Who won Butaev vs Cosio?
Radzhab Butaev beat Azael Cosio by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 27th October 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Radzhab Butaev.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
Butaev vs Cosio stats
Back in October 2018, Radzhab Butaev stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Azael Cosio made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 7 loses and 2 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Cosio had a slight advantage in power over Butaev, with a 86% knock out percentage over Butaev's 78%.
Radzhab Butaev was the younger man by 12 years, at 25 years old.
Butaev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cosio.
Both Radzhab Butaev & Azael Cosio fought out of an orthodox stance.
Butaev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 9 year and 10 months later than Cosio, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 52 less professional rounds, 81 to Cosio's 133.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Azael Cosio had been fighting more than Radzhab Butaev.
Going to this contest, Radzhab Butaev had last fought 3 months and 7 days ago, while Azael Cosio's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 12 days ago.
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