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ROY JONES vs. FELIX TRINIDAD
Floyd Mayweather, with a +27 rating, sits atop the CompuBox plus/minus ratings chart among the current crop of championship-caliber fighters. Click here for CompuBox’s current +/- ratings.
In a five-fight period from April ’98 to May 2000, Roy Jones posted a +28 rating. He landed 56% of his total punches, while his five dominated opponents landed 28% overall. Mayweather’s last five opponents landed just 16% of their total punches, while Floyd connected with 43%. Click here for Jones’ +/-rating from ’98-’00.
That +27 rating posted by Jones has now been reduced to a +6 in his last five fights. Tarver 2x, Johnson, Ajamu & Hanshaw landed just 29% of their total punches (just 1% above Roy’s ’98-’00 numbers and 5% lower than the light heavyweight avg.), however, it’s Roy’s overall accuracy that has dropped 20%- from 55% to 35%. Primarily a power puncher, 31 of Roy’s 42 punches thrown per round in ’98-’00 were power shots (he landed 19 per round, 6 more than the light heavyweight avg., good for 61% accuracy. He currently lands 9 of 23 (39%) of power punches. The average light heavyweight lands 39% of his power punches. Click here for Jones’ +/- rating from his last five fights.
During his welterweight & jr. welterweight reign of terror from 1999-’00, Trinidad posted a +15 rating, bolstered by his power punch percentage of 49%, 12% higher than the welter/jr. middle avg. He put up those numbers against Hall of Famer Whitaker, future Hall of Famer delaHoya and probable Hall of Famer Vargas. Click here for Trinidad’s +/- rating from ’99-‘00
Like Mr. Jones’, Tito’s current +/- rating has been reduced significantly. In his last two fights, Trinidad’s posted a +3 rating. He landed just 10% of his total punches vs. Wright, who landed 35% of his total punches. Tito landed 63% of his total punches vs. Mayorga, who landed 25% overall. Click here for Trinidad’s +/- rating from his last 2 fights.
Another plus/minus wizard, Pernell Whitaker, posted a +16 rating while dominating the lightweight division from 1990-’92. Pete landed 43%, while opponents Azumah Nelson, Anthony Jones, Poli Diaz, Jorge Paez and Harold Brazier landed 27%. Whitaker’s overall conn. pct. was bolstered his Hall of Fame jab, as he landed a whopping 39%, 17% higher than the lightweight avg. He landed 14 per round, nine more than the average lightweight. Whitaker landed a lightweight record 286 jabs (24 landed per round) vs. Hall of Famer Nelson. Those 286 jabs landed by Whitaker are #2 all-time, second only to Ike Quartey’s 313 jabs landed in his draw with Jose Luis Lopez.. Click here for Whitaker’s +/- rating from 1990-’92.