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Santa Cruz’s Volume & Accuracy Battles Frampton’s Superb Jab & Defense
På Lördag, Juli 30, LIVE på SHOWTIME® From Barclays Center In Brooklyn
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 BROOKLYN ( Juli 21, 2016) – The featherweight world championship clash between defending titlist Leo Santa Cruz and undefeated former unified super bantamweight champ Carl Frampton features an unpredictable and potentially explosive mix of styles between two of the world’s top fighters. Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 Kos) will make the second defense of his WBA Featherweight Title against Irish superstar Frampton (22-0, 14 Kos), who relinquished two belts at 122 pounds, when they face off in the main event of a Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING® tripleheader on Lördag, Juli 30, leva på Showtime (9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT) från Barclays Center i Brooklyn.
Three-division world champion Santa Cruz ranks as one of the world’s top-three fighters in four key categories – Total Punches Thrown, Landed, Connect Percentageoch Power Punches Landed (all per round, per CompuBox).
The numbers prove that Santa Cruz is one of the best punchers in the world, toppingGennadij Golovkin, Manny Pacquiao and ranking only second by a small margin to pound-for-pound champ Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez i Power Punches Landed Per Round.
More impressively, Santa Cruz ranks as the world’s best in the Plus/Minus category that was dominated for years by pound-for-pound champ Floyd Mayweather. In that statistical measure, which is determined by subtracting opponents connect percentage from a fighter’s connect percentage, Santa Cruz stands tall at No. 1 (+15.8% per fight), följd av Andre Ward (+15.3), Golovkin (+15.2), Erislandy Lara (+14.5), Terence Crawford(+13.2), Roman Gonzalez (+12.5) och Canelo Alvarez (+12).
While Santa Cruz is a statistical leader in five key categories, defending Santa Cruz’s biggest strength – kraft stansar – is one of Frampton’s greatest attributes. In his last six fights, Frampton’s opponents landed just 29.2 percent of their power punches. Comparatively, Santa Cruz landed an astonishing 46.9 percent of his power shots over his last eight fights. Can both fighters continue at this impressive rate when they faceoff on Juli 30?
Frampton ranks in the top 10 av Opponents Power Punches Connected, meaning he stops his opponents from landing power shots at a staggering rate. Frampton ranks No. 10 in a group that features Guillermo Rigondeaux, Lara, Wladimir Klitschko, Ward och Crawford.
Dessutom, Frampton is the second best in the world in Average Number Of Jabs Thrown Per Round, behind leader Jesus Cuellar and well ahead of Rigondeaux (LÅT BLI. 5), Golovkin (LÅT BLI. 6), Crawford (LÅT BLI. 7) och Kell Brook (LÅT BLI. 8). Santa Cruz is also a statistical leader in this category, ranking No. 9 i världen.
 Below is the list of categories where Santa Cruz and Frampton excel: PLUS/MINUS (hit vs. get hit):
Santa Cruz ranks as the world’s best, followed by Andre Ward (LÅT BLI. 2), Gennadij Golovkin (LÅT BLI. 3), Erislandy Lara (LÅT BLI. 4), Terence Crawford (LÅT BLI. 5), Roman Gonzalez (LÅT BLI. 6) and Canelo Alvarez (LÅT BLI. 7). The retired Floyd Mayweather had previously held the top spot.
TOTAL PUNCHES THROWN PER ROUND:
Leo Santa Cruz only trails Roman Gonzalez in terms of total punches thrown per round. Santa Cruz (LÅT BLI. 2) tops Jesus Ceullar (LÅT BLI. 3), Juan Francisco Estrada (LÅT BLI. 6), Orlando Salido (LÅT BLI. 7) and Gennady Golovkin (LÅT BLI. 9). Santa Cruz throws 84.6 total punches per round, compared to boxing’s overall average of 55.5.
AVERAGE TOTAL PUNCHES LANDED PER ROUND:
Santa Cruz trails Roman Gonzalez by less than two percent, connecting at a 33.1 percent clip compared to the overall average of 16.9. At No. 2, Santa Cruz tops pound-for-pound mainstays Gennady Golovkin (LÅT BLI. 3) and Juan Francisco Estrada (LÅT BLI. 4). Santa Cruz’s average more than doubles the CompuBox average punches landed per round of 16.9.
TOTAL CONNECT PERCENTAGE:
Santa Cruz ranks in the top three in this important category in which only a few percentage points separate the world’s best. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ranks No. 1, followed by Golovkin, Santa Cruz, Roman Gonzalez, Adrien Broner and Andre Ward respectively. Vid 39.2 procent, Santa Cruz landed at a nearly 10 percent higher rate than the overall average.
AVERAGE POWER PUNCHES LANDED PER ROUND:
Santa Cruz is second in the world in this category, trailing only Roman Gonzalez by a slim margin and topping Juan Francisco Estrada (LÅT BLI. 3), Abner Mares (LÅT BLI. 5), Golovkin (LÅT BLI. 7) och Pacquiao (LÅT BLI. 8) bl.
AVERAGE JABS THROWN PER ROUND:
Santa Cruz and Frampton both rank in the top 10 in average number of jabs thrown per round.
Frampton, who is second in the world behind leader Jesus Cuellar, tops master jabbers Rigondeaux (LÅT BLI. 5), Golovkin (LÅT BLI. 6), Crawford (LÅT BLI. 7) and Brook (LÅT BLI. 8). Santa Cruz is ninth best in this category. Frampton, who trails Cuellar by just one percentage point, throws 13 more jabs per round than the overall average.
OPPONENTS POWER PUNCHES CONNECTED:
Frampton is amongst the world’s best at preventing his opponent from landing power shots. He ranks at No. 10 in a category that includes Rigondeaux (LÅT BLI. 1), Lara (LÅT BLI. 2), Wladimir Klitschko (LÅT BLI. 3), Ward (LÅT BLI. 4) and Crawford (LÅT BLI. 5). Frampton’s opponents landed just 29.2 percent of their power shots.
Biljetter för live-event, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Cyclone Promotions and presented by Premier Boxing Champions, börja på $38 och kan köpas online genom att besöka www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com eller genom att ringa 1-800-745-3000. Biljetter finns också på American Express Box Office på Barclays Center. Grupprabatter finns genom att ringa 844-BKLYN-GP.
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