Ito vs Watanabe

Who won Ito vs Watanabe?

Masayuki Ito beat Takuya Watanabe by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, December 31st, 2016, at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 in favor of winner Masayuki Ito.

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).

Ito vs Watanabe stats

Back in December 2016, Masayuki Ito stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Takuya Watanabe made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Watanabe had a slight advantage in power over Ito, with a 53% knockout percentage compared to Ito's 47%.

Masayuki Ito was the younger man by 2 years, at 26 years old.

Both Masayuki Ito and Takuya Watanabe fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ito was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 4 months later than Watanabe, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 137 fewer professional rounds, totaling 224 compared to Watanabe's 361.

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