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Michael WoodsThe CompuBox crew did a deeper dive into the Errol Spence win over Shawn Porter, and shared these tallies, and takeaways, with us….
SPENCE W 12 (spl) PORTER – BY THE NUMBERS
3– jabs landed per round by Spence after landing 7 per round in his previous 6 fights (welter avg.: 5)
7– number of rounds in which Spencer & Porter were within 4 connects of each other
(Thurman & Porter were within 5 connects of each other in 10 of 12 rounds in their fight)
9.4– body shots landed per round by Spence, double the CompuBox avg.
26– punches landed by Spence in round 12, his high for the fight
26– punches landed by Porter in round 4, most by a Spence opponent
41%- time spent in close range by Spence-Porter after Porter spent just 17% of the Ugas fight at close range (according to CompuTrack)
44– power punches thrown per round by Porter vs. Spence after throwing 37 per round in his previous 10 fights, #1 among top tier welterweights
51%- pct. of Spence's landed punches that were to body of Porter (CompuBox Avg. : 29.5%)
62– punches thrown per round by Porter after averaging 52 per round in his previous 10 fights (welter avg.: 57)
62– punches thrown per round by Spence after averaging 72 per round in his previous 6 fight
88– punches thrown by Spence in round 12, his high for the fight
90– punches thrown by Porter in round 4, most by a Spence opponent
113– body shots landed by Spence, a career high
172– punches landed by Porter in the fight, most by a Spence opponent
744- punches thrown by Porter in the fight, most by a Spence opponent
WHAT WE LEARNED:
Editor/publisher Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the thought to be impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist Woods has covered the sport since then, for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, ESPN New York, RING, and he was editor of TheSweetScience.com from 2007-2015. Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live since 2017. He now does work for PROBOX TV, the first truly global boxing network.