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The AP has announced that Choi Yoi-sam, the new WBO intercontinental flyweight, has been declared brain dead*.  Apparently he won the WBO title on December 25th in Seoul Korea against Indonesian challenger, Heri Amol.  During this bout he was knocked down in the 12th round and fell into a coma shortly after the fight.  He never recovered.

* Brain Dead per Wikipedia:  A brain-dead individual has no clinical evidence of brain function upon physical examination. This includes no response to pain and no cranial nerve reflexes. Reflexes include pupillary response (fixed pupils), oculocephalic reflex, corneal reflex, no response to the caloric reflex test and no spontaneous respirations.

I must admit that I’ve never heard of Choi before, but I’m sad to hear of his death.  This brings back thoughts of Diego Corrales who passed away back in May 2007 from injuries resulting from a motorcycle wreck.  These are tremendous loses to the people who knew them.  Lets hope that 2008 has no more of these surprises in store.

Choi Yoi-sam was 33 years young.

The World Boxing Championships are in full swing in the windy city of Chicago!  They have been going from October 23 and will finish on November 3.  This is an awesome event from the sound of it.  AIBA has enlisted 623 boxers from 114 countries to participate.  This is much bigger than any event like it ever!  The last biggest was the AIBA Championships in 2005 with 412 boxers from 74 countries.  WOW!

The great thing about this championship is its purpose!  It’s the opening qualifying event for the 2008 Olympic Games!

As of the 28th, China is ahead by 1 point in front of Russia and USA (tied for second).  Kazakhstan is in 3rd trailing China by 3 points.

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I recently created a post where I looked at the KO power of the Pound for Pound (P4P). Using a simple calculation of dividing the total KOs by the total number of wins gives a mathematical value to KO power. Now I will do the same thing looking at the P4P’s opponents. I looked at each of the P4P’s record and picked the most recent opponent that defeated the P4P boxer. If the P4P has never been defeated I picked the opponent that lost by decision. I did not pick opponents that are currently on the P4P list. The idea is to see if the P4P’ers have more KO power than their opponents that have beaten or have been able to hang for a full bout with them.

Floyd Mayweather recently won by decision over Oscar De La Hoya whose record is 38-5-0 (30 KOs).

Manny Pacquiao lost to Erik Morales whose record is 48-6-0 (34 KOs).

Juan Manuel Marquez lost a unanimous decision to Chris John whose record is 40-0-1 (21 KOs).

Bernard Hopkins was executed by Jermain Taylor in a unanimous decision. Taylor’s record is 27-1-1 (17 KOs).

Israel Vazquez was TKO’d by Oscar Larios whose record is 59-6-1 (37 KOs).

Winky Wright beaten by unanimous decision by Fernando Vargas whose record is 26-4-0 (22 KOs).

Rafael Marquez has been beaten via KO by Genaro Garcia whose record is 35-6-0 (20 KOs).

Joe Calzaghe won a split decision over Sakio Bika whose record is 23-3-2 (14 KOs).

Ricky Hatton with a unanimous decision over Juan Urango whose record is 18-1-1 (14 KOs).

Miguel Cotto scores a unanimous decision over Paul Malignaggi whose record is 23-1-0 (5 KOs).

Oscar De La Hoya – 30 / 38 = .79%

Erik Morales – 34 / 48 = .71%

Chris John – 21 / 40 = .53%

Jermain Taylor – 17 / 27 = .63%

Oscar Larios – 37 / 59 = .63%

Fernando Vargas – 22 / 26 = .85%

Genaro Garcia – 20 / 35 = .57%

Sakio Bika – 14 / 23 = .61%

Juan Urango – 14 / 18 = .78%

Paul Malignaggi – 5 / 23 = .22%

Now what’s the overall average? ((.79 + .71 + .53 + .63 + .63 + .85 + .57 + .61 + .78 + .22) / 10) = .63%. So the overall KO percentage of these opponents is 63%.  The P4P scored a whopping 72%.  So is a 9% difference that big of a deal?  I believe it’s somewhat telling.  Hopefully you’ve enjoyed the computations.

Does the Ring Mag P4P have KO power? Let’s look at the list and do a simple calculation and review the results.

Floyd Mayweather 38 – 0; 24 KOs

Manny Pacquio 45 – 3 – 2; 35 KOs

Juan Manuel Marquez 47 – 3 – 1; 35 KOs

Bernard Hopkins 48 – 4 – 1; 32 KOs

Israel Vazquez 42 – 4; 31 KOs

Winky Wright 51 – 4 – 1; 25 KOs

Rafael Marquez 37 – 4; 33 KOs

Joe Calzaghe 43 – 0; 32 KOs

Ricky Hatton 43 – 0; 31 KOs

Miguel Cotto 30 – 0; 25 KOs

Let’s divide the number of KOs by the number of total fights to find each fighters KO percentage.

