Murtazaliev vs Gray

Who won Murtazaliev vs Gray?

Bakhram Murtazaliev beat Khiary Gray by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 17th July 2021 at AT&T Center in Texas.

The scorecards were announced as 78-74, 79-73, 79-73 in favor of winner Bakhram Murtazaliev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Murtazaliev vs Gray stats

Back in July 2021, Bakhram Murtazaliev stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Khiary Gray made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Murtazaliev had a slight advantage in power over Gray, with a 78% knock out percentage over Gray's 75%.

Bakhram Murtazaliev was the older man by 31 years, at 29 years old.

Murtazaliev had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gray. Despite this, Gray had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Bakhram Murtazaliev & Khiary Gray fought out of an orthodox stance.

Murtazaliev's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Gray's, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 days earlier than Gray, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 101 to Gray's 86.

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Murtazaliev's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.7 rounds on average.

What time did Murtazaliev vs Gray start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at AT&T Center, Texas, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Murtazaliev vs Gray?

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