Alright, so after that big fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo went down, I got pretty curious about the actual numbers behind it all. You know how it goes, you watch the fight, you get a feel for who’s landing more, who’s busier, but sometimes the raw stats paint a clearer picture, or maybe even a different one entirely. So, I figured I’d spend a little time digging into the stats myself, just to see what the data said.
How I Went About Finding the Stuff
It wasn’t anything too complicated. First thing I did was just jump on my computer. Opened up my web browser, went to my usual search engine. I typed in a few things, stuff like ‘Canelo vs Charlo punch stats’, ‘CompuBox Canelo Charlo’, ‘fight stats Canelo Alvarez Jermell Charlo’. You get the idea. Just trying different ways to phrase it to catch the right info.
Naturally, a whole bunch of links popped up. Sports news sites, boxing dedicated sites, all that jazz. I started clicking through a few of the top results. I wasn’t looking for super deep analysis right away, mostly just the core numbers – who threw what, who landed what.
Found the CompuBox numbers pretty quick on a couple of major sports network sites. They usually have that info readily available after a big fight like this. It wasn’t buried or hard to find, thankfully.
What the Numbers Basically Showed
From what I gathered scrolling through the stats, it kinda lined up with what most people saw during the fight. Here’s the gist of what I remember seeing:
- Overall Activity: Canelo just threw way more punches. Landed more too. That was clear pretty much across the board in the stats I saw.
- Jabs: Canelo seemed to use his jab quite a bit, setting things up. The numbers showed he threw and landed more jabs than Charlo. Charlo’s jab just wasn’t really a big weapon in this fight, based on the stats.
- Power Shots: This was a big one. Canelo landed significantly more power punches. I recall seeing his connect percentage on power shots was much higher too. Those were the punches that seemed to really make the difference, and the stats backed that up strongly.
- Charlo’s Output: The numbers reflected Charlo being pretty hesitant. He didn’t throw a whole lot, especially compared to Canelo. His punch output numbers were quite low for a fight of this level.
My Thoughts on It
So, looking at these stats, it really just confirmed what my eyes told me watching the fight live. Canelo was the aggressor, he was busier, he landed the cleaner and harder punches, and he controlled the fight’s pace. The stats showed Charlo just couldn’t pull the trigger often enough.
There wasn’t really a surprise hidden in the data, not from what I saw anyway. It was a clear win for Canelo, and the punch stats just put specific numbers on that dominance. You could see Charlo wasn’t letting his hands go, and the stats confirmed he threw way fewer punches overall and especially fewer power punches. Made sense. It’s always good to check the numbers though, keeps your impressions grounded in reality. This time, reality matched the perception pretty closely. Plain and simple, really. Just my own little research session after the event.
