Crawford’s Next Fight? Canelo’s Legacy & GOAT Talk with Usyk & Inoue!

I scored the fight 116-114 in favour of Canelo, and then twice more as 114-114. The two judges who scored it 115-113 need one swing round to arrive at 114, so it seemed that close to me. In the aftermath of the celebrations and everyone lauding Crawford, I still did not feel satisfied and couldn’t find the Compubox stats until two days after the fight. What it confirmed for me is what many boxers tend to miss – total punches landed do not tell the full picture, something you have mentioned before regarding boxing being scored on a round-by-round basis. If one fighter – to take my argument to an extreme – lands 1,000 punches in one round and 10 per round in the other 11 rounds, and the other fighter lands 20 per round, the second fighter wins 11 of the 12 rounds and thus should win the fight. So, total punches have to be seen in relation to each round. Of course we have effective aggression, ring generalship, defense, etc, to take into account. Based on the Compubox stats – I will come to the swing rounds – rounds two, four, five, eight and 10 belong to Alvarez, with rounds one and three swing rounds. If I give both swing rounds to Alvarez, he wins 7-5; if I give one to each boxer, it’s a draw. In fact, I thought Alvarez had Crawford in trouble in round 10, and I thought Crawford might get knocked down just as Crawford had Alvarez in a bit of bother in the last round, despite Alvarez’s high punch count in that round. Apparently, this is the second highest punches that were landed by an opponent on Crawford after Kavaliaskus. My question to you, my good sir, is – is there a case to be made for Canelo winning or at the very least drawing?