Vitali Klitschko Outworks Floyd Mayweather Jr's Numbers

Vitali Klitschko Outworks Floyd Mayweather Jr's Numbers

Posted by: K2 Promotions on 09-30-2009.

LOS ANGELES – Who would have thought that a six-foot-seven, 252 pound heavyweight champ would outwork and be more aggressive than boxing’s pound-for-pound king?

That’s what happened on Saturday night at STAPLES Center, when World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko threw more punches in 10 rounds in his dominating title defense over Cris Arreola than pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, Jr. threw in 12 rounds in his defeat of Juan Manuel Marquez on Sept. 19.

HBO showed a replay of the Mayweather-Marquez fight prior to the Klitschko-Arreola match on Sept. 26, and a comparison of the punch statistics might be surprising to fight fans who think the heavyweight division produces only slow, unexciting fights.

According to CompuBox, Klitschko threw 802 punches over 10 rounds while Mayweather threw just 493 punches over 12 rounds. Two-hundred-eighty-three of Klitschko’s blows were power punches, while Mayweather threw a mere 105 power punches.

Mayweather, who has been labeled the fastest man in boxing, is 11 ½ inches shorter and weighed-in 106 pounds less than Klitschko for his bout against Marquez, who was a naturally smaller fighter and moved up two divisions to fight Mayweather.

“The punch stats show that the heavyweights are not always less entertaining than the lightweights,†said Tom Loeffler, Managing Director, K2 Promotions. “Vitali once again showed his dominance of the heavyweight division in front of a full house at STAPLES Center and even outworked the pound-for-pound king, while fighting someone his same weight.

“His work-rate was incredible and this was the third time he put on a great show at Staples.â€

Klitschko, who holds the highest knockout percentage in the history of the heavyweight division, looked sharp in his third fight since returning from a four year retirement due to injuries. A crowd of more than 16,000 witnessed what many critics and experts say was one of the finest performances of his career.

“This was the best condition that I have ever seen Vitali in, and I don't see anyone beating him in this shape,†said Fritz Sdunek, Klitschko’s trainer.

The title defense was Klitschko’s second successful victory over a No. 1 contender since winning the WBC title from champion emeritus Samuel Peter in October, 2008. Klitschko followed up the Peter victory with a ninth-round TKO of No. 1 challenger Juan Carlos Gomez before he scored a 10th round TKO over No. 1 contender Arreola on Saturday.

“I was surprised at how tough and determined Arreola was,†Klitschko said. “He was really well prepared and took many more punches than I expected.â€

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That's why p4p is such an awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome idea,.. if Vitali weighed as much as Fraud, one should calculate that he could throw around 2000 punches per fight.

Fraud's a BEEEEAAAASSSSTTTTT....

 

Klitschko ALSO Fought a LESSER TALENTED Guy that was MORE Inclined to GO FOR BROKE...Even @ LOWER Weights, Marquez has ALWAYS Had More SCIENCE to his Game than the RUDIMENTARY Approach that Arreola "Executed"...

Nice TRY though, Kauki...

REED:hammert:

 

Can you imagine Vitali's heart and core strength, in a 147lb body as opposed to a 252lb one?.. .. he'd be SUPER HUMAN,...he would be brimming with such power and endurance that an intense flap of his arms could probably lift him off the ground, like a bird.

P4P baby,..

 

That's All ASSuming he had a Dance Partner as INEPT as C-Cup "the Nightmarish FIGURE" Arreola was...



REED:mj:

 

Well this is what makes it even more humiliating,.. Fraud fought,.. a featherfisted featherweight, at welterweight,.. now you would obviously think that it would encourage Fraud to be more aggressive, less safety conscious and allow him the freedom of letting his hands go, given his opponent's size and power limits, on the other side of the coin, Vitali faced an opponent with a near 100% KO ratio at heavyweight,....safety first anyone???.....oh dear,.. no,.. the half tonne fighter did the impossible,... almost doubling Fraud's punch count, not even the universal power of gravity could stop him... it scares me to think what Vitali could do in a 147 lb body,.. it would remind me of that Marvel superhero, Thor? ... who used to fly from place to place by throwing a hammer and gliding along behind it.

