Tete vs Narvaez

Who won Tete vs Narvaez?

Zolani Tete beat Omar Andres Narvaez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 21st April 2018 at The SSE Arena in Northern Ireland.

The scorecards were announced as 120-108, 120-108, 120-108 in favor of winner Zolani Tete.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This contest was for the WBO bantamweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Carl Frampton's and Nonito Donaire's clash for the WBO Interim World Featherweight championship.

Tete vs Narvaez stats

Back in April 2018, Zolani Tete stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Omar Andres Narvaez made his way to the ring with a record of 48 wins, 2 loses and 2 draws, with 25 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tete had a large advantage in power over Narvaez, boosting at 81% knock out percentage over Narvaez's 52%.

Zolani Tete was the younger man by 12 years, at 31 years old.

Tete had a height advantage of 6 inches over Narvaez. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Both Zolani Tete & Omar Andres Narvaez fought out of a southpaw stance.

Tete was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 less fights, and made his debut in 2006, 5 year and 5 months later than Narvaez, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 279 less professional rounds, 189 to Narvaez's 468.

Omar Andres Narvaez was ranked number 1 by the WBO in the 118lb division.

Tete vs Narvaez form

Tete had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Siboniso Gonya on 18th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at The SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Arthur Villanueva on 22nd April 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Leicester Arena, Leicester.

Going into that contest, he had beat Victor Ruiz on 4th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Before that, he had won against Jose Santos Gonzalez on 12th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

He had beat Jether Oliva on 18th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa.

Narvaez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Nikolay Potapov on 14th October 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Distrito Federal, Argentina.

Previous to that, he had defeated Breilor Teran on 11th June 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Gimnasio Municipal N° 1, Trelew.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jesus Vargas on 19th February 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Nuevo Palacio Aurinegro, Puerto Madryn.

Before that, he had defeated Diego Luis Pichardo Liriano on 10th October 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ce.De.M. N° 2, Caseros.

He had been beaten by Naoya Inoue on 30th December 2014 by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBO World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Metropolitan Gym, Caseros, Japan.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Zolani Tete had been fighting more than Omar Andres Narvaez.

Going to this contest, Zolani Tete had last fought 5 months and 3 days ago, while Omar Andres Narvaez's last outing had been 6 months and 7 days ago.

Tete's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

Narvaez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

What time did Tete vs Narvaez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM BST at The SSE Arena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Tete vs Narvaez?

Tete vs Narvaez was broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK.

What were the odds on Tete vs Narvaez?

Zolani Tete was a 1/50 (-5000) favourite going into the contest, while Omar Andres Narvaez made his way into the ring at 11/1 (+1100) with oddsmakers.