Most punches thrown in a championship boxing match
- Who
- Antonio Margarito
- Where
- United States (Atlantic City,)
- When
- 02 December 2006
The most punches thrown in a world championship boxing match is 1,675 by Antonio Margarito (Mexico) in a 12-round WBO welterweight title match against Joshua Clottey in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA on 2 December 2006.
Margarito broke Zack Padilla’s mark of 1,596 punches thrown against Ray Oliveira on 15 December 1993. The punching onslaught helped Margarito to a unanimous decision victory in 12 rounds to retain the WBO welterweight belt. Of the 1,675 punches thrown, Margarito connected on 337.