Parker vs Winters

Who won Parker vs Winters?

Joseph Parker beat Shawndell Terell Winters by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday, February 29th, 2020, at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Mikey Garcia beating Jessie Vargas. Also on the undercard Kal Yafai was overcome by Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez for the WBA World Super Flyweight belt, and Julio Cesar Martinez was victorious over Jay Harris for the WBC World Flyweight title.

Parker vs Winters stats

Back in February 2020, Joseph Parker stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Shawndell Terell Winters made his way to the ring with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Winters had an advantage in power over Parker, with a 92% knockout percentage compared to Parker's 77%.

Joseph Parker was the younger man by 12 years, at 28 years old.

Parker had a height advantage of 2 inches over Winters.

Both Joseph Parker and Shawndell Terell Winters fought out of an orthodox stance.

Parker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Winters, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 197 more professional rounds, totaling 250 compared to Winters' 53.

Joseph Parker went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBC, 2 by the WBO, and 12 by the IBF at heavyweight.

Shawndell Terell Winters was ranked number 14 by the WBA in the Heavyweight division.

Parker vs Winters form

Parker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Alex Leapai on June 29, 2019, by technical knockout in the 10th round at Dunkin Donuts Center, Rhode Island, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Alexander Flores on December 15, 2018, by knockout in the 3rd round at Horncastle Arena, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Dillian Whyte on July 28, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Anthony Joshua on March 31, 2018, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Principality Stadium, Cardiff.

He had beaten Hughie Fury on September 23, 2017, by majority decision in their WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Parker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 6 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Parker vs Winters start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Parker vs Winters?

Parker vs Winters was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports Arena.

What were the odds on Parker vs Winters?

Joseph Parker was a 1/25 (-2500) favorite going into the contest, while Shawndell Terell Winters made his way into the ring at 9/1 (+900) with oddsmakers.