Comments Thread For: Canelo Alvarez-Liam Smith - CompuBox Historical Review

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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.
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[PETUFF]

Look like Canelo maybe in trouble

[HEND]

Look like Canelo maybe in trouble

Compare the level of competition and you'll figure out fast why the stats show what they show...

[SteveM]

Compare the level of competition and you'll figure out fast why the stats show what they show...

Exactly. Useless set of stats when the competition levels are not equal. Too big of a step up in class for Liam. He will have trouble landing cleanly on Canelo. If Cotto was missing and being countered imagine what happens to Smith.

I have Canelo winning 9/10 rounds and with the scoring in his favor I expect to see a couple of 118/117 scores in there.

[ultravividscene]

stats can only show what stats show

[MDPopescu]

Compare the level of competition and you'll figure out fast why the stats show what they show...

... better compare the "open scoring" and the "weight division" they fought at...

[HEND]

... better compare the "open scoring" and the "weight division" they fought at...

There's no way you can spin this like Smith would have fought the better competition, stop it!