PUNCH STATS - Froch-Kessler/HBO/SKY

[ross]

Froch landed a lot of jabs, barely any rights. No way he threw over 1000 punches in this fight though. There were again, long periods where he let Kessler work.

Joe Calzaghe used to throw that many punches in a fight and when you watched it you could believe it because he did never stop.

People in here still say that Calzaghe lost to Hopkins because Hopkins landed the better cleaner shots. I dont agree but in this fight Frochs work rate and punch count all of a sudden is more important than Kesslers cleaner, sharper, harder, combinations.

Im not saying Kessler wan, I thought it was a draw but 118 to 110 was ridiculous and if you hadnt watched the fight youd never believe it was a very close fight that Kessler got himself back in to when looking to be both totally out of it scoring wise and also as if he may be getting stopped in one of the rounds.

[Spicoli]

Punch stats are for bean counters. HBO puts way too much stock in that and I look forward to the day when they lose that Punch test looking dummy graph they use afterwards. I think its much more a window dressing for the network barkers than a effective way to determine the actual winner. Clean effective impactive punches.