Junior Middleweight Tim Tszyu defeated Brian Mendoza to defend his WBO junior Middleweight title as he dominated the second half of the fight. Tsyzu grinded Mendoza down over twelve punishing rounds and before that he stopped Tony Harrison and followed that up with a one round knockout of Carlos Ocampo before his victory over Mendoza. He was scheduled to fight Jermell Charlo for Charlo belts, but Charlo injured his hands and after it healed, Charlo then went for Alvarez, moving up two division. In his fight with Mendoza, Tsyzu landed more punches and was more accurate with both his jab and power shots.
Punch Stats
| PUNCHES | TSZYU | MENDOZA |
| Total landed | 120 | 93 |
| Total thrown | 406 | 433 |
| Percent | 30% | 22% |
| Jabs landed | 22 | 22 |
| Jabs thrown | 148 | 208 |
| Percent | 15% | 11% |
| Power landed | 98 | 71 |
| Power thrown | 258 | 225 |
| Percent | 38% | 32% |
| — Courtesy of CompuBox | ||
Tszyu can deliver with his shots with thudding accuracy, and he ripped Mendoza eyes with cuts over Mendoza’s under right eye and over his left eye. His best punch was his over right hand, and those punches are delivered compactly with little wasted motion. At the end of the fight he looked fresh, not tired. The only bout he really wants is to fight Jermell Charlo for all Charlo’s belts and be the man at junior Middleweight just as for a time, his father, Hall of Famer Kostyua Tsyzu was the king of the junior Welterweight.
Janibek Alimkhanuly easily pounded Vincezno Gualtieri and now holds two of the Middleweight divisions belts, IBF and WBO middleweight belts. Now he must find a way to fight Erislandy Lara or Jermall Charlo. Alimkhaunuly landed four times as many punches as Gualtieri and his punches had more punch. As the fight progressed, Gualtieri was in survival mode.
Punch Stats
| PUNCHES | ALIMKHANULY | GUALTIERI |
| Total landed | 82 | 22 |
| Total thrown | 243 | 85 |
| Percent | 34% | 26% |
| Jabs landed | 38 | 12 |
| Jabs thrown | 169 | 55 |
| Percent | 23% | 22% |
| Power landed | 44 | 10 |
| Power thrown | 74 | 30 |
| Percent | 60% | 33% |
| — Courtesy of CompuBox | ||
The problem is that Alimkhanuly poses a serious threat to either Lara or Charlo without any significant return on investment and this particular bout was hardly a sellout. When Gennady Golovkin made his way with spectacular wins and had two close bouts with his first two matches with Alvarez in their trilogy. Alimkhanuly is still unknown despite winning two belts, but his style is crowd pleasing as he punches with bad intention with every punch.
If there is no Lara or Charlo in his future, then there is Chris Eubanks, fresh off a victory over Liam Smith and who is a good draw in Great Britain. Alimkhanuly could developed into a great draw and the future may be close.
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