Quigg vs Simion

Who won Quigg vs Simion?

Scott Quigg beat Viorel Simion by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 29th April 2017 at Wembley Stadium in London.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Scott Quigg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

Quigg vs Simion stats

Back in April 2017, Scott Quigg stepped into the ring with a record of 32 wins, 1 loss and 2  draws, 24 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Viorel Simion made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Quigg had a massive power advantage over Simion, boosting at 75% knock out percentage over Simion's 43%.

Scott Quigg was the younger man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

Quigg had a height advantage of 3 inches over Simion.

Both Scott Quigg & Viorel Simion fought out of an orthodox stance.

Quigg's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Simion's, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 11 months later than Simion, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 200 to Simion's 204.

Scott Quigg went into the fight ranked number 8 by the WBA, 5 by the WBC and 5 by the IBF at featherweight.

Viorel Simion was ranked number 4 by the IBF in the 126lb division.

Quigg vs Simion form

Quigg had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Jose Cayetano on 10th December 2016 by knockout in the 9th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Carl Frampton on 27th February 2016 by split decision in their IBF World Junior Featherweight and WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had beat Kiko Martinez on 18th July 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he had won against Hidenori Otake on 22nd November 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

He had beat Stephane Jamoye on 13th September 2014 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Quigg's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Quigg vs Simion start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM BST at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Quigg vs Simion?

Quigg vs Simion was broadcast on Sky Box Office HD in the UK.

What were the odds on Quigg vs Simion?

Scott Quigg was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Viorel Simion made his way into the ring at 203/20 (+1000) with oddsmakers.