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
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NOTE: in the following table we have used the abbreviation “w.c.”=weight classes
| Floyd Mayweather Jr | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | |
| knocekd down by | Carlos Hernandez in 2001 | none |
| pro debut at age | 19 | 15 |
| pro debut weight | super Fw (130 lbs, 59.0 kg) | light Ww (140 lbs, 63.5 kg) |
| fought in xxx different w.c. | 5 | 3 |
| world titles in xxx different w.c. | 5 | 1 |
| world title fights | 21 | 7 |
| world title fights at 23yrs | 6 | 7 |
| last fight at | Ww (147 lbs, 66.7 kg) | light Mw (154 lbs, 69.9 kg) |
| highest weight division | light Mw (154 lbs, 69.9 kg) | light Mw (154 lbs, 69.9 kg) |
| lowest weight division | super Fw (130 lbs, 59.0 kg) | light Ww (140 lbs, 63.5 kg) |
| average weight last 5 fights | 147.2 lbs | 153.8 lbs |
| 7 day pre-fight weigh-in | 152.2 lbs | 157.4 lbs |
Do you want to know something else? Ok, in this last table you can find some curious data, but our analysis does not end here, tomorrow we are going to post the second part of the statistics about “THE ONE: Mayweather vs. Canelo” and we are going to examine the punch stats of three bouts for every boxers (here’s the link to CompuBox Stats preview of Mayweather vs Canelo).
| Floyd Mayweather Jr | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | amateur record | 84-6 | 20 bouts (or 44-2) |
| olympic games medal | bronze (Atlanta 1996) | / |
| Guinness World Records | highest selling Ppv boxing fight (2.4 mln) | / |
| last fight paying | $32 million vs Guerrero | $4 mln vs Trout (not sure) |
| THE ONE paying | $41,5 million | less than $12,5 million |
