The 28 year-old ran Lemieux ragged in Canada to impressively win a unanimous decision at Place Bell.
STAT REPORT
Saunders (+11.6) vaults into a tie for the #6 spot on the CompuBox Plus/Minus Leaders list following his +19.6 performance vs. David Lemieux, who landed an avg. of just six punches per round. Here’s a look at the updated plus/minus leaders list:
PLUS/MINUS (TOTAL PUNCHES)
Fighter |
Rating |
VASYL LOMACHENKO(10) |
+19.4 |
TERENCE CRAWFORD(10) |
+14.6 |
ERISLANDY LARA(13) |
+13.1 |
MIKEY GARCIA(7) |
+12.7 |
NAOYA INOUE(9) |
+12.6 |
BADOU JACK(5) |
+11.6 |
BJ SAUNDERS(6) |
+11.6 |
ROMAN GONZALEZ(17) |
+11.6 |
GENNADY GOLOVKIN(14) |
+11.5 |
LEO SANTA-CRUZ(11) |
+11 |
As Saunders jab goes, so goes Saunders, as 62.2% of his landed punches are jabs- #1 among C’box Cat. Leaders & 34% higher than the CompuBox average.
Here’s the list:
HIGHEST PCT. OF JABS LANDED/TOTAL PUNCHES LANDED PER ROUND
Fighter |
Percentage |
BJ SAUNDERS |
62.2% (6.9 of 11.1) |
MIKEY GARCIA |
43.7% (6.9 of 15.8) |
SERGEY KOVALEV |
43.3% (6.5 of 15) |
GEORGE GROVES |
42.2% (7.8 of 18.5) |
STEVE CUNNINGHAM |
42% (6.6 of 15.7) |
GENNADY GOLOVKIN |
41.4% (10.4 of 25.1) |
TERENCE CRAWFORD |
39.1% (6.6 of 16.9) |
AMIR KHAN |
39.1% (7.7 of 19.7) |
KELL BROOK |
38.9% (7 of 18) |
TYSON FURY |
38.3% (7 of 18.3) |
CompuBox Avg.: 28% (4.7 of 16.8) |
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Saunders just doesn’t throw his jab- he lands it- 28.4%- #3 among C’Box Cat. Leaders and 8.1% higher than the C’Box avg.
JAB CONNECT PCT.
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Less is definitely more for Saunders, who averages just 37.3 punches thrown per round- fewest among C’Box Cat. Leaders and 18.2 fewer thrown per round than the CompuBox Avg.
AVG. FEWEST TOTAL PUNCHES THROWN PER RD
Fighter |
Thrown |
BJ SAUNDERS |
37.3 |
CURTIS STEVENS |
39.5 |
NONITO DONAIRE |
40.4 |
ADRIEN BRONER |
41.9 |
SAUL ALVAREZ |
42.2 |
JOHN JR MOLINA |
43.3 |
ERISLANDY LARA |
44.6 |
DANIEL JACOBS |
45.1 |
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX |
46.9 |
MIKEY GARCIA |
47.8 |
CompuBox Avg.: 55.5 |
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Saunders’ movement, selective punch output & effective jab offers opponents minimal counter punching opportunities. Saunders opponents landed just 7.1 punches per round (less than half the C’Box avg.) and just 4.2 power punches (one-third the CompuBox avg.)
OPPONENTS TOTAL PUNCHES LANDED PER RD – FEWEST
Fighter |
Landed |
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX |
5.1 |
DANIEL JACOBS |
5.6 |
TERENCE CRAWFORD |
7 |
BJ SAUNDERS |
7.1 |
TYSON FURY |
7.4 |
ADONIS STEVENSON |
7.4 |
VASYL LOMACHENKO |
7.4 |
MIKEY GARCIA |
7.4 |
SERGEY KOVALEV |
8.1 |
GARY RUSSELL JR. |
8.5 |
Compubox Avg.: 16.8 |
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OPPONENTS POWER LANDED PER RD – FEWEST
Fighter |
Landed |
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX |
3.5 |
DANIEL JACOBS |
3.8 |
BJ SAUNDERS |
4.2 |
SERGEY KOVALEV |
4.7 |
ADONIS STEVENSON |
4.8 |
TERENCE CRAWFORD |
4.9 |
MIKEY GARCIA |
5.2 |
TYSON FURY |
5.3 |
VASYL LOMACHENKO |
6.2 |
NONITO DONAIRE |
6.3 |
Overall Compubox AVG. Landed- 12.1 |
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Saunders opponents landed just 18.2% of their total punches- a mere 1.7% fewer than top defender Lomachenko.
OPPONENTS TOTAL CONN. PCT.- LOWEST
Fighter |
Percentage |
VASYL LOMACHENKO |
16.5% |
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX |
17.1% |
MIKEY GARCIA |
17.8% |
DANIEL JACOBS |
17.9% |
BJ SAUNDERS |
18.2% |
GARY RUSSELL JR. |
18.2% |
ERISLANDY LARA |
19.2% |
TERENCE CRAWFORD |
19.9% |
JUAN-FRANCISCO ESTRADA |
21.2% |
NAOYA INOUE |
21.5% |
CompuBox Avg.: 30.3% |
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Saunders opponents land 13.6% fewer power punches than the CompuBox avg. and just 2.6% less than #1 Lomachenko.
OPPONENTS POWER PUNCH CONN. PCT. – LOWEST
Fighter |
Percentage |
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX |
21% |
GARY RUSSELL JR. |
21.4% |
VASYL LOMACHENKO |
23% |
BJ SAUNDERS |
23.6% |
ERISLANDY LARA |
24.1% |
DANIEL JACOBS |
25% |
MIKEY GARCIA |
25.2% |
TERENCE CRAWFORD |
25.9% |
JUAN-FRANCISCO ESTRADA |
28.7% |
CARLOS CUADRAS |
29.7% |
CompuBox Avg.: 37.2% |
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Conclusion: Saunders possesses Lomachenko-like movement & defensive skills, but in order to attain pound for pound status, he’ll need to step up his offensive output: 37.3 punches thrown per round- fewest among C’Box Cat. Leaders-(Loma averages 62.4 thrown per round); 11.1 punches landed per round- second fewest among C’Box Cat. Leaders-(Loma lands 22.4 per round) and power landed per round- 4.2 per round- fewest among C’Box Cat. Leaders-(Loma lands 14.9 power shots per round).