FM – 24/38 = 63%;

MP – 35/45 = 78%;

JMM – 35/47 = 74%;

BH – 32/48 = 67%;

IV – 31/42 = 74%;

WW – 25/51 = 49%;

RM – 33/37 = 89%;

JC – 32/43 = 74%;

RH – 31/43 = 72%;

MC – 25/30 = 83%

The lowest goes to Winky Wright with 49% (who I don’t like in the P4P listing) and the highest goes to Rafael Marquez with an 89%. Let’s average the percentages: (63 + 78 + 74 + 67 + 74 +49 + 89 + 74 + 72 + 83) / 10 = 72%

Do these numbes look like KO power? I believe they do. How would you like to KO 7 of every 10 people that you fight?

I went back and looked at the 76 fights that I mentioned in one of my previous post and calculated the number of KOs per glove brand and the number of knock downs (KDs) per glove brand.  My stats are not perfect but close.  I may have missed a KO/KD here or there but what I have is worthy.  NOTE: I did  not count a KO as a KD.

Out of 27 fights where Everlast gloves where matched against Everlast gloves, there where 13 KOs and 24 KDs (keep in mind there can be multiple KDs in one fight).

Out of 19 fights where Reyes gloves where matched against Reyes gloves, there where 5 KOs and 12 KDs.

Out of 5 fights where Grant gloves where matched against Grant gloves, there where 3 KOs and 2 KDs.

Out of 1 fight where Reebok gloves where matched against Reebok gloves, there is 1 KO and 0 KDs.

Reyes gloves had 1 KO against Grant gloves and 5 KDs.

Reyes gloves had 3 KOs against Everlast gloves and 3 KDs. 

Grant gloves had 1 KO against Reyes gloves and 1 KD.

Grant gloves had 4 KOs against Everlast gloves and 5 KDs.

Lonsdale gloves had 1 KO against Reyes gloves and 0 KDs.

Everlast gloves had 0 KOs against Grant gloves and 1 KD.

Everlast gloves had 0 KOs against Reyes gloves and 1 KD.

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I hope you enjoy these types of posts.  Maybe when I get about 300 fights logged it will be more revealing!

The new Yahoo’s boxing poll for the top 10. Pavlik has made it into the poll. I’m not sure that he should be, but I won’t argue today. Also, there is a tie for #9.

Again, here it is:
1> Mayweather
2> Pacquiao
3> Calzaghe
4> Hopkins
5> Marquez
6> Cotto

7> Hatton (Last month # 10)

8> Vazuez (Last month # 9)

9> Pavlik (Last month – unranked)

9> Wright (Last month – same)

I have cataloged about 76 fights (round by round) and have written down lots of useless information. For example: I always look to see what type of gloves each boxer is wearing and I capture that tidbit of info. All of the fights that I have cataloged have either been on HBO, Showtime, or ESPN.

Now for some stats (76 fights):

Everlast Gloves used in 44 fights, winning 31 fights.

Reyes Gloves used in 35 fights, winning 25 fights.

Grant Gloves used in 20 fights, winning 15 fights.

Lonsdale Gloves used in 2 fights (Ricky Hatton), winning 2 fights.

Windy Gloves used in 1 fight, winning 1 fight.

Reebok Gloves used in 1 fight, winning 1 fight.

Note: 1 tie between Grant vs Everlast Gloves.

Now of Everlast’s 31 wins, 27 wins are where both boxers are wearing Everlast. This leaves 4 wins against other brands: 2 against Reyes out of a total of 6 fights, and 2 against Grant out of a total of 10 fights.

Of Reyes’ 25 wins, 19 wins are where both boxers are wearing Reyes. This leaves 6 wins against other brands: 4 against Everlast out of a total of 6 fights, and 2 against Grant out of a total of 5 fights.

Of Grant’s 15 wins, 5 wins are where both boxers are wearing Grants. This leaves 10 wins against other brands: 7 against Everlast out of a total of 10 fights, and 3 against Reyes out of a total of 5 fights.

No reason to cover Lonsdale, Windy, or Reebok due to such a small amount of data.

What does all this tell us?  I can’t say that it tells us anything due to such a small amount of recorded data.  Of course, the boxer wearing the gloves probably has a lot to do with the win/loss record.  I will re-address this subject when I have collected more data (actually I will post on KOs versus glove brand soon).  In the mean time, I think I will do an analysis on trunk colors versus win/loss.