Lee vs Saunders

Who won Lee vs Saunders?

Billy Joe Saunders beat Andy Lee by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 19th December 2015 at Manchester Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced as 112-114, 111-115, 113-113 in favor of winner Billy Joe Saunders.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This contest was for the WBO middleweight championship of the world.

Lee vs Saunders stats

Back in December 2015, Andy Lee stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 2 loses and 1  draw, 24 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Billy Joe Saunders made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 22 wins and 0 draws, with 12 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Lee had advantage in power over Saunders, with a 71% knock out percentage over Saunders' 55%.

Andy Lee was the older man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Lee had a height advantage of 3 inches over Saunders. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Andy Lee & Billy Joe Saunders fought out of a southpaw stance.

Lee was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Saunders, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 222 less professional rounds, 0 to Saunders' 222.

Lee vs Saunders form

Lee had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Peter Quillin on 11th April 2015 by split draw in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Matt Korobov on 13th December 2014 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBO World Middleweight championship fight at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had beat John Jackson on 7th June 2014 by knockout in the 5th round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had defeated Frank Haroche Horta on 12th April 2014 by majority decision in their 8 round contest at Blue Water Dokken, Esbjerg, Denmark.

He had been beaten by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on 16th June 2012 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Sun Bowl, El Paso, United States.

Activity check

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

Saunders' last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

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