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Name Nationality Flag Favourite BPM (Average) Muhammad Ali US 79 Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr Name Nationality Flag Favourite BPM (Average) Muhammad Ali US 79 Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. US 149 Manny Pacquiao Philippine 107 Mike Tyson US 93 Gennady Golovkin Kazakh 124 Canelo Álvarez Mexican 146 Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine 115 Anthony Joshua UK 144 Deontay Wilder US 116 Tyson Fury UK 108 *Taken from last three fights Favourite Genre Fighting Style Wins Loses Draw Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul & Other Orthodox 56 5 0 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul & Pop Orthodox 50 0 0 Rock Southpaw 62 7 2 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul orthodox 50 6 0 Rock orthodox 40 1 1 Latin American orthodox 53 1 2 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul & Rock orthodox 64 5 0 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul & Other orthodox 23 1 0 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul & Other orthodox 42 0 1 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul Orthodox 29 0 1 Infographic 2: Which genres have the highest winners? Row Labels Count of Song Genre Count of Song Genre2 Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul 48 100% WIN 40 83% LOSS 8 17% Rock 34 100% WIN 21 62% LOSS 13 38% Latin American 24 100% WIN 15 63% LOSS 9 38% Pop 19 100% WIN 12 63% LOSS 7 37% Other 17 100% WIN 11 65% LOSS 6 35% Reggae 8 100% WIN 5 63% LOSS 3 38% Grand Total 150 Between 131 and 150 Cruiserweight Between 111 and 130 Light Heavyweight Between 91 and 110 Grand Total Infographic 3: Which weight likes what? Row Labels Count of BPM Count of BPM2 Heavyweight 47 100% 90 or Lower 8 17% Between 111 and 130 15 32% Between 131 and 150 2 4% Between 91 and 110 11 23% Faster than 150 11 23% Middleweight 30 100% 90 or Lower 4 13% Between 111 and 130 5 17% Between 131 and 150 8 27% Between 91 and 110 10 33% Faster than 150 3 10% Welterweight 24 100% 90 or Lower 1 4% Between 111 and 130 6 25% Between 131 and 150 7 29% Between 91 and 110 8 33% Faster than 150 2 8% Featherweight 15 100% 90 or Lower 3 20% Between 111 and 130 3 20% Between 131 and 150 7 47% Between 91 and 110 2 13% Lightweight 9 100% 90 or Lower 1 11% Between 111 and 130 1 11% Between 131 and 150 3 33% Between 91 and 110 4 44% SuperBantamweight 6 100% Between 131 and 150 6 100% Cruiserweight 3 100% Between 111 and 130 3 100% Light Heavyweight 3 100% Between 91 and 110 3 100% Grand Total 137 Infographic 3: Which weight likes what? Row Labels Count of Song Genre Count of Song Genre2 Heavyweight 48 100% Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul 16 33% Pop 11 23% Rock 9 19% Other 8 17% Reggae 3 6% Latin American 1 2% Middleweight 33 100% Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul 12 36% Rock 10 30% Pop 3 9% Latin American 3 9% Reggae 3 9% Other 2 6% Welterweight 30 100% Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul 16 53% Latin American 8 27% Rock 3 10% Pop 2 7% Other 1 3% Featherweight 15 100% Rock 6 40% Latin American 6 40% Reggae 2 13% Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul 1 7% Lightweight 12 100% Rock 6 50% Other 3 25% Pop 3 25% SuperBantamweight 6 100% Latin American 6 100% Cruiserweight 3 100% Other 3 100% Light Heavyweight 3 100% Hip-Hop/Rap/R&B Soul 3 100% Grand Total 150.
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