Fraud is .... indescribably.... inadequate.. :( ,.. Reed please...Im sorry but,.. it's just the way it is.

 

I dont really know whether klitschko was impressive or not since i didnt watch that rubbish matchup.

i do know that loeffler must be attempting to piggyback off mayweather jr.'s name in promoting his fighter.

 

No, he doesn't :dunno:

 

Hw is excluded from P4P rankings. :nono:

 

I'd wager Vitali out throws Floyd in just about every fight, regardless of the opponent. Klits a busy fighter, Floyd.....not so much.

 

I didn't know Arreola was a HOF caliber fighter.

 

I throw more fists at my girlfriend in a week than Floyd does in a fight. And her defense sucks; lucky for her I got pop like Paul Malinaggi.

 

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/main-lead/manny-baguio

Steve Kim:

It would be interesting to see when the viewing #'s were at the highest/lowest during the broadcast.

 

He is a IHOP caliber fighter.

 

surely that was all due to the presence of klitschko, arreola and marquez.

 

You think?

 

Floyd had a great fighter in front of him, Quitali had the worst heavyweight title challenger in history in front of him.

 

Klits was fighting a human punching bag....

Reasons Klits threw soo many punches....Arreola is a human punching bag...Klits has shitty defense/terrible footwork and his height isn't enough to keep Arreola/opponents from landing the occasional punch.

 

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Yep...There's NOfuckingWAY Floyd had ANYTHING to Do w/It...



REED:hammert:

 

Any and all attempts to discredit Floyd's performances are fine by me. :bears:

 

At least Aerreola had won a bunch of fights in the same weight class in which he faced Vitali.

In JMM's case, he had barely acclimated himself to 135 when he made the move to welter-weight.

Plus, JMM wasn't even a big light-weight. He has no business anywhere above 135.

JMM against welterweights is not a hall of fame fighter, nor is he even a bonified contender at welterweight.

PBF's entire tenure at 140 and 147 has consisted of his carefully picking fighters who are either over-rated or under-weight.

P4P king my azz.

 

I don't know, Double, I just don't know.....
I remember guys like ODLH, Castillo, Margarito consistently picking on guys who were 3-4 weight divisions below them, and not only that they were bums at those divisions to begin with.....
All that PBF did was to take on a guy who was a reigning champion one division (lightweight) ABOVE the division where PBF was a champion (super-featherweight).....And PBF did it as a tune-up fight after 2 year lay off.....
So, comparing what PBF does with what guys like ODLH, Castillo and Margarito do, it's clear as day that PBF chose a honorable route...
You gotta appreciate PBF's greatness, while the guy is still around, Double....
When he's gone, you're gonna spend quite a few nights, rewatching his fights, marvelling at the supreme skill with which he dismantled guys like ODLH, Castillo, Margarito, etc.....

 

Propaganda.....the comparisons are unfair because of the opponents, but even so, you could just as easily put the spin on it that Floyd won everyround, more effortlessly because he didn't have to throw so many punches. That would be just as absurd and unfair. What a load of bullshit.

 

:dunno:

 

It's a press release.

 

exactly, a byword for propaganda.

 

Yes, as I said, PBF defeated guys like ODLH, Castillo, Margarito.....for example, Carlos Baldomir is very much like Margarito (except, of course, that little part about plaster of paris--Carlos doesn't do that type of shit)

 

Btw, speaking of PBF and Margarito....
It is now clear that PBF's refusal to face Margarito was due to the fact that Pretty Boy knew (being one of the best ring-wise boxers ever) that Margarito used plaster of Paris in his gloves. PBF, of course, always adhering to the fair play rules, wanted nothing to do with a cheater and a scumbag, like Antonio.
But was PBF's decision not to disclose his knowledge to the public a correct one?
Should have he warned the boxing world about the criminal behavior of one Antonio Margarito?

 

Could you imagine if there was 3 top heavyweight contenders, that the Klitschko's refuse to fight?.. Imagine if the Klitschko's pulled Lightheavyweights and Cruiserweights up, ignoring Cotto, Mosely, Clottey, Berto etc in thier own division,.. .. it would be paradise.