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Review: 2013-09-11, good finish but the rest of the fight was not so good: Kazuto Ioka vs Kwanthai Sithmorseng gets two stars. The undefeated Kazuto Ioka (12-0-0, 8 KOs) entered as the No.4 light flyweight in the world while Kwanthai Sithmorseng (43-1-1, 22 KOs) entered as the No.73. Ioka vs Kwanthai is valid for the WBA World light flyweight title. Watch the video!
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Mike Tyson, De La Hoya, Andre Ward, Manny Pacquiao, Ronda Rousey, Cain Velasquez, GSP and many other boxers, Ufc champs and boxing trainers predicted in the past weeks who will be the winner of THE ONE: Mayweather vs. Canelo. So we have collected the most important predictions but obviously we want to know also your pick!
Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
Mike Tyson: “Anything can happen when two human beings get into the ring […] Floyd is very experienced. This guy Alvarez is very strong. It comes across like Floyd will win, but we’ll see.”
Gennady Golovkin: “I think Canelo has a big chance, he is younger, he is hungry, he has power.”
Manny Pacquiao: “It’s a good fight, Canelo has
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST YOU CAN FIND THE CompuBox Stats of Mayweather vs ‘Canelo’ Alvarez fight (added on September 16, 2013).
Yesterday we analyzed some numbers, records and statistics about Floyd Mayweather Jr and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, but in the sweet science the most important things are punches. So today, as we promised in the previous post, we want to compare Floyd and Canelo through the Compubox Stats. We start to examine their last fight in which both boxers got an unanimous decision win in twelve rounds: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Robert Guerrero and Saul Alvarez vs Austin Trout.
| CompuBox Statistics | Mayweather vs Guerrero UD12 | Alvarez vs Trout UD12 |
| punches thrown | 476 | 431 |
| punches landed | 195 (41%) | 124 (29%) |
| jabs thrown | 222 | 207 |
| jabs landed | 42 (19%) | 28 (14%) |
| power punches thrown | 254 | 224 |
| power punches landed | 153 (60%) | 96 (43%) |
| punches thrown x minute | 13.2 | 11.97 |
| punches landed x minute | 5.4 | 3.4 |
The problem is that Robert Guerrero and Austin Trout are obviously two different boxers, but in the next two tables you can compare Mayweather and Canelo with the same opponents. In fact both had faced Shane Mosley and Carlos Manuel Baldomir. Who’s behaved better?
Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
After watching the best promos and videos about “The One: Mayweather vs Canelo” in the previous post, it’s time to compare the two boxers. We definitely like numbers, statistics, data, and since this fight will go down in history of boxing, we want to collect all the stats before the bout happen. So today we start to analyze both Floyd Mayweather Jr and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez through three tables. Here’s the first one in which you can see the most common info about the two fighters:
| Floyd Mayweather Jr | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | |
| record | 44-0-0 | 42-0-1 |
| KOs (%) | 26 (59%) | 30 (70%) |
| rounds boxed | 327 | 277 |
| average round x fight | 7.43 | 6.44 |
| age | 36 | 23 |
| height | 5’8″ / 173cm | 5’9″ / 175 cm |
| reach | 72″ / 183cm | 71″ /180 cm |
| weight division ranking | No.1 Ww | No.1 light Mw |
| P4p ranking | No.1 | No.3 |
Probably everyone who loves boxing knows the info above, so in the second table we have examined in depth the two boxers. For example do you know that Mayweather suffered a knockdown in his professional career? And ‘Canelo’ Alvarez? Or do you want to know the official results of the 7 day pre-fight weigh-in (held on September 6th)? Discover this info and other statistics after the jump!
Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
Sometimes the video-preview of a bout could be more exciting than the full fight, but we think that with the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez all expectations will be fulfilled. However, today we want to post four nice videos about this fight:
1. first of all we have to publish the last video released by Showtime. It is a short promo of “The One: Mayweather vs Canelo”
Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
2. Then we have to post the official promo of “The One: Mayweather vs Canelo”, a great introduction to the fight with some highlights of their last fights mixed with some training session clips
Review: 2013-09-07, pretty good fight between Hugo Ruiz and Julio Cesar Miranda: it gets three stars. Hugo Ruiz (32-2-0, 29 KOs=90%) entered as the No.5 bantamweight in the world while Julio Cesar Miranda (37-8-2, 29 KOs) entered as the No.42 super flyweight. Ruiz vs Miranda is valid for the vacant WBC Continental Americas bantamweight title. Watch the video!
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 36: (Mon-Sun) from September 2, 2013 to September 8, 2013. Boxing Fight of the Week: Rafael Marquez vs Efrain Esquivias Boxing Knockout of the Week: Moises Fuentes vs Luis De la Rosa Mma … Read more
Review: 2013-09-07, good fight with some nice and tough exchanges in the second part of the bout: Rafael Marquez vs Efrain Esquivias gets three stars. Rafael Marquez (41-8-0, 37 KOs=90%) entered as the No.21 featherweight in the world while Efrain Esquivias (16-2-1, 9 KOs) entered as the No.78 super bantamweight. Marquez vs Esquivias is on the undercard of Seth Mitchell vs Chris Arreola. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-09-07, aggressive start and two knockdowns: Moises Fuentes vs Luis De la Rosa gets three stars. Moises Fuentes (17-1-1, 8 KOs) entered as the No.10 light flyweight in the world while Luis De la Rosa (22-2-1, 12 KOs) entered as the No.65. Fuentes vs De la Rosa is valid for the interim WBO light flyweight title. Watch the video!
Seven days to the biggest boxing event of 2013, the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, and it’s time to watch the new episode of “All Access: Mayweather vs Canelo”. This third epidsode starts with the bad relationship between Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya and here are some Floyd’s words: “He is jealous of me. The Golden Boy is extremely fake”. Then the attention shifts on ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s training and on some advice by his trainer Eddie Reynoso but in the video it is also emphasized that the Mexican boxer still refuses to disclose his weight…
On the other hand, Floyd Mayweather Jr shows his collection of cars (Bugatti Veyron, two Ferrari and Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, Bentley, Mercedes) and describes his lifestyle: dinner with friends, massages and he introduces some of the women working for “The Money Team – TMT”.
Both boxers are confident to win this fight and Saul Alvarez, after watching the fight Mayweather vs Cotto, says: “Cotto lost to Austin Trout [Cotto vs Trout], and I beat Austin Trout [Canelo vs Trout]. That’s why I’m so confident. On September 14th, I’m going to shock the world”!!!
What are you waiting for…check out this third episode of “All Access: Mayweather vs Canelo”!
Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
