Essuman vs Ball

Who won Essuman vs Ball?

Ekow Essuman beat Danny Ball by knockout in the 6th round on Saturday, October 9th, 2021, at Arena Birmingham, West Midlands.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Brad Foster losing to Jason Cunningham for the CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight and BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Callum Johnson beat Server Emurlaev.

Essuman vs Ball stats

Back in October 2021, Ekow Essuman stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Danny Ball made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 10 wins and 1 draw, with 4 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested that Essuman and Ball have similar power, both with a 40% knockout percentage.

Ekow Essuman was the older man by 7 years, at 32 years old.

Ball had a height advantage of 1 inch over Essuman.

Both Ekow Essuman and Danny Ball fought out of an orthodox stance.

Essuman was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 7 months earlier than Ball, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 82 more professional rounds, totaling 163 compared to Ball's 81.

Essuman vs Ball form

Essuman 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 won against Chris Jenkins on July 24, 2021, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their CBC Commonwealth Welterweight and BBBOC British Welterweight championship fight at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had won against Cedrick Peynaud on September 12, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at York Hall, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Curtis Felix Jnr on November 30, 2019, by technical knockout in the 8th round at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had defeated Zygimantas Butkevicius on October 19, 2019, by points in the 6th round at Britannia Hotel, Nottinghamshire.

He had won against William Warburton on July 6, 2019, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottinghamshire.

Activity check

Essuman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 3 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Essuman vs Ball start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM BST at Arena Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Essuman vs Ball?

Essuman vs Ball was broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK.

What were the odds on Essuman vs Ball?

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