Raskin & Mulvaney's Fight Week Stat Chat

[Inside HBO]

by Eric Raskin and Kieran Mulvaney

Not even a distance of 8,000 miles and 13 time zones could stop HBO Boxing Insiders Eric Raskin and Kieran Mulvaney from keeping alive the most beloved fight week tradition this side of hearing Bob Arum pronounce "Tecate." Though Mulvaney is in Macau, an administrative region of China, and Raskin is back home in the States, they are forging ahead from opposite ends of the earth to give the people the Fight Week Stat Chat. CompuBox crunched all the key numbers regarding Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios, and now it's up to Raskin and Mulvaney to figure out what it all means for Saturday's can't-miss slugfest:

Raskin: The last time we did this CompuBox Stat Chat was a month ago for Tim Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, and you picked the winner of that fight correctly, whereas I did not. So for me, this Stat Chat is all about revenge. Never mind Pacquiao vs. Rios. This is about Raskin vs. Mulvaney. Can you handle the heat I'm about to bring?

Mulvaney: For a guy on a one-fight losing streak, you sure bring the trash talk.

Raskin: Hey, speaking of guys on losing streaks (thanks for the perfect segue set-up, Kieran!), Pacquiao and Rios are both coming off defeats and, particularly for Manny, have their careers on the line Saturday night. As we know, both of these guys are offense-minded, and as the CompuBox stats show, they both throw more punches than the average welterweight. Do you expect them to match their typical high outputs against each other, or might one of them adopt a slower pace?

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Read the Complete Compubox Analysis: Pacquiao vs. Rios on HBO.com.

 

 

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