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To: vds4 who wrote (9373)	9/14/2003 12:42:01 PM
From: freelyhovering	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10489

Thanks for the link to the articles. Yet most seem without a byline. It will be interesting to see what the experienced boxing writers have to say after this smoke clears.

To: vds4 who wrote (9373)	9/15/2003 2:04:27 PM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10489

Oscar outlanded Shane in 11 of 12 rounds! Golden Boy has 7-5 round edge in power connects, too... September 15, 2003 by Bob Canobbio/Compubox (posted on FightNews.com) As was the case 39 months ago in Los Angeles, Shane Mosley rallied in the later rounds to this time win a unanimous decision over the 2-1 favorite Oscar De La Hoya Saturday night in Las Vegas. Shane’s first win over Oscar was a split decision. De La Hoya landed 221 of 616 total punches (36%) to 127 of 496 (26%) for Mosley, an average of 41 punches thrown per round. (De La Hoya averaged 10 more punches thrown per round). De La Hoya’s statistical edge was bolstered by his jab. He landed 106 of 296 jabs (36%) to just 33 of 268 (12%) for Mosley, who outjabbed De La Hoya in their first meeting, throwing 104 more and landing 18 more. This time Mosley dispensed with the jab and focused on landing the harder shots, many to Oscar’s body. In rounds 1-6, Oscar landed 67 of 171 jabs (39%) an average of 11 landed and 29 thrown per round (a number CompuBox felt was necessary to keep Mosley at bay). It worked, as Mosley landed just 35 of 77 power shots over the first 6 rounds, an average of 6 landed and 13 thrown. Oscar led by 2 points on 2 cards, while the respected Stanley Christodoulou scored it even at 57 thru 6 despite De La Hoya landing 113 of 309 total punches to 51 of 232 for Mosley. Oscar landed 46 of 138 power shots thru 6 to 35 of 77 for Shane. The tempo of the fight changed as De La Hoya’s jab numbers diminished. In rounds 7-12, Oscar landed just 39 of the 125 jabs he threw, an average of 7 landed, 21 thrown, a 28% dropoff in jabs thrown. In turn, Mosley, who like Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns in their first fight, became the stalker, landing 59 of 151 power shots in 7-12, an average of 10 landed and 25 thrown, nearly double his output of the previous 6 rounds. Oscar outlanded Shane 20-7 in round 7, winning on all cards. He led by 3 points thru 7 on 2 cards and 1 point on the other. Rounds 8-12, won by Mosley on all cards except for the 8th on Christodoulou’s tally, De La Hoya landed an average of just 6 jabs per round, throwing 20 per, as Mosley stepped it up, landing an average of 11 of his 26 power shots per round. Mosley hurt De La Hoya in round 9 and clearly landed the harder shots down the stretch. Enough to win the fight? Despite Shane’s second half rally, he outlanded Oscar in just one round, the 9th, 22-19. A breakdown of the power punches connected by round showed Oscar with a 7-3 edge in rounds, with 2 even. Give Mosley the benefit of the doubt in the two even rounds and it’s still 7-5 De La Hoya in power connects by round. True, Oscar bled. Shane came forward and landed the harder punches down the stretch, but where were the 10-8 rounds for Shane? If he was so dominant with his power shots (one-at-a-time), why didn’t he drop Oscar? In his upset, split decision win in their first meeting, Shane landed 284 of 678 (42%) total punches to 257 of 718 (36%) for Oscar. That’s 157 less punches landed for Shane and 182 less punches thrown the second time around. Oscar threw 102 fewer punches and landed just 36 less.