Does total punch output mean you should win the fight?

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Amateur boxing is punch counting; in professional boxing you also consider the damage done by punches.
The problem I have with punch-stat numbers is that I don 't know the criteria by which they determine if a punch lands. An example is the first Chavez/taylor fight. They were counting punches that seemed to be being caught on gloves or deflected off shoulders and elbows.

... and with that, some of the "power shots" weren't really "power shots". The shots weren't telling blows.

I think that they count every 'non-jab as a "power" shot. And how do you weigh a guy rolling with punches?
I'm not a big fan of making boxing a statistical endeavor.