CompuBox: Inside the Numbers on Ward's win over Kessler

by Scott Christ on Nov 22, 2009 11:50 AM EST in CompuBox Statistics and Analysis

Andre Ward put a pretty thorough beating on Mikkel Kessler last night, and CompuBox has the full numbers. Most telling: Ward outlanding Kessler nearly 3-to-1 in power punches.

For full fight stats, take the jump.

Total Punches Landed / Thrown

Round

Kessler

10/41

13/47

10/33

10/36

18/43

14/44

13/34

12/42

10/43

10/44

5/24

24%

28%

30%

28%

42%

32%

38%

29%

23%

21%

Ward

16/45

14/40

18/45

21/63

16/59

25/81

31/81

27/78

26/71

24/73

7/31

36%

35%

40%

33%

27%

31%

38%

35%

37%

33%

23%

Jabs Landed / Thrown

Round

Kessler

7/27

7/34

6/23

5/23

13/31

8/32

8/23

8/27

5/17

7/28

4/15

26%

21%

26%

22%

42%

25%

35%

30%

29%

25%

27%

Ward

11/33

7/23

6/23

7/28

7/30

8/35

15/43

10/35

10/30

11/41

1/16

33%

30%

26%

25%

23%

35%

29%

33%

27%

Power Punches Landed / Thrown

Round

Kessler

3/14

6/13

4/10

5/13

5/12

6/12

5/11

4/15

5/26

3/16

1/9

21%

46%

40%

38%

42%

50%

45%

27%

19%

11%

Ward

5/12

7/17

12/22

14/35

9/29

17/46

16/38

17/43

16/41

13/32

6/15

42%

41%

55%

40%

31%

37%

42%

40%

39%

41%

40%

Final PunchStat Report

Punches Landed / Thrown

	Total Punches	Jabs	Power Punches
Kessler	125 / 431	78 / 280	47 / 151
Kessler	29%	28%	31%
Ward	225 / 667	93 / 337	132 / 330
Ward	34%	28%	40%

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Power punches

I knew it was wide, but I didn’t know Ward threw that many more power punches than Kessler. That’s just crazy.

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by Josh Trull on Nov 22, 2009 1:18 PM EST reply actions

A really nice percentage too.

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by Drunken cutman on Nov 22, 2009 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

Kessler’s only punch that he could land with any regularity was the jab and even then he was missing a bunch with it. Seemed like he needed to land it to set up other punches, whereas Ward would just let fly in any situation. Really impressive fight for Ward and it has me literally salivating for the battle of the Andres!

by Waldo Rastel on Nov 22, 2009 4:32 PM EST reply actions

I didn’t know that they kept stats for Showtime fights…

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by Zocalo on Nov 22, 2009 9:02 PM EST reply actions

Showtime just doesn't report it

Compubox is an independent company, they can do whatever they want. If there is enough demand and enough money for them to document a fight, by all means they are going to go for it. I can’t imagine it costs them a lot to send a guy to a fight and have him push buttons.

by Waldo Rastel on Nov 22, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions