The Overhype of Knockout Power vs Consistent Scoring In Today’s Times For Boxing

Many times in professional boxing these days it is always knockouts that fans want to see and same for networks and streaming companies online.

They deliver big ratings to the masses of course that go viral online on websites, social media, YouTube and so on.

But new fans to the sport at the moment should know as well fights can’t always end in highlight reel knockouts, boxing is at its core the sweet science of hitting and not getting hit first and foremost.

And being exciting and terms of professional boxing — selling ticket and ratings (where knockouts come in).

If you look at recent big fights this year at the highest level like Terence Crawford vs Canelo Alvarez for instance, Crawford won on points in a great bout at 168 pounds on Netflix but on a boxing clinic as well of great defense, blocking punches, rolling with punches and countering Alvarez many times as well.

Over relying on anything in boxing is not advisable.

The Overhype of Knockout Power vs Consistent Scoring In Today’s Times For Boxing

Not withstanding that, moreover, ‘Bud’ Crawford also exhibited a high sense of ring control and ring generalship from start to finish in the bout while consistently scoring damaging punches on Alvarez from different types of ranges.

When he needed to be in the pocket (inside fighting at close quarters) he landed there, at middle distance and long range he landed scoring punches, which, won him the fight over the duration of twelve rounds.

Alvarez is as tough as they come so Crawford wasn’t really going to knock him out unless he landed something huge or caught him cold at the beginning.

Heavyweight King Oleksandr Usyk is another masterful tactician of the art of scoring effective punches in boxing but does his scoring of effective shots so well, the cleanness he catches people with, often results in them being knocked out.

Even up at heavyweight in recent years against the likes of dangerous heavyweights and former champions like Daniel Dubois.