Who won Burns vs Zlaticanin?
Dejan Zlaticanin beat Ricky Burns by split decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 27th June 2014 at Braehead Arena in Glasgow.
The scorecards were announced as 113-115, 115-113, 113-115 in favor of winner Dejan Zlaticanin.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).
Burns vs Zlaticanin stats
Back in June 2014, Ricky Burns stepped into the ring with a record of 36 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Dejan Zlaticanin made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 18 wins and 0 draws, with 13 of those by knock out.
The stats suggested Zlaticanin had a massive power advantage over Burns, boosting at 72% knock out percentage over Burns' 31%.
Ricky Burns was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.
Burns had a height advantage of 6 inches over Zlaticanin. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.
Ricky Burns fought out of the orthodox stance, while Dejan Zlaticanin was a southpaw.
Burns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 6 years and 6 months earlier than Zlaticanin, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 275 more professional rounds, 414 to Zlaticanin's 139.
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Burns' last 2 fights had come over a period of 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.
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