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IBO/WBO/IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is quickly approaching the record of Hall of Famer Larry Holmes, as later tonight he will defend his belts against undefeated IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev in Hamburg, Germany. If successful, Klitschko will be three wins away from matching Holmes' record.
Atlantic City, Boardwalk Hall - All Sergey Kovalev, who was patient and kept distance all fight. Bernard Hopkins managed to land an average. of just 5 of 16 punches per round. Kovalev landed 38 punches in round twelve, the most landed by a Hopkins opponent in 41 of his fights tracked by CompuBox. Kovalev won a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision to unify the WBO/WBA/IBF light heavyweight titles.
Undefeated United States Olympian Sadam Ali pulled off the upset over the rusty welterweight banger Luis Carlos Abregu with lateral movement and efficient punching (34 punches thrown per round- 38% power shots landed). Abregu swung for the fences all night and landed just 18% of his total punches and saw himself get dropped twice and then knocked out in the ninth round.
WBA/IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins opponents landed just 10 punches per round- 50% fewer than in each of their previous 4 fights. Hopkins needs to get close to do damage- 79% of his landed punches were power shots (non-jabs). Hopkins opponents: Shumenov, Murat, Cloud, Dawson I & II, Pascal I & II, Jones II, Ornelas, Pavlik, Calzaghe, Wright, Tarver--all were current/former world champs except Ornelas & Murat.
Sergey Kovalev, as expected, is the busier fighter and landed more punches in last 5 fights (vs. Caparello, Agnew, Sillakh, Campillo, Cleverly) than Bernard Hopkins. Kovalev has the edge in power. The question is, can Kovalev get off vs. BHop? BHop's last 13 opponents landed 50% fewer punches and threw 38% fewer vs. Hopkins than in their previous 5 fights. They will battle later tonight for the IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight titles at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Huge step up for Sadam Ali, who is more accurate with is jab- a punch he'll need to hold off Luis Carlos Abregu. 75% of Abregu's landed punches were power shots. Abregu hits harder and both of their chins have been dented. They collide later tonight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, as the HBO televised co-feature to the Bernard Hopkins vs. Sergey Kovalev IBF/WBO/WBA light heavyweight unification.
Bernard Hopkins’ defense is his offense. His 13 light heavyweight opponents landed 50% fewer punches vs. Hopkins than in their previous four fights, throwing 38% fewer. Hopkins’ opponents: Shumenov, Murat, Cloud, Dawson I & II, Pascal I & II; Jones, Ornelas, Pavlik, Calzaghe, Wright, & Tarver. All were current/former champs except Ornelas & Murat.)
CompuBox takes a look at the career milestones of Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins, who later tonight will face Sergey Kovalev in a WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight showdown at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
UIC Pavilion, Chicago - Undefeated WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda of Japan controlled the first eight rounds, then tired, as mandatory challenger Alejandro Hernandez of Mexico had a 64-55 edge in power shots landed over the last four rounds. The selective Kameda landed nearly half his power punches in the fight. The judge had it a twelve round split decision victory in favor of Kameda.
UIC Pavilion, Chicago - In his first fight since the decision loss to WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, Polish contender Andrzej Fonfara headlined a Showtime televised tripleheader event and bounced back with a ten round unanimous decision win before a rowdy hometown crowd. He was the busier fighter and outlanded Ngumbu in seven of ten rounds. Fonfara also landed an average of 5 of 25 jabs per round.