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Timothy Bradley landed 12.5 punches per round in his two fights with Manny Pacquiao- 5.3 fewer than weight class average and landed just 20.5% overall. Pacquiao landed 40.4% of his power shots.
Andre Ward climbed the CompuBox Categorical Leaders list after limiting Sullivan Barrera to an overall connect pct. of 15.4%. Barrera landed just 5.4 power shots per round and averaged 60.2 punches thrown per round after averaging 79.3 per round in his previous 5 fights.
Andre Ward has amassed a +14.1 CompuBox plus/minus rating, #4 among all active champ. caliber fighters (he landed 38.2% of his total punches). Ward landed 7.2 jabs per round- #7 and well above wgt. class avg.,while opponents landed just 6.2 power shots per round- (wgt. class avg.: 11.4)and just 8.9 total punches per round (wgt. class avg.: 16.4). Huge step up in class for Barrera who landed 27.9 of 79.3 punches per round vs. limited opposition. Sullivan Barrera also landed 47.3 of his power punches.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the crowd swelled at the DC Armory ahead of the Ortiz-Thompson fight, Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) and Sadam "World Kid" Ali (22-1, 13 KOs) squared off in the co-main event for the WBO Welterweight world championship.
Fresh from a stunning knockout of Bryant 'By-By' Jennings and eager to continue his quest to be the best heavyweight in the sport, WBA Interim Heavyweight World Champion Luis 'The Real King Kong' Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) will face former world title challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-6, 27 KOs) in 12-round main event at the DC Armory, in Washington D.C. on Saturday, March 5 and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Fresh from a stunning knockout of Bryant 'By-By' Jennings and eager to continue his quest to be the best heavyweight in the sport, WBA Interim Heavyweight World Champion Luis 'The Real King Kong' Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs) will face former world title challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-6, 27 KOs) in 12-round main event at the DC Armory, in Washington D.C. on Saturday, March 5 and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Leo Santa Cruz moved to #2 on the CompuBox Plus/Minus list after his dazzling +25.3 performance vs. Kiko Martinez. Santa Cruz also closed the gap on Avg. Punch Per Round leader Roman Gonzalez after averaging 114 thrown per round vs. Martinez.
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England - Carl Frampton captures Scott Quigg's WBA title and retains his IBF title mostly because his intent was stronger than Quigg's in the first seven rounds, among the most forgettable in 122-pound title annals but ultimately the most impacting.
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz defended his WBA Featherweight World Championship in convincing fashion on Saturday night, knocking down Kiko “Sensación” Martinez twice in the first round, then ending it on a barrage of punches as the fight was called at 2:09 in the fifth round in the main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
NEW YORK - Terrence Crawford stopped Henry Lundy 2 minutes, 9 seconds into the fifth round to retain his WBO World Championship Super Lightweight title Saturday night.