Who won Ward vs Fuzile?
Azinga Fuzile beat Martin Joseph Ward by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 29th May 2021 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Devin Haney beating Jorge Linares for the WBC World Lightweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jason Quigley defeated Shane Mosley Jr, Reshat Mati was victorious over Ryan Pino and Chantelle Cameron beat Melissa Hernandez.
Ward vs Fuzile stats
Back in May 2021, Martin Joseph Ward stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Azinga Fuzile made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Fuzile had advantage in power over Ward, with a 57% knock out percentage over Ward's 46%.
Martin Joseph Ward was the older man by 5 years, at 30 years old.
Both Martin Joseph Ward & Azinga Fuzile fought out of an orthodox stance.
Ward was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Fuzile, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 60 more professional rounds, 183 to Fuzile's 123.
Martin Joseph Ward went into the fight ranked number 4 by the IBF at super featherweight.
Azinga Fuzile was ranked number 5 by the IBF in the 130lb division.
Ward vs Fuzile form
Ward had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Jesus Amparan on 8th February 2020 by points in the 10th round at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had defeated Devis Boschiero on 30th November 2018 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Teatro Obi Hall, Toscana, Italy.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by James Tennyson on 5th May 2018 by technical knockout in the 5th round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had beat Juli Giner on 13th December 2017 by knockout in the 6th round at York Hall, London.
He had won against Anthony Cacace on 15th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Super Featherweight and BBBOC British Super Featherweight championship fight at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.
Activity check
Ward's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.
What time did Ward vs Fuzile start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Ward vs Fuzile?
Ward vs Fuzile was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.
What were the odds on Ward vs Fuzile?
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