Terence Crawford won the boxing weekend, as his dominance over Jeff Horn moved him past Vasyl Lomachenko on some pundits' pound for pound list. Jermell Charlo's stock dropped, as his KO streak ended, and Leo Santo Cruz edged up some, as his voluminous output versus Abner Mares told fight fans that he is clearly the better of the two.
CompuBox shone a brighter light on how those wins came about, via an examination of stats:
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
CRAWFORD KO 9 HORN, SANTA CRUZ W 12 MARES, CHARLO W 12 TROUT
6- avg. punches landed per round by Horn vs. Crawford (welter avg.: 17)
7- avg. punches landed per round by Crawford's previous 10 opponents
SEEMS LIKE CRAWFORD IS A STELLAR DEFENDER, YES?
8 of 9- rounds in which Horn landed in single digits in total punches vs. Crawford
17%- pct. body landed/total punches landed by Charlo vs. Trout (CompuBox avg.: 23.3%)
SO, WAS JERMELL OUTED AS BEING NOT THE NEXT BIG THING IN THIS WIN?
23- power punches landed by Crawford in round nine vs. Horn, the most by a Horn opponent
30- avg. punches landed per round by Santa Cruz in two fights vs. Mares (feather. avg.: 17)
34- avg. punches thrown per round by Trout vs. Charlo (jr. middle avg.: 56)
YEAH, THAT FIGHT UNDER DELIVERED….
44 to 6- edge in power punches landed by Crawford in the last two rounds vs. Horn
45- punches landed by Santa Cruz in the last round of both fights vs. Mares
48%- pct. of power punches landed by Crawford vs. Horn, the same pct. Crawford landed in his previous 10 fights
57- total punches thrown by Horn in last two rounds vs. Crawford
58- total punches landed by Horn vs. Crawford
68- avg. punches thrown per round by Trout vs. Hurd
92- total punches landed by Horn vs. Pacquiao
106- avg. punches thrown per round by Santa Cruz in two fights vs. Mares (feather. avg.: 59)
151- combined punches landed by Santa Cruz & Mares in the last round of both fights – that's more than 2x the feather. combined avg. of 68 per round
208- punches landed by Mares in rematch vs. Santa Cruz
226- punches landed by Mares in first fight vs. Santa Cruz
357- punches landed by Santa Cruz in rematch vs. Mares
373- punches landed by Santa Cruz in the first fight vs. Mares
THOSE THAT SAID NO REMATCH NEEDED WERE SORTA RIGHT, NO?
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
CRAWFORD KO 9 HORN, SANTA CRUZ W 12 MARES, CHARLO W 12 TROUT
487- combined punches thrown by Santa Cruz & Mares in the last round of both fights- that's more than 2x the feather. combined avg. of 236 per round
931- punches thrown by Mares in rematch vs. Santa Cruz
977- punches thrown by Mares in first fight vs. Santa Cruz
1054- punches thrown by Santa Cruz in the first fight vs. Mares
1061 – punches thrown by Santa Cruz in rematch vs. Mares
1164- combined punches landed by Santa Cruz & Mares in their two fights (feather. avg.: 826)
4023- combined punches thrown by Santa Cruz and Mares in their two fights (feather. avg.: 2832)
