Isaac Cruz started fast, dipped mid-fight, then surged to a KO. How the Pitbull’s patient pressure broke Nestor Bravo down is something to consider.
An entertaining fight overall a short time ago tonight in boxing in America.
Isaac Pitbull Cruz victorious by round six knockout but the very first round had proved a bad start.
It may have lulled Nestor Bravo into a false sense of security tonight, a look at the round one punch stats tonight says as much;
- Cruz opened at 32.7% total accuracy in Round 1 (17/52)
- He dipped to 20% in Round 2 and 22.2% in Round 3
- Cruz threw 100 punches across Rounds 2 and 3, landing only 21
- Rounds 4-6 saw Cruz rebound to 29.7% accuracy
- Cruz never stopped throwing — 44+ punches in every round except Round 6
- His jab was inconsistent: 0/3, 0/3, 4/13, 0/3, 0/9, 0/4
- Cruz landed just 4 total jabs all fight
- His power punches carried the load: 64 of 68 landed
- Cruz’s patience and pressure never wavered
- The slow burn culminated in a sixth-round stoppage
Cruz came back into the fight fast enough after that though.
He broke Bravo apart using heavy tactics, a lot of violence in there and body punches and ultimately a clean left hook to end the Pitbull vs Bravo fight tonight.
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