Casimero-Rigondeaux sets new CompuBox record for lowest combined punches landed


The 12-round brawl between WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero and Guillermo Rigondeaux set a new CompuBox record for the lowest total tallied punches in its 36-year history.

John Riel Casimero and Guilermo Rigondeaux find their distance during their WBO bantamweight title bout at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California Sunday, Aug. 15 Manila time. (Showtime Boxing)

Casimero, who won the bout via split decision, landed a total of 47 punches of the 297 attempts (16 percent) compared to Rigondeaux's 44 clean shots out of 221 (20 percent) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California Sunday, Aug. 15 Manila time.

This amounts to a total of 91 landed punches, ousting the previous record of 100 by Mario Barrios and Devis Boschiero in July 2016.

The Filipino slugger had connected six of the 130 jabs for five percent while the veteran Cuban counterpuncher had 16-of-124 for 13 percent.

Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, likewise unloaded more power punches with 28-of-97 for 29 percent. Casimero had 41 of the 167 power punches for 25 percent.

"Not much to see here, as they combined to land just 91 punches, the lowest total for a 12-round fight in CompuBox's 36-year history," wrote CompuBox on its Twitter account. "Casimero was awarded the decision due to his aggressiveness."

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Casimero dominated in the fifth and ninth rounds and registered seven clean shots each while Rigondeaux tallied the same number at the 10th canto.

Judges Robert Hoyle and Daniel Sandoval handed Casimero with 117-111 and 116-112, respectively, while Tim Cheatham scored in favor of Rigondeaux with 115-113.