De La Hoya – Forbes: Boxing Insider Data Bank

May 1st, 2008

THE GREAT BOXING INSIDER DATA BANK

OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs. STEVE FORBES
Welterweights
May 3 — Carson, CA

DE LA HOYA

Total Bouts — 43
Total Rounds — 278
Avg. rounds per bout — 6.47
KO’s as a % of wins — 78.9%
KO’s as a % of total bouts — 69.8%
Winning percentage (not incl. draws) — 88.4%
KO losses — 1
KO’s as a % of losses — 20%
Times going 10 or more rds. — 14
Times going 12 rds. — 11
World title bouts — 29
World title rounds — 228
World title rounds per bout — 7.86
World title record — 24-5, 17 KO’s
Record in last five bouts — 2-3, 1 KO
Current inactive period — 11 months, 28 days

FORBES

Total Bouts — 38
Total Rounds –272
Avg. rounds per bout — 7.16
KO’s as a % of wins — 27.2%
KO’s as a % of total bouts — 23.7%
Winning percentage (not incl. draws) — 86.8%
KO losses — 0
KO’s as a % of losses — 0%
Times going 10 or more rds. — 16
Times going 12 rds. — 6
World title bouts — 4
World title rounds — 42
World title rounds per bout — 10.5
World title record — 2-2, 1 KO
Record in last five bouts — 3-2, 0 KO’s
Current inactive period — 6 months, 27 days

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KNOCKOUT DISTRIBUTION
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DE LA HOYA

1st – 4
2nd – 6
3rd – 3
4th – 5
5th – 1
6th – 3
7th – 2
8th – 2
9th – 1
10th – 1
11th – 2
12th – 0
(Total 30)

1st-round KO’s as % of total — 13.3%
KO’s in 1st 3 rds. as % of total — 43.3%
Ko’s from Rds. 7-12 as % of total — 26.7%
KO’s in Championship Rds. (11-12) — 2

FORBES

1st – 2
2nd – 2
3rd – 1
4th – 1
5th – 2
6th – 0
7th – 0
8th – 1
9th – 0
10th – 0
11th – 0
12th – 0
(Total 9)

1st-round KO’s as % of total — 22.2%
KO’s in 1st 3 rds. as % of total — 55.5%
Ko’s from Rds. 7-12 as % of total — 11.1%
KO’s in Championship Rds. (11-12) — 0

CONCLUSION: As you can see, Forbes has a punch that does very little damage. Once it gets past the fifth round, he’s got very little chance at all to knock out an opponent, with only one stoppage victory in 38 total fights. De la Hoya’s KO figures are more impressive, but it should be noted that he doesn’t generally take out opponents very early (four first-round KO’s in 43 career bouts – or 9.3%), and has taken out 10 of 20 opponents since he moved up from 140 pounds to 147.