the pike during the next decade or so.
Sporting the upper body and punching power of a light heavyweight, the hand speed of a welterweight and the precision of a diamond cutter, Canelo Alvarez wins Liam Smith's WBO super welterweight title by scoring knockdowns in rounds even (right to the ear), eight (left to the solar plexus) and nine (hook to the ribs), the last of which left Smith writhing on the canvas and prompting the stoppage.
In his last 8 fights, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has averaged just 41.1 punches per round (fourth fewest among CompuBox Categorical Leaders). He makes them count though, landing 47.8% of his power shots (#5 on list). He also compiled a +12 plus/minus rating, #7 on CompuBox Plus/Minus list.
In a slugfest, Gennady Golovkin landed 44% of his total punches, including 53% of his jabs (11.6 landed per round- double the middleweight avg.). Balsy Kell Brook landed 37% of his power punches and was outlanded just 75-60 in that department. GGG closed the show by landing 25 of 53 power punches in round five and landed 39% for the fight.
Gennady Golovkin's 15.2 plus/minus rating trails only Andre Ward's +15.9 His 10.9 landed jabs per round ranks #1 among on the CompuBox Categorical Leaders List (Brook is #2 with 9 landed jabs per round). GGG also #1 in jab conn pct (34%) and ONLY FIGHTER ON CATEGORICAL LEADERS LIST TO LAND 40% OF HIS TOTAL PUNCHES. In his last 6 fights (against so-so opposition other than Porter), Brook landed 42.1% of his power shots, but only outlanded opponents 10.9-9.1 in power shots. 45% of Kell Brook's landed punches are jabs. (C'Box avg.: 28.4%). What happens if GGG takes that away?
Errol Spence mixed up his attack on Leonard Bundu: He landed 8 jabs per round and 46 of his 135 landed punches were body shots. Spence landed 64% of his power shots and closed the show by landing 15 of 19 power shots in round six. Thurman landed 47% of his power shots in his decision win over Bundu.
Errol Spence landed 47% of his power punches in his last 4 fights (vs. Algieri, Barrera, Van Heerden & LoGreco). Spence opponents landed just 8.7 punches per round- half the welterweight avg. Leonard Bundu opponents (Munguia, Thurman, Gavin & Purdy) landed 38.4% of their power shots (Thurman landed 49% of his power shots vs. Bundu)