Coming into this fight Shavkat Rakhimov’s opponents landed 40% of their power punches. Joe Cordina landed 45% of his power punches. Cordina scored a knockdown towards the end of the second round- a round in which Rakhimov landed 40 of 91 punches.

By the end of the fourth round, Rakhimov held a 53 to 14 edge in body punches landed. The tide of the fight changed after the sixth round, when Rakhimov’s left eye started to shut due to the damage Cordina inflicted on it. Up to the seventh round Rakhimov was landing 49% of his power punches.

In the seventh round Rakhimov landed only 32% of his power punches. Through six rounds Rakhimov was averaging 24.6 punches landed per round.

From the seventh round on, Rakhimov averaged 16.8 punches landed per round. Cordina’s output was steady, as he landed 18.7 punches per round over the first six rounds, and 19.2 punches per round over the last six rounds.