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CompuBox Corner: Stats Back Shakur Stevenson's Dominant Win Against Teofimo Lopez
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CompuBox Corner: Stats Back Shakur Stevenson's Dominant Win Against Teofimo Lopez
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Nate Pardo-Marrero
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Heading into Saturday, Shakur Stevenson versus Teofimo Lopez was largely viewed as a 50-50 fight.
Instead, it was one-way traffic as Stevenson won 119-109 on all three judges’ scorecards at Madison Square Garden to become a four-division champion after taking Lopez’s Ring and WBO 140-pound titles. It wasn’t just apparent to the naked eye how good the slick southpaw from Newark, New Jersey, was.
The CompuBox stats back it up, as well.
Stevenson landed 165 of 372 punches (44.4%) compared to 72 of 468 (15.4%) for Lopez, per CompuBox. Of Lopez’s 72 punches landed, 59 were to the body.
Stevenson (25-0, 11 KOs), 28, held Lopez (22-2, 13 KOs) to five punches or fewer landed in seven of the 12 rounds, while he connected with at least 11 punches in 10 of the 12 rounds. Stevenson also connected with 60 of his 120 (50%) power punches, whereas Lopez, 28, landed 56 of 241 (23.2%).
The jab was a vital weapon for Stevenson, as he landed 105 of 252 (41.7%). Lopez, 28, landed just 16 of his 227 jabs, 11 of which were to the body.
Here are more stats from CompuBox to back up how well Stevenson fared in what was expected to be the toughest challenge of his career.
  • Stevenson’s 105 jabs were a career high and the most landed against Lopez in a fight.
  • Stevenson landed over 40% of his jabs for a second straight fight after he landed at a 46 percent clip versus William Zepeda. The CompuBox average for jabs landed is 17.4%.
  • Lopez averaged six punches landed per round and was held to single-digits in 10 of the 12 rounds. In his 10 fights before facing Stevenson, Lopez averaged 14 punches landed per round.
  • Stevenson increased his plus-minus in percentage of punches landed from 20.2 to 21%, which is the best in boxing among championship fighters.
  • Stevenson is also the best among championship fighters in opponent percentage of power punches landed, holding them to 19.8%.
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