Riakporhe vs Espindola

Who won Riakporhe vs Espindola?

Richard Riakporhe beat Kevin Nicolas Espindola by technical knockout in the 4th round on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, at The Venue, Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Richard Riakporhe.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating William Scull for the IBF World Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight, WBO World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Jaime Munguia defeated Bruno Surace, Martin Bakole was victorious over Efe Ajagba for the IBF World Heavyweight title, Badou Jack beat Noel ‘Gevor’ Mikaelian for the WBC World Cruiserweight championship, and Brayan Leon defeated Aaron Rocha Guerrero.

Riakporhe vs Espindola stats

Richard Riakporhe stepped into the ring with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.

Kevin Nicolas Espindola made his way to the ring with a record of 9 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws.

Richard Riakporhe was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Riakporhe had a height advantage of 5 inches over Espindola.

Both Richard Riakporhe and Kevin Nicolas Espindola fought out of an orthodox stance.

Riakporhe's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Espindola's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Espindola, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 7 fewer professional rounds, totaling 89 compared to Espindola's 96.

Riakporhe vs Espindola form

Richard Riakporhe had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Chris Billam-Smith on June 15, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Cruiserweight championship fight at Selhurst Park, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had defeated Dylan Bregeon on November 18, 2023, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Krzysztof Glowacki on January 21, 2023, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he had won against Fabio Turchi on June 11, 2022, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Wembley Arena, London.

He had beaten Deion Jumah on March 26, 2022, by knockout in the 8th round at Wembley Arena, London.

Activity check

Riakporhe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 7 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Riakporhe vs Espindola start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at The Venue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Riakporhe vs Espindola?